Surge Officer

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 15 November : 59‑GMT01 : 00 Central European Time (Rome)WHP’S EQUALITY STATEMENT WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.ABOUT WFP The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.WHY JOIN WFP WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse and multicultural working environment.WFP invests in the personal and professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship and other programmes, as well as through internal mobility opportunities.A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT The ability to timely deploy surge staff with the required experience and technical skills remains a critical factor for effective operations. The Delivery Systems Services (DSS) within the Delivery Assurance Service, within the Supply Chain and Delivery division, is establishing a fully dedicated team of standing Surge officers to secure a predictable number of experienced personnel immediately available to deploy to emergency operations, as well as other WFP operations with staffing gaps. This DSS Surge team will be housed in the Supply Chain and Delivery division and will be a global resource.The team will include personnel at different levels of seniority who are expected to deploy to emergencies for about 6‑8 months per year, depending on operational needs, with breaks between deployments. They will be deployable in a variety of contexts, including large corporate emergencies, and will typically lead large and diverse teams composed of individual specialisations (i.e. fintech, systems, data analytics, service provision) ensuring overall effective coordination and synergy. Specific Terms of Reference for each deployment will depend on the country context. This position will provide surge support in COs requesting additional CBT capacity to meet emergency needs, with priority going to CAS and global food crisis‑responding COs. The positions are expected to be able to provide senior CBT technical and response capacity with generalist expertise.ACCOUNTABILITIES / RESPONSIBILITIESOversee day‑to‑day implementation of all CBT programme activities by providing support for WFP operations, including activity design, implementation, monitoring and budget management.Lead on aligning country cash operations to the new Cash Policy to achieve operational agility, reliability and quality.Contribute to resource management to maximise effectiveness of large CBT operations.Maintain productive partnerships with key stakeholders among government and other national organisations, UN agencies, NGOs, private sector and academia to share knowledge and resources and build capacity, resulting in coordinated and cost‑effective CBT operations.Lead or participate in sectoral assessments to inform the selection of appropriate