Senior Officer - Logistics(Save the Children in Uganda)-Job vacancies in Uganda

Job Title: Senior Officer - Logistics
Organisation: Save the Children in Uganda
Job Location: Moroto, Uganda
Deadline:  24th January 2014
Reports to: Area Manager, Northern Region

About Save:
Save the Children is the world's leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale. In Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over 170 persons. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfill their potential. In 2012, we reached more than 100 million children around the world.

Job Summary:
The Senior Officer Logistics will work under the direct control and supervision of the Area Manager. The job holder will provide logistical support to district offices through planning, coordinating and implementing procedures in the key areas of procurement, fleet andstores/ asset management. This will be achieved through provision of accurate and timely service delivery to the field programmes in line with the set policies, procedures and guidelines. The Senior Officer may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

•     The job suitor should possess a bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Education particularly Non Formal education and/or any related field. Additional post-graduate training in project planning & management, monitoring and evaluation, or related field is an added advantage
•     A minimum of three years’ accumulated experience with an international NGO dealing with child and/or youth-focused interventions.
•     Prior experience of working with local partners and District Local Government in Child Rights Governance, Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child Protection is an added advantage.
•     Excellent analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.
•     Possess the ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.
•     Possess willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
•     Excellent computer literacy and documentation skills
•     Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
•     Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
•     Possess the ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary.
•     Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
•     Excellent time management and planning capacity.
•     Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.

How to Apply:
All interested candidates should submit their applications with cover letters and a detailed CVs indicating three professional referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors should be submitted to:
The Director of Human Resources & Administration
Save the Children Plot 68/70, Kiira Road
P O Box 12018, Kampala, Uganda
Or on email: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer, persons with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply.


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