MSF Support Activity Manager Job in Juba

Support Activity Manager

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, humanitarian, non-governmental organisation providing assistance to people in need as a result of natural and man-made disasters, irrespective of race, religion, ideology or politics.

MSF Switzerland (MSF-CH) is currently seeking to employ a qualified candidate for the following position:

Function: Support Activity Manager
Number of vacancies: 1
Location: Juba (with frequent travel to projects in the field)

Scope of responsibilities:

The Support Activity Manager supports the logistics coordinator in Juba and will be in charge of the logistics support activities of the entire mission, holding the following responsibilities:

• Define and implement adequate means, resources and processes for the proper and safe management of energy, transportation (fleet management), biomedical equipment, cold chain, radio and telecom, and IT, and do the MSF standard reporting to the Logistics Coordinator on the development of the ongoing activities and proposing reorientation when needed.
• Ensure installation and maintenance of functional office space(s) and accommodation facilities in an adequate working/living conditions as well as all the equipment required in coherence with MSF hygiene standard and security rules.
• Ensure that the above medical structures and logistics premises (stocks, workshops, waste management area, etc) respond to MSF standards in terms of safety, patient flow and hygiene.
• Ensure the above-mentioned premises are equipped with all the required logistics equipment (including BIOMEDICAL equipments) which is in good condition and properly and timely maintained.
• Participate actively in the definition and update of annual logistics planning and budgets, defining logistic technical support strategy and advising the Logistics Coordinator in the transformation of the logistic support needs identified into objectives, priorities, and resources needed for adequate logistic support.
• Monitor and administrate logistics support indicators (fundamentals), collecting logistic data and monthly reports and forwarding them to the Logistics Coordinator.
• Plan and supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training, briefing/debriefing, performance evaluation, detection of potential, development and internal communication) of the logistics support staff in the mission in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required to implement all these related activities to the logistics staff under his/her direct responsibility.
• Ensure technical reference for all logistic support issues in the mission and provides coaching to logistics staff.

Recruitment criteria:

Education: Technical degree/diploma or equivalent MSF experience (Deputy Logco, Field Logistician, Head of Logistic Activity)

Experience: At least two years of experience in a similar position

Languages: Arabic, English (fluent written and spoken)

Knowledge: Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, and Internet)

Personal qualities:  

Strong organisational and technical skills, flexibility and open-mindedness, ability to work with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural people, good communication skills including the ability to listen, and diplomacy.

Interested candidates are invited to submit their application letter and a detailed CV by 7/12/2012 to:-

HR Team leader
MSF Switzerland – South Sudan Mission
P. O. BOX 25091-00603, NAIROBI

Short-listed candidates will be invited to an interview.