Supply Chain Capacity Strengthening Lead, CST Level II

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.
• At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
• The World Food Programme (WFP) supports regional and national stakeholders across Asia Pacific in strengthening emergency supply chain systems.
• As disaster risks grow increasingly complex, effective preparedness, coordination, and logistics capabilities are essential for timely and efficient humanitarian response.
• WFP works with governments, regional organizations, and humanitarian partners to strengthen institutional capacities, preparedness systems, and coordination mechanisms that support emergency supply chain management and disaster response. Through these partnerships, WFP contributes to regional and national efforts aimed at enhancing resilience and operational readiness.
• WFP’s Capacity Strengthening approach emphasizes:
  • Enabling environment (policies, strategies, legislation).
  • Organizational domain (systems, processes, institutional coordination).
  • Individual domain (educated, skilled individuals).
• Capacity strengthening seeks to support sustainable approaches to institutional development, helping regional and national stakeholders further enhance emergency supply chain preparedness, coordination mechanisms, and operational readiness.
• To support this work, WFP Asia Pacific Regional Office (APARO) seeks a dedicated specialist to facilitate institutional capacity strengthening processes and stakeholder engagement activities, including stakeholder mapping, capacity needs assessments, prioritization exercises, and development of actionable support plans.

Purpose of Assignment

• The consultant will primarily support institutional capacity strengthening engagements with regional institutions, government counterparts, and other relevant stakeholders to enhance emergency supply chain preparedness.
• The role focuses on facilitation, advisory support, stakeholder engagement, and institutional development rather than direct implementation of technical activities.
• In addition, the consultant will serve as Project Manager for the initiative, responsible for coordinating implementation across all relevant outcomes, monitoring progress against approved workplans, and supporting reporting and compliance requirements.

Key responsibilities:

1. Overall Project Management and Coordination
   • Provide day-to-day project management oversight, including coordination of activities, monitoring delivery against objectives and timelines, and consolidating inputs for reporting.
   • Track progress against approved workplans and implementation milestones.
   • Coordinate inputs from relevant WFP units, partners, and stakeholders.
   • Identify implementation risks and recommend mitigation measures where required.
2. Capacity Strengthening and Advisory Support
   • Introduce and contextualize capacity strengthening frameworks, tools, and methodologies for project stakeholders.
   • Provide advisory support and coaching to designated focal points to facilitate capacity strengthening processes.
   • Support stakeholders in differentiating capacity strengthening from technical training, infrastructure support, or capacity substitution.
   • Promote sustainable and locally owned approaches to institutional development.
3. Facilitate Stakeholder Mapping and Capacity Needs Analysis
   • Facilitate stakeholder mapping exercises at regional and national levels.
   • Support the design and facilitation of Capacity Needs Mapping (CNM) and related assessment processes.
   • Promote meaningful stakeholder participation and ownership throughout the assessment process.
   • Document findings, priorities, and recommendations arising from stakeholder consultations.
4. Support Development of Priorities and Work Plans
   • Support stakeholders in identifying priority institutional and operational capacity gaps.
   • Facilitate translation of assessment findings into practical recommendations and action plans.
   • Provide technical guidance to align identified priorities with existing frameworks, policies, and disaster management mechanisms.