Emergency Preparedness Roster - Logistics

NCA Emergency Preparedness Roster provides NCA with the needed human resources to ensure that qualified and trained personnel are readily available to deploy to NCA’s humanitarian operations. Our emergency preparedness roster provides support capacity to NCA field offices as well as partners within the ACT alliance and/or UN agencies. Members of the emergency roster sign a 2-year Letter of Intent with NCA. This Letter of Intent states that within a two-year period, roster members will be available to be deployed when called upon. When considering candidates for the roster, we will emphasize experience, professional background, availability, language skills, and personal suitability.

Please answer the following questions in English in your application:

• Describe your personal qualities and ability to adapt to different cultural contexts and to live and work in disaster-struck areas.

Availability: Accepted members must be able to travel on short notice and stay in the field for at least three months.

Duties and responsibilities

• Plan, design and implement logistics systems for efficient reception, clearance, storage and distribution of supplies and equipment
• Undertake procurement activities in accordance to internationally accepted standards and donor policies
• Participate in programme planning and advise on logistics considerations
• Establish and maintain contacts with local offices, international and local partners or other relevant partners/clusters regarding the storage and forwarding of goods
• Ensure appropriate monitoring and evaluation of logistics operations

Qualifications

• Work experience at national/international level in logistics management
• Relevant education in areas directly related to logistics operations
• Experience in capacity building of national staff
• Experience from humanitarian work is an asset
• Fluent in French and English

Personal qualities

• Good interpersonal skills and team oriented
• Ability to network and establish good relations with staff, partners and government
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Must be able to handle high workloads and stressful circumstances
• Must be able to live and work under demanding physical and mental conditions

We can offer

• Opportunity to play a key role in shaping the crisis response for one of Norway's largest humanitarian organizations.
• Competitive terms and conditions and a comprehensive insurance policy.
• Short- and long-term contracts.

NCA uses an electronic recruitment portal. Candidates are kindly asked to submit their CV and application letter through this electronic recruitment portal. You may also upload a copy of relevant certificates as part of the application. Please note that we will only consider candidates who submit their application through this electronic recruitment portal for roster membership.