Country: Niger
Closing date: 04 Feb 2018
Logistics and Procurement Officer
Diffa, Niger
Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified Logistics and procurement officer with operational experience and .
About the job
The Logistics and Procurement officer is expected to be responsible for all procurement of goods and services, warehousing, transportation of good and people, vehicle fleet management, and general logistics support to the programme.
. Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
Support and administration
• Ensuring all the procurement processes are in line with DRC Operations Handbook
• Effective and efficient support to programs’ needs.
• Develop and maintain relevant data base.
• Maintaining the assets list.
• Weekly and monthly status reports
• Warehouse management, including reporting and alert mechanism to program staff.
• Assist in recruitment, training and capacity building of the logistics team
• Coordination of programme staff to ensure logistics involvement in the whole programme cycle
• Procurement of all goods and services
• Establish and follow up annual procurement plans
• Track all orders, purchases and deliveries
• Ensure that all logistics specific donor rules and policies are understood and respected
• Oversight of all purchase and service contract to ensure DRC's interests are protected
• Vehicle fleet management
• Optimize all logistics operations to increase cost effectiveness including setting up longer term supply contracts
• Fixed asset management
• Ensure DRC supplier due diligence is effective in the relevant context
Supervisor responsibilities:
• Coordinate the day-to-day activities and supervise employees at a lower band level, eg. assistants
• Provide technical and programmatic leadership for staff members
• May contribute to performance appraisals of supervised employees
• May contribute to the recruitment of supervised employees
About you
Required
· Minimum 3 years of experience in humanitarian logistics, procurement, transport and distribution, warehousing, and stock management
· Good understanding of the procurement rules and regulations of major international donors
· Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
· Full French and basic English proficiency
In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:
Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with DRC’s vision and values.
We offer
Contract length: 6 months with possibility of extension
Level: A17
Designation of Duty Station: Non-family duty station
Start date: as soon as possible
Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies. For questions regarding the vacancy please contact cd-niger@drc.dk.
How to apply:
Application process
All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.**
Please apply here
Closing date for applications: 04-02-2018
If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact our job support at drc.ngo/jobsupport.
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.