UN System Mobility & Carpooling CST, UN System Booking Hub, Regular Consultantnew
World Food Programme (WFP) · UN agency
- Food Security & Nutrition
- Rome, Italy
- Full time
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WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs 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).
JOB TITLE:
UN System Mobility & Carpooling CST, UN System Booking Hub
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultancy Level 1
UNIT/DIVISION: Shared Services & Business Development Branch (MSDB), Management Services Division (MSD)
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Remote
DURATION: EOD asap - until 31 Dec 2026
BACKGROUND
The UN System Booking Hub is a United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) prioritized Global Shared Service fostering inter-agency collaboration in field services provision. It is the largest UN marketplace with +7 million humanitarian customers served to date to access flights, mobility, accommodation, clinics, and wellness services from 21 UN partnering entities in +2,000 field service points in 138 countries.
With over 9,500 UN vehicles and 7,000 drivers, UN System Mobility, the passenger transportation service of the UN Booking Hub, allows humanitarian staff to book trips, local administrators to manage vehicles, drivers to deliver transportation more efficiently, and UN entities to offer inter-agency carpooling services.
The UN System Mobility & Carpooling Consultant will support the scale-up of the mobility and carpooling framework as it transitions from its established business conceptualization and implementation phase into its full-scale expansion requiring strengthened legal, financial, operational, and contractual frameworks, while enhancing capacity to lead operations through engagement with OMTs and UN partners.
PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
As UN System Mobility and Carpooling Officer consultant, you will be reporting directly to the Head of UN System Mobility with the following duties:
- Support partnerships to align business processes, contractual frameworks, and digital transformation initiatives across mobility and carpooling services.
- Support collaboration across UN agencies, WFP country offices as well as internal and external stakeholders, leveraging knowledge of fleet operations, drivers, and vehicles.
- Support the optimization of business processes and digital transformation across mobility and carpooling services.
- Augment capacity building of WFP Country Offices to operationalize UN System Mobility, driving digital transformation in the field through passenger mobility and carpooling services.
- Engage OMTs in carpooling implementation by presenting the service to key stakeholders, setting up localized carpooling cost recoveries, supporting the signing of carpooling service agreements, and successfully launching the service.
- Monitor carpooling performance and KPIs and scale up best practices across operations.
- Create up-to-date reporting on carpooling efficiency gains, including environmental efficiencies, and service use and optimization.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
- University degree in business administration, management, or international relations or similar field
Experience:
- At least 3 years of experience in working on complex, multilateral projects.
- Proven knowledge of mobility, fleet, and/or shared services.
- Experience supporting business, processes and digital service transformation and rollouts.
- Familiarity with UN systems and inter-agency coordination.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong multi-stakeholder and partnership management.
- Business transformation, results-oriented and data-driven.
- Effective communication in multicultural settings.
- Change management and process alignment.
- Knowledge of governance frameworks and SOPs.
- Understanding of contractual and compliance aspects.
- Digitally savvy with an innovative mindset.
Languages:
- Written and oral proficiency in English is mandatory.
- Written and oral proficiency in French and/or Spanish is a strong asset.
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact: global.inclusion@wfp.org
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process.
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
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