About this opportunity
Opportunity Overview
The World Food Programme is seeking a Head of Aden Field Office in Yemen. This role provides strategic leadership and overall management of field office operations, ensuring the effective and efficient use of human, financial, and operational resources to deliver high-quality programme activities. The Head of Field Office will report directly to the Head of operations and will be responsible for managing a team and ensuring a cohesive working environment. The World Food Programme operates in a highly complex, volatile, and high-risk environment in Yemen, where protracted conflict, economic deterioration, climate-related shocks, and constrained access to essential services continue to drive widespread humanitarian needs. The role is based in Aden, Yemen, and the contract duration is 11 months. The World Food Programme is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply. The organization offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment and invests in the personal and professional development of its employees. The Head of Aden Field Office will be responsible for providing overall management and strategic guidance to the Field Office, ensuring that field office operations are effectively managed in accordance with WFP policies, procedures, and corporate standards. The role will also involve overseeing day-to-day Field Office programme activities, including Targeted Emergency Food Assistance, Livelihoods/Resilience, School feeding, Nutrition programmes, and Logistics and warehouse operations.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall management and strategic guidance to the Field Office
- Ensure Field office operations are effectively managed in accordance with WFP policies, procedures, and corporate standards
- Overall management of human, financial, and administrative resources
- Ensure timely, high-quality programme implementation within budget and in line with the approved Interim Country Strategic Plan (ICSP), annual work plans, and donor requirements
- Lead the Field Office team, ensuring a cohesive working environment and adherence to WFP values
- Staff performance is effectively managed through coaching, performance planning, and professional development
- Maintain strict oversight of operational risks, fraud mitigation, and compliance
- Oversee day-to-day Field Office programme activities, including Targeted Emergency Food Assistance (TEFA), Livelihoods/Resilience, School feeding, Nutrition programmes, and Logistics and warehouse operations
- Coordinate field-level emergency responses, assessments, or scale-ups as needed
- Ensure programmes are delivered according to WFP standards, protection principles, and "Do No Harm" approaches
- Ensure high-quality monitoring of activities (onsite/offsite), following WFP RAM standards
- Strengthen protection mainstreaming, gender, disability inclusion, and AAP within field operations
- Ensure functionality of hotlines, complaint mechanisms, and escalation pathways
- Conduct field visits to distribution sites, warehouses, and partner locations
- Use operational evidence to improve programme performance and decision-making
- Ensure recommendations from monitoring, audits, complaints mechanisms, and evaluations are addressed
- Oversee Field Office administrative functions, including human resources, logistics support, travel, and petty cash
- Ensure compliance with WFP rules, regulations, anti-fraud policies, and donor requirements
- Ensure timely Field Office reporting (daily sitreps, weekly updates, M&E reports, partner performance)
- Act as Security Focal Point for the Field Office
- Ensure full compliance with UNDSS and WFP security protocols
- Maintain incident reporting, access analysis, and staff movement planning
- Maintain accountability for the safety of WFP staff, operations, facilities, and assets
Benefits
- Attractive compensation package
Requirements & Qualifications
- The World Food Programme 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
- The role requires a strong emphasis on fostering and sustaining strategic partnerships with government authorities, United Nations agencies, international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), and WFP cooperating partners
- The incumbent will report directly to the Head of operations
How to Apply
- Review the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement for details on the compensation package.
- Prepare your application, ensuring you meet the requirements and qualifications for the role.
- Click the Apply button below to submit your application.
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