Business Support Assistant SC 5 - Roster for the Caribbean Multi-Country Office

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 30 October 2026-23:59-GMT-04:00 Atlantic Standard Time (Barbados) 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.

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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).

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST The World Food Programme (WFP) Caribbean Multi Country Office (MCO) invites applications from qualified nationals of CARICOM Member States for inclusion in its Business Support Assistant Roster . The purpose of this roster is to establish a pool of pre qualified candidates who may be considered for short to medium term administrative support opportunities across the countries and territories covered by the Caribbean MCO, based on existing and/or future operational requirements.

WFP is seeking adaptable, service oriented, and results focused professionals who can contribute to the efficient delivery of business support services and help strengthen WFP's ability to serve vulnerable communities across the Caribbean. ORGANISATIONAL 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; school-based programming; 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 delivering food, cash or voucher assistance, or through emergency logistics or emergency telecommunications service provision.

Countries covered by the WFP Caribbean Multi-Country Office include Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas (the), Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands. At this level job holders are exp