Job and Career Info

Closing date: 20 Jul 2010
Location: United States of America (the) – Washington DC

Save the Children US, the leading independent organization creating real and lasting change for children in need in the U.S. and around the world seeks a Senior Specialist, Logistics to be deployed to disaster areas to provide technical assistance to Country Offices in the early stages of an emergency response. Once deployed and reporting to the Team Leader, the Logistics Specialist is responsible for putting in place a logistics plan for the response, effectively managing logistics staff, vehicles, assets and stocks, and ensuring effective and accountable logistics. It is expected that the Specialist will be deployed up to 60% of his/her time. When in DC, the Specialist will provide support to Country Offices and work with the DHR team to continuously improve and standardize systems, as well as improve logistics capacities of field staff. S/he will also work closely with the Commodity Management Unit, in particular to assist in the establishment of supply chain management systems. Requires Five years international experience in humanitarian logistics at Country Logistics Manager level; Bachelor’s Degree; International experience in supply chain management in a sudden onset emergency or complex environment; International experience in coordination of humanitarian logistics with multiple external agencies or clusters; Experience in proposal development, budget planning and management, and the regulations of key international emergency donors governing supply chain, stocks and assets; Experience in vehicle and fleet management including motorbikes, trucks and generators; Experience in the set up and use of HF & VHF radio systems, satellite phones and internet, and development of communications procedures; Experience in managing the logistics of aid distributions; Experience of building and developing the capacity of logistics staff through the use of training, performance management frameworks and development plans; Experience of working in insecure environments, developing evacuation plans, and implementing security management plans where relevant to Logistics management.

Reference Code: RW_85MJV3-75