About WFP The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. Aviation Assistant (UNHAS/El Obied/Damazine) – SC L5 Would you like to join WFP Sudan’s UN Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS) team and enable the delivery of professional, client-focused services to change and save the lives of the most vulnerable people in Sudan? If yes, this opportunity is for you.

HOW TO APPLY? At WFP, we are looking for a talented Aviation Assistant to support our UNHAS Unit in El Obied/Damazine, Sudan, to be hired on Service Contract at the SC L5 level. To apply, please create a personal account and fill out the profile form with your personal information at http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings. If you are an internal applicant, apply through your E-Recruitment profile. In the application form, ensure filling the mandatory sections, attaching your CV, answering the pre-screening questions and agreeing on the legal statement before submitting your application. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis on account of potential and performance. All applicants will undergo a rigorous process which includes screening against job requirements, a technical test, and a panel interview.

Talented women are encouraged to apply We look for applicants with the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian values. We commit to promote diversity, gender parity and equality between men and women. WFP strives to build a work environment that is safe and respectful, and free of sexual harassment and abuse of authority. We believe in open communication, and every individual at WFP is treated with respect regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, religious and political beliefs, etc. In this pursuit, WFP assists women to balance work exigencies with personal and family responsibilities by providing an attractive compensation package, including fully paid maternity leave for 16 weeks, breastfeeding time off, and the possibility to avail of flexible working arrangements. Also, we endeavour to provide our staff, women, and men, with training and professional career development opportunities.

STANDRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Education: Completion of secondary school education. Post-secondary certificate in air traffic control, flight dispatch, aeronautical engineering or related field is essential for Air Operations roles, desirable for Air Movement roles. Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station’s language, if different JOB PURPOSE To perform a range of coordination and administrative activities that contribute to the safe and effective air service to the humanitarian community. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive) 1. Perform operational coordination and administration of air operations, ensuring compliance with WFP standards, including risk management processes, to support safe and effective air operations. 2. Liaise with airport officials and other local authorities in order to obtain necessary clearances, documentation and authorizations required for air operations. 3. Collate all post-flight documentation in order to confirm flights have taken place and in compliance with established conditions. 4. Research, collate and report on aviation related information, to enable decision-making and facilitate air transportation planning. 5. Update and maintain relevant databases and records, ensuring that relevant information is accurate, organized, accessible to others, and supports reporting requirements. 6. Respond to client queries, following standard processes and obtaining guidance or escalating as required. 7. Liaise with internal counterparts in order to carry out duties successfully, support the alignment of aviation activities with wider programmes. 8. Provide support to other staff, assisting them in completing tasks to agreed standards and deadlines. 09. Support process reviews, and improvements in methods and practices, in order to maximize the performance of air activities and related operations. 10. Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to support WFP to quickly respond in its core areas at the onset of a crisis. 11. Perform other duties if required.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

  Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives. • Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor. • Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates. • Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.

People

  Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities. • Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds. • Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work. • Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.

Performance

 Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues. • Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency. • Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments. • Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.

Partnership

Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor. • Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals. • Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives. • Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE •

Experience in restricted flying zones, and other aviation risks and assisting in flight planning. •

Experience in handling passenger manifests and aircraft loading. •

Experience in interpreting routine weather reports. • Experience in basic flight following and radio telephony procedures.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This vacancy is open to qualified Sudanese Nationals Only. WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. In the pursuit of WFP’s mission to feed the hungry poor, WFP employees must uphold the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct at all times.

WFP has zero tolerance for fraud & corruption, sexual exploitation and discrimination. Qualified female applicants are encouraged to apply. WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.