MAIDIGURI (NIGERIA) – LOGISTICS MANAGER – 1st MISSION

THE ALIMA ASSOCIATION

ALIMA’S SPIRIT: ALIMA’s purpose is to save lives and provide care for the most vulnerable populations, without any discrimination based on identity, religion or politics, through actions based on proximity, innovation, and the alliance of organizations and individuals. We act with humanity and impartiality in accordance with universal medical ethics. To gain access to patients, we undertake to act in a neutral and independent manner.

Our CHARTER defines the VALUES and PRINCIPLES of our action:

1. Putting the Patient First
2. Revolutionizing humanitarian medicine
3. Responsibility and freedom
4. Improve the quality of our actions
5. Placing trust
6. Collective intelligence

CARING - INNOVATING - TOGETHER:

Since its creation in 2009, ALIMA has treated more than 3 million patients. Today ALIMA works in 10 countries in Western and Central Africa. In 2018 we plan to work in 41 projects including 10 research projects focusing on malnutrition, Ebola and Lassa fever. All of these projects will support national health authorities through more than 320 health facilities (including 28 hospitals and 294 health facilities). Alima intervenes in response to humanitarian crises and patients are at the heart of all our actions. We work in partnership whenever possible to ensure that our patients benefit from the best and most relevant expertise wherever it is, whether within their own country or in the rest of the world.

ALIMA’S TEAM: more than 1800 people are currently working for ALIMA. The field teams, closest to the patients, receive their support from coordination teams generally based in the countries’ capitals. These receive support from the 3 desk teams and the emergency and opening team based at the operational headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. The Paris and New York teams are actively working to raise funds and represent ALIMA. The rest of the ALIMA Galaxy includes individuals and partner teams working on behalf of other organizations such as medical NGOs BEFEN, ALERT Health, SOS Doctors / KEOOGO, AMCP, research organizations PACCI and INSERM, Bordeaux or Copenhagen Universities, the INGO Solidarités International and many others.

COUNTRIES WHERE WE WORK IN 2018: Mali, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Guinea, South Sudan.

THE WORK WE DO covers: Malnutrition, Maternal Health, Primary Health, Pediatrics, Malaria, Epidemics (Ebola, Cholera, Measles, Dengue, Lassa Fever), Hospitalization, Emergencies, Gender Based Violence, Opening / Closing.

MISSION AND MAIN ACTIVITIES

The Logistics Manager main objective is to plan, coordinate and monitor all logistics related activities in the project area including all non-medical assistance related activities (shelter, food, water hygiene-sanitation and essential non-food items) and provide support to medical assistance activities, according to ALIMA protocols and standards in order to ensure an optimal running of the project.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the supervision of the Logistics Coordinator, as Logistics Manager (1st mission), you will:

· Assist in the definition and follow-up of logistics activities in the capital, in conjunction with other medical project managers in order to identify and give a response to the needs of the targeted population in terms of construction, transport, communication, food, shelter, water and sanitation, and essential non-food items;

· Monitor on a day-to-day basis the implementation of logistics/technical activities in the capital (construction, transport, communications, water and sanitation, vehicles and engines, equipment/installation and infrastructures, communications, etc.) ensuring compliance of ALIMA standards, protocols and procedures, and reporting to the Logistics Coordinator on the development of the ongoing programmes:

-Ensure good functioning of vehicle fleet and other engines.

-Implement water and sanitation activities planned.

-Organise transport of goods and staff.

-Guarantee means of communication.

-Implement all administrative related activities linked to logistics (orders, insurances, vehicle contracts, etc.).

· Participate in the planning together with the Logistics Coordinator, and the HR Coordinator, and implement HR associated processes (recruitment, training, briefing/debriefing, evaluation, and detection of potential, development and communication) of the logistics staff in the Capital in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required to correctly perform all logistics activities ;

· Ensure installation and maintenance of functional office space(s) and lodging facilities for international staff in adequate living conditions;

· Participate in monthly reports according to guidelines.

This job description is not exhaustive.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

You are...

Quick to learn

Good at listening

Creative and open minded

Interested in medical humanitarian operations and research

You are capable of making decisions when it is necessary, whether it is easy or not

You know how to help people around you see the big picture and take it into account when they make decisions

You love diversity in your work and are very flexible and agile

You do not avoid conflict, and even more, you know how to deal with conflict whether you like it or not

You think a job well done means planning, anticipation, organisation and communication.

You have…

A Secondary education/or technical diploma or technical university degree in the field of Logistics, or equivalent.

Two years of work experience in logistics related activities.

A previous experience with a NGO, and working experience in developing countries would be considered as an asset

Computer skills

Excellent language skills (English mandatory; French is an asset)

CONDITIONS

Contract: contract under French law, 6 months’ renewable

Starting date: ASAP

Salary: depending on experience + per diem

ALIMA pays for:

• travel costs between the expatriate’s country of origin and the mission location

• accommodation costs

• medical cover from the first day of the contract to a month after the date of departure from the mission country for the employee

• evacuation of the employee

HOW TO APPLY : To apply, please send your CV and your answers to the following questions (which stands for a classical cover letter) to candidature@alima.ngo with the reference “Logistics Manager – 1st Mission – Nigeria ”in the subject line, before 13.05.2018.

Documents to be sent: To apply, please send your CV and your answers to the following questions:

1) What do you know about ALIMA and why do you want to be part of it?

2) How do you place ALIMA in the NGO medical emergency landscape?

3) What do you think are the challenges of Logistics Manager in a medical emergency context?

4) How could you describe the attitude required to perform well in this role?

5) In touch with the job description, what do you feel in capacity to bring personally to the project?

6) Please indicate your level both in English and French, written read spoken (scale between 1 and 10, 10 being native speaker).

N.B.: Applications are processed in the order of arrival and we reserve the right to close the offer before the term initially indicated if a good application is successful.

Only full applications (CV + answer to questions) will be taken into account.**