Role & Responsibilities
Provide technical advice and support to management and project staff, deliver training and ensure quality programming. Develop, lead, monitor and evaluate technical aspects of the country programme WASH activities. Coordinate and network at a senior level with national and regional authorities, clusters and other NGOs, providing capacity building for national and international staff, championing best practice (international and Medair) and contributing to the overall management of the country programme. Advise on assessment and survey design for existing and new project areas; point of contact in the country programme for GSO sector Technical Advisors.
Project Overview
Medair is responding to the humanitarian needs in Yemen through an integrated health, nutrition and WASH response targeting vulnerable persons in selected districts. WASH activities form an integrated part of the approach addressing unsafe water, poor hygiene, and diarrhoea’s aggravating ef
Role & Responsibilities
Provide effective and efficient shared business support services by setting up, providing leadership, management and oversight of the running of Logistics function, featured with customer centric and legally compliant for Logistics Shared Service Center based in Nairobi. The Head of Logistics SSC oversees a service delivery team to provide effective and cost-efficient transactional support to all country programs identified in Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and to GSO.
Project Overview
GSO Logistics (Global Support Office located at Ecublens, Switzerland) provides operational guidance for country programmes, along with both technical and compassionate support for our relief workers.
Shared Service Center – Logistics, located in Nairobi (Kenya), provides various logistic services to various country programs or GSO of Medair, including, but not limited to, via collaboration with GSO Logistics Team, manage and provide all the activities related to procurem
As soon as possible. Full time, 24 months.
Key Activity Areas
Project and Base Setup
Lead initial needs assessments to examine health, nutrition and WASH needs in potential target counties in Jonglei State to determine the location of intervention. Identify a location and establish a static base with office and residence facilities. Develop and maintain relationships with relevant stakeholders in the new location.
Oversee the launch of initial health, nutrition, and WASH activities and the scale-up of project activities.
Project Management
Oversee the overall implementation of the designated project(s) in consultation with the relevant Project Manager(s) and in accordance with the project proposals, ensuring objectives are met within the required time frame and budget. Where necessary ensure preventative and corrective action is taken.
Actively participate and contribute to the development and review of the SDS Strategy.
Contribute and support the development of proposals and reports for the respective projects.
Operations Management
Oversee programme implementation in consultation with the relevant senior field managers (programme and programme support) and in accordance with the project proposals, ensure objectives are met within the required time frames and budgets. Where necessary ensure preventative and corrective action is taken.
Facilitate cross cutting communications with all country teams implementing and supporting the programme plans.
Support field managers in all aspects of finance, administrative, human resource and logistics management, ensuring knowledge of and adherence to applicable operational systems, donor requirements and country programme strategy.
As soon as possible. Full time, 6 months.
Key Activity Areas
Logistics Improvement
Liaise with Logistics officers, PSMs, ERT Logistics Coordinator and PCs in project locations and Juba to improve Medair logistical processes by setting performance indicators and measuring outcomes.
Support operational tasks in checking and approving purchases.
Ensure audit issues raised from previous audits are implemented across all logistical functions within the country programme.
Cover for Logistics Manager as needed especially when Logistics Manager is out on leave. During the time this role covers for Logistics Manager Duties. Frequent visits to field locations, ERT, Jonglei, Renk and Leer to ascertain the logistical processes are executed according to Medair guidelines.