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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. ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT This position is within WFP Caribbean, established to implement a multi-country technical assistance and capacity-strengthening programme in the Caribbean region (covering 22 countries and territories), supporting emergency preparedness and response (EPR) functions. WFP work focused to strengthen the use of social protection systems in times of crisis through research, knowledge sharing, and advocacy, facilitating intra-regional south-south collaboration, and developing human resource capacity in this area. Governments are increasingly requesting tailored support in...

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. ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT  In 2018, WFP re-established its presence in the Caribbean with an office in Barbados. The WFP Caribbean Multi-Country Office (MCO) supports 22 countries and territories across the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. WFP Caribbean’s capacity strengthening programme focuses on vulnerability analysis and mapping; end-to-end supply chain management; shock-responsive social protection; food systems strengthening; and climate risk financing. In times of crisis, WFP works with partners to provide direct assistance when events surpass national and regional capacities by...

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. The World Food Programme opened its office in Barbados covering the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean in mid-2018 and covers 22 countries and territories. With an emphasis on strengthening capacities in the region to better cope with the climate crisis and other shocks, the 2022-26 Caribbean Multi-Country Strategic Plan (MCSP) focuses on strengthening social protection, disaster management and food systems at the national and regional levels. This has included a focus on innovative solutions involving disaster risk financing as well as a strong focus on digitalization and data. At the same...

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability. 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. ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT In Latin America and the Caribbean, WFP supports national efforts to improve food and nutrition security and reduce the impact of emerging crises, natural disasters, and climate change among...

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. ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT The Aviation Emergency Response Support (AERS) for the Caribbean and CDEMA Participating States (22 Caribbean Island States), reporting administratively to the WFP Caribbean Aviation Officer, WFP's Head of Supply Chain (SC) Barbados and technically to the Aviation Safety Officer and Emergency Response Support (ASO/ERS) and ultimately to the Chief of the Aviation Safety Unit (CASU) in HQ; is responsible for supporting the emergency responses in the aviation sector in the region.  The AERS works closely with the ASO/ERS for the planning and execution of the tasks that...