Senior Logistics Advisor

Are you searching for a workplace where you can make a real difference? Are you keen to support colleagues with logistics and procurement processes and further develop their capacity? Then this is your great opportunity! At NCA we work to save lives, build resilience and seek justice.

As our new senior Logistics Advisor, you will be a member of our skilled Global Logistics team. You will be based either in our Head Office in Oslo or in any one of our 20 established country offices. As part of this team, you will be responsible for providing logistics support to our country offices and local partner organisations and engaging in emergency responses on a global basis.

The Global Logistics team is responsible for continued development and implementation of logistics and procurement policies, ensuring compliance to donor requirements and that risks are minimised. As part of the team, you will provide capacity development to our staff and partners; you will review logistics and procurement processes to ensure compliance to procedures; you will assess logistics and procurement processes in our country offices and partners to identify any systematic weaknesses. Experience with audits, assessments or other reviews would be of great benefit in this role, though not essential.

Main responsibilities

• Provide procurement and logistics capacity building to NCA country offices with a focus on strengthening Country Office logistics teams, local partner organisations and non-logistics staff like programme and finance staff.
• Monitor and assess country offices and partners to identify strengths, weaknesses, and risks.
• Support Country Offices and partners with major procurements and during emergencies when required.
• Contribute to developing and updating policies and procedures for logistics related activities regarding emergency relief work, procurement policies and logistics routines.
• Support cross-functional cooperation at our Head Office and in Country Offices.
• Travel to country offices on a regular basis

Qualification

• Minimum 5-7 years of work experience at national/international level in logistics and procurement management.
• Relevant education in areas related to logistics and procurement.
• Very good knowledge of English, both written and verbally.

Desirable but not mandatory

• Education in humanitarian logistics.
• Experience from humanitarian work.
• Experience with sustainable procurement and logistics.
• Working experience from Africa, Middle East, and/or Asia.
• Working knowledge of French.

Personal qualities

• Good people skills and team oriented.
• Ability to network and establish good relations with staff, management, and partner organisations.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral and pedagogical skills
• Constructive, flexible and solution focused.
• Structured with the ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Culturally sensitive.
• Must be able to manage high workloads and stressful circumstances.

We offer

• Independent work in a highly satisfying and impactful job.
• A friendly and pleasant global work community either in central Oslo or in one of our country offices with engaged and supportive colleagues
• Autonomy over your own workday in an organization with great flexibility.
• Possibility to gain unique geographic experience working in countries and communities that are off the common travel.
• Paid overtime, flexible working hours.
• Good pension and insurance schemes.

Key Information

This position is not classified as an expatriate role and does not come with family duty station benefits. The role is remunerated either in accordance with Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) policy for national staff in the country of employment or head office staff in Oslo, Norway.

• Apply by completing all the system-required fields of your experience, employment history, and education in your application.
• Ensure to attach your latest CV.
• Submit your application and CV in English.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport/ National ID
• Incomplete, email and paper applications will not be considered.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered.
• Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.

Before you apply

We kindly ask you to carefully read the ACT Code of Conduct for the prevention of misconduct, including corruption, fraud, exploitation and abuse, including sexual; and to ensure child safeguarding and the Protection from Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse and Child Safeguarding policy before you submit your application. If you are the selected candidate for this position you will be asked to complete and sign our Code of Conduct and Protection from Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse, and Child Safeguarding Policy.

Candidates are kindly asked to submit their CV and application letter through this electronic recruitment portal. You may also upload a copy of relevant certificates as part of the application. Please note that we will only consider candidates who submit their application through this electronic recruitment portal for roster membership.

In accordance with core humanitarian principles, NCA implements a range of safeguards to prevent or reduce the possibility of humanitarian aid falling into the wrong hands. This includes those individuals and groups who are subject to sanctions by the United Nations Security Council. As part of this process, NCA will screen the details of the successful candidates for this post against the sanction's lists maintained by the UN and by some of NCAs governmental donors.