Handicap International is looking for Logistic Manager
COUNTRY : OUGANDA CITY : Kampala Starting date : ASAP Length of the assignment : 6 Months Closing date for application : 30/06/11 Advertisement reference : LOGMOUG1104
Handicap International is an independent and impartial international aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights. Handicap International is a not-for-profit organisation with no religious or political affiliation. It operates as a federation made up of a network of associations that provide it with human and financial resources, manage its projects and implement its actions and social mission. For more details on the association: http://www.handicap-international.fr/en/s/index.html
JOB CONTEXT:
Uganda is one of the poorest countries in Africa. Per capita income is less than US$350. Life expectancy at birth is around 52 years and population growth at 3.6% remains one of the highest in the world. Its weak economy and poor social indicators are the legacy of 15 years of political turmoil and economic decline between 1972 and 1986. Following consultation between Handicap International (HI), the Uganda Mine Action Center (UMAC) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) at the 9th Mine States Parties meeting in Geneva November 2008, HI conducted, in March 2009, a mine action assessment mission in Western Uganda. The assessment mission confirmed the presence of mine/ERW (Explosive Remnants of War) and a significant socio-economic impact in Western Uganda which was not being fully addressed. HI has started to assist the Ugandan authorities to prevent disability from contamination of ERW, protect most at risk groups until clearance and return is possible, and contribute to victim assistance.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Based in Kampala, Uganda, and under the responsibility of the Head of mission, you participate in the mission set-up with both a day-to-day running of support activities assisted by the 2 newly recruited assistant Log Admin in Kasese and logistic assistant in Kampala and help the mission to anticipate and forecast on a longer vision in terms of logistics. You will have to coordinate the activity of 4 bases and will develop the capacity of the support team to fit with the developing challenge of the coming years for HI in Uganda.
Activities: Coordinate the logistics: supply management, equipment management, vehicle fleet management, informatics fleet management, implementation and standardization of the logistic procedures Purchase, equipment, stock and vehicle management Ensure the respect of all HI procedures for equipment, purchase, stocks, vehicles, Human Resources for Logistic: Supervision, training, support & technical evaluation of the base and capital at logisticians. Organization of a logistics workshop for the field logisticians, Manage a team of 25 persons Management of the security in link with and under the responsibility of the HoM Mission Logistics Report: compilation & consolidation of all logistic reports & transmission to headquarter
CANDIDATE PROFILE: SINGLE DEPARTURE
Mandatory: 3 years of Professional experience in the related field Experience in NGO necessary Excellent organizational and coordination skills: ability to prioritize and handle several tasks at a time. Good capacity to train other people.
REQUIRED LANGUAGE SKILLS: Fluency in English. & French
JOB ENVIRONMENT: Living conditions in Kampala: good and quiet comfortable. Possibility to rent house with all modern conveniences in Kampala + running electricity and water. Security conditions in Kampala: safe.
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS: Volunteer: 750 or 850 Euros monthly indemnity + living allowance paid on the field + accommodation + 50% of the medical cover taken in charge by HI + repatriation insurance + indemnity for partner and children Salary: 2100 to 2300 euros gross salary/month + 457 Euros net expatriation allowance + 50% of the medical cover taken in charge by HI + repatriation insurance + indemnity for partner and children
Please send resume and covering letter with the reference LOGMOUG1104: to: HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL - 14, avenue Berthelot - 69361 LYON CEDEX 07 - FRANCE By Email: recrut14@handicap-international.org Or by our website: www.handicap-international.fr Please do not telephone
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