Deadline: 17 August, 2020
Location: Rome, Italy
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking to fill the position of Chief Operating Officer.
The WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Co-lead the development and implementation of TEC’s strategies, policies and plans aligned with WFP’s policies and processes to support field operations to meet the mandate of WFP
- In partnership with the director, ensure budget management and cost efficiency of the operations
- Contribute to the management of change processes for the division, ensuing that change initiatives focus on improving performance and that the divisional team remains engaged and motivated during change processes
- Lead the development and implementation of standards, guidance and processes within the division, ensuring that effective quality control is in place to monitor adherence
- Lead monitoring, evaluation and analysis of activity to ensure that divisional activity is continually assessed, and the findings used to inform divisional and activity developments
- Increase awareness and transparency of IT services offered to the field by Field TEC Services (headquarters, hubs and regional bureaus)
- Align service offerings to meet the ever-changing business needs, requirements and expectations in the field
- Increase deployment capacity by fast-tracking operational deployments and strengthening capacity for emergencies and steady state operations
- Build strong relationships and collaborate cross-functionally to align service activities with wider programmes and activities and ensure a coherent approach that enables efficient delivery
- Work with regional bureaus and country offices globally to effectively capture and meet the expectations from operations
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Computer Science, International Development, or a related field; or first degree with relevant experience and advanced training/courses
- Ability to think strategically and create vision combined with a can-do and hands-on attitude
- Organisational and political savviness with articulated communications and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage, coach and motivate diverse teams and deliver effectively through others to achieve results
- Ability to lead and inspire others
- Excellent financial management skills and commercial acumen, with the ability to leverage external partnerships to optimise resources for WFP
- Broad knowledge of ITIL disciplines
- High calibre negotiation and motivational skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels within and beyond the organisation
- Ability to assimilate and analyse complex issues using independent judgment and anticipate potential strategic impact
- Ability to create simple messages from complex data and present concisely, tailoring messages to the needs of the specific audience
- Fluency (level C) in English language
- Knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish)
To apply and for more information, click here.
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