Duties

The incumbent will perform all or part of the following duties

During deployment, the duty station may change, and duties may be modified, based upon the technical needs of the Programme.

• In compliance with the WHO rules and regulation, based on a comprehensive forecast of the supply needs and in collaboration with the UN partners present (WFP and logistics cluster), plan an end to end, timely provision of quality and adequate supplies, equipment and consumables for the health emergency operations.
• Facilitate customs clearance, reception, transportation, storage and distribution of supplies to affected areas and populations.
• Manage WHO warehouses and inventory; implement stock control mechanisms.
• Maintain the required stockpiles of essential emergency equipment, e.g. personal deployment material, radios, satellite telephones, IT equipment, etc.
• Manage the WHE fleet, including planning and monitoring fleet movements, oversee the maintenance of vehicles.
• In close cooperation with the Field Security Officer, ensure that appropriate and safe living conditions are provided to WHO-deployed staff and responders.
• Facilitate the set-up of the Health facilities supported by WHO, support the appropriate functioning of the health facilities, mobile medical activities such as vaccination campaigns, laboratory support and other emergency health related activities.
• Ensure that water, sanitation and infection control required activities are in place and up to standard for all health facilities supported by the WHO.
• Provide quality assurance to the set up and sustainable access to adequate, efficient and safe cold chain facilities for a reliable supply of medical items requiring temperature control environment.
• Undertake regular field assessments to monitor supply management, stock movements and storage conditions.
• Monitor and report regularly to the emergency team, drawing their attention to needs, gaps and problems, and proposing remedial actions.
• Perform any other related incident-specific duties, as required by the functional supervisor.

Recruitment Profile Competencies

• Teamwork;
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences;
• Communication

Requirements

Functional Knowledge and Skills

Describe the essential knowledge and the skills specific to the position

• Demonstrated knowledge logistics management in emergency context, with proven ability to identify and solve technical problems in difficult circumstances.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Proven ability to promote cohesive action and convince officials with tact and diplomacy.

Education Qualifications

• Essential A first university degree in public or business administration, logistic management, logistics, engineering, pharmacy or related field from an accredited/recognized institute. Desirable Professional certification/qualification in areas such as transport, distribution and supply chain management. Degree or training in information management systems and their application to logistic, transport or supply management and monitoring.

Experience

• Essential At least five years’ related experience, at the national and international levels, in managing emergency logistics operations and supply operations in international organizations/institutions, part of which in the field supporting emergency humanitarian operations.

Desirable

• Prior working experience with WHO/UN, health clusters partners, recognized humanitarian organizations or with an international nongovernmental organization.
• Experience or knowledge of import/export and customs administration.
• Use of Language Skills

Excellent knowledge of English or French (depending on the country of assignment). Working knowledge of another WHO official language would be an asset.

Other Skills (e.g. IT)

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Demonstrated computer skills with emphasis on databases management to monitor supplies and inventory, and forecast needs.
• Demonstrated skills in using equipment such radio and satellite phones.