Logistics Officer at Oxfam Nigeria

Oxfam is a confederation of 17 Affiliates committed to creating a just world without poverty. In Nigeria Oxfam works in the areas of Economic Justice/Sustainable Livelihoods, Humanitarian programming to save lives, Advancing Gender Justice and Good governance, adopting a right based approach.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Logistics Officer

Location: Biu/Damboa, Borno
Duration: 6 months with possibility of extension

Job Purpose

• The purpose of this role is to manage all aspect of Oxfam's logistics in Damboa, primarily the establishment of a new field base, and subsequently efficient management of Oxfam's logistics systems

Key Responsibilities

• To run all logistics processes, including purchasing warehousing, communications and transport, as well as the related administrative procedures, for Oxfam operations
• To assist the Programme Managers and other staff with logistics advice during the drawing up of new project proposals.
• To perform any other logistical duties in line with Oxfam procedures reasonably requested of you by the Senor Logistics Officer/Programme Manager.
• In case of security incidence, civil disturbance or arbitrary malicious intent, in consultation with the Senior Logistics Officer/Programme Manager to safeguard vehicles, communications and other capital equipment, either by disabling it, hiding it, or by driving it to safety, under the condition that this effort does not jeopardise the personal safety of any staff involved
• To provide and maintain safety policies for Oxfam staffs, premises, Assets and goods.

Experience and Qualifications

• Degree in Supply Management, Management, Accounting or related disciplined with 2-5 years experience in procurement/supply management. A combination of relevant training and experience maybe considered in lieu but not vice versa.
• Previous experience in producing high quality reports
• Experience and/or demonstrable knowledge of procurement and supply chain management
• Proven ability to manage competing tasks and to prioritise and produce high level output consistently
• Excellent computer skills (to include experience in computerised finance processes) and ability/preparedness to quickly team new systems and software.

Application Closing Date
13th January, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their application letter and Curriculum Vitae as one attachment in English to: [email protected] with the position title as the subject of your email.

Note

• Prospective candidate must be available and willing to commence work immediately.
• Applications sent in the required format will be considered and only short listed candidates will be contacted.