Logistics Officer – Humanitarian Logistics

Job Description

Logistics Officer NOA | World Food Programme

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at World Food Programme, located in Lusaka, Zambia. The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, focused on saving lives in emergencies and building pathways to peace, stability, and prosperity through food assistance. This role is essential for leading the logistics unit, providing strategic, technical, and operational leadership to ensure effective, efficient, compliant, and cost-effective delivery of logistics services to support WFP’s humanitarian programs and emergency responses.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person – Lusaka, Zambia

• Team: Logistics unit, reporting to the Deputy Country Director
• Mission: Lead and manage the logistics function to ensure effective, efficient, compliant, and cost-effective delivery of logistics services for WFP’s humanitarian operations.
• Tech Stack: Logistics information systems, corporate applications, data analysis tools

What You’ll Actually Do
• Lead the logistics function, ensuring effective planning, prioritization, coordination, and delivery of logistics services in support of WFP operations and emergency response.
• Supervise, coach, and develop logistics staff, ensuring effective workload management, accountability, performance management, and professional development.
• Advise senior management on logistics strategies, operational priorities, risks, capacity requirements, and service delivery solutions to support organizational objectives.
• Plan, coordinate, and oversee logistics operations, including transport, warehousing, inventory management, and commodity handling, ensuring compliance with WFP policies and standards.
• Lead logistics risk management activities, emergency preparedness, and business continuity planning to ensure readiness for rapid response and safeguard WFP assets and operations.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Advanced University degree in Transport Economics, Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business Management, or a related field.
• Experience: One year of post-graduate logistics experience in a humanitarian or related environment with an advanced degree; OR a first university degree with three additional years of related work experience. Experience managing logistics and supply chain operations, transport services, logistics contracts, customs clearance processes, and in emergency preparedness and response operations.
• Skills: Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; strong planning, organizational, and resource management skills; strong leadership and people-management skills; strong communication, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Bonus: Ability to build capacity and promote knowledge sharing; sound understanding of logistics operations, supply chain management principles, emergency preparedness, and humanitarian response mechanisms; ability to perform effectively under pressure; fluency (level C) in English.