Application Closing Date: Nov 9th, 2011
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Malaria Consortium is one of the world's leading non-profit organisations dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions, and local and international organisations, to ensure good evidence supports delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning. The organisation works to improve not only the health of the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.
Malaria Consortium’s programmes in South Sudan currently focus on three interconnected themes implemented through four offices in four States of South Sudan. The programmatic themes are childhood illnesses, neglected tropical diseases (NTD), and health systems strengthening. The Roving logistics Officer will support the logistics teams in Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Unity state and fill gaps when necessary. The duty station is Juba with 70% field travel. The roving logistics officer will contribute to maintaining and improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and safety/security of Malaria Consortium’s operations.
The successful candidate will have:
• Minimum 3 years of field experience in logistics supporting INGO operations in a developing country.
• Experience with local and international procurement
• Flexible and willing to spend large amounts of time in the field.
• Experience in management and/or oversight of warehousing, assets, communications, fleet, and base management
• Experience working and living in insecure environments
• Experience in team management
• Strong initiative, leadership skills and ability to work well in a dynamic international team
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Strong computer skills particularly Microsoft Office
• Requires minimal supervision; creative problem solving
How to apply
For more information please click on the link where you will have access to the full Job Description. Please send a covering letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the Person Specification along with your CV to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org .Please quote the position and country in the subject line of your application
We appreciate your application however, only short listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date we regret that your application has been unsuccessful. Please continue, however, to periodically review our website for other suitable opportunities. Thank you for your interest in Malaria Consortium.
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