Doctors without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in 1971. Today, MSF provides independent, impartial assistance in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.
MSF Switzerland in Nigeria currently has 3 projects mainly on primary and secondary health care, vaccination, nutrition programs and water and sanitation activities in Gambaru/Ngala, Rann and Banki.
Starting date: as soon as possible
Type of contract: 3 months renewable
Place of work: Maiduguri, MSF Switzerland offices
Scope of responsibility:
Carrying out or supervising all maintenance logistics activities in the base (vehicles, fuel consumption, and local infrastructure)
Function responsibilities include:
– Planning vehicles movements, tracking individual trips, and ensuring implementation of security measures
– Tracking consumption of supplies, fuel, lubricants, used in different facilities (office, house, store, etc.).
– Checking the maintenance of the various open spaces (gardens, courtyards…) and ensuring that domestic waste is correctly discarded
– Checking and ensuring the maintenance of MSF premises and facilities, as well as the general water supply, electrical, walls, ceilings… and security conditions. In this sense, making inspection visits to assess the rehabilitation needs of facilities.
– Performing maintenance of logistics equipment for cold chain, energy, IT and radio communications, in particular:
Inventories and the reallocation of equipment.
Renewing the authorization to use radio material with local authorities.
Checking the quality of the work carried out on generators and electrical installations.
– Preparing orders for his sector activity, do the follow-up, and checking their proper reception and state.
– Carrying out local purchases and reporting any problems linked to the quality or availability to supervisor
– Participating in trainings at the request of the line manager
Experience required:
– Essential Secondary Education
– Previous experience with MSF or other NGOs an asset
Required qualification:
– Computer literacy and radio equipment user-knowledge
– English language mandatory , French an asset
– Results Orientation, Teamwork, Flexibility, Service Orientation, Stress Management
Please send your CV & Cover Letter to the below email and specify the position you are applying for in the subject of your email otherwise it will not be considered. There is no set closing / deadline dates for applications; recruitment is on-going until the position is filled.
Subject: Logistician
Only selected applicant will be contacted for a test and an interview if successful.
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