Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
The organisation seeks for a Logistics Officer. This role will assist the set-up of emergency response logistics functions and responsibilities and will supervise Distribution Volunteers and local Logistics Casual workers, under the supervision of the Country Logistics Manager. The role will include logistics support to a particular emergency response within a larger response. As such, the role may include remote supervision of a particular logistics function.
Qualifications and experience:
Essential
-Prior experience in a logistics role in the NGO sector, within complex/large scale country programmes and in emergency response/humanitarian environments
-Proven experience in technical areas of logistics operations including procurement, transport/distribution, warehousing and stock management.
-Experiencing in supervising others in logistics operations.
-Ability to synthesize and analyse information, and make clear, informed decisions
-Ability to build relationships quickly with a wide range of people, both internally and externally
-Strong ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
Desirable
-Technical experience/training in specific areas of logistics e.g. fleet mechanics, IT/communications networks
-Technical experience/knowledge in specific types of humanitarian intervention e.g. Health, WASH, Food Security
-Fluent in Greek, Arabic, Farsi.