Latest Jos at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

The Logistics Team Leader with the supervision of the Area Manager is responsible for managing logistics staff, fleet, warehouse, assets and procurement to ensure effective, transparent, and accountable logistics support to the Norwegian Refugee Council programs in NRC Nigeria (Jos Area Office). Liaison with program teams to ensure adequate logistical consideration for coordination and planning of program implementation. Provide technical support and guidance to program teams on logistical elements of distribution and procurement planning. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Transport and Fleet

• Managing and tracking all vehicles on the fleet, including movement planning and day-to-day allocation
• Manage, maintain and repair vehicles in safe and efficient working order
• Ensure that vehicles are checked on a daily basis and that regular service and maintenance is carried out as per the agreed schedule and are roadworthy in line with NRC standards an
• Ensure vehicles documents are up to date and in line with Nigerian traffic rules.
• Manage service agreements related to vehicle, generator maintenance and fueling. Monitor fuel consumption on both vehicles and generators and submit monthly reports
• Receive travel requests, and maintain trip schedules and Staff Movement Board.

Asset Management

• Maintaining up-to-date control of all assets including tracking donor, value, and location, managing staff issue, and recording all asset movements and disposals
• Oversee the issuance and return of assets to/from staff
• Ensure good condition of assets, and maintain asset condition reports.
• Update Asset Register and send to the country office every month

Warehousing and Stock Management

• Manage and maintain the physical warehouse.
• Ensure quarterly stock check and reconciliation.
• Ensure random spot check on the stock in the warehouse
• Ensure all program stock is released through the NRC Stock release/requisition form and accompanied with a waybill to Beneficiaries/final delivery point
• Ensure the budget holders and the Logistics Manager are informed about all stock under expired and other irregularities or discrepancies in the warehouse respectively.

Procurement and Supply

• Oversee procurement requirements at the Area Office; implement procurement as per approved guidelines, procedures, and forms (Purchase Requests, Purchase Orders, Goods Received Notes, etc.)
• Check the availability and prices of requested items in the local market; liaise with the country office based on the procurement threshold 
• Take lead on due diligence process for all suppliers being handled at the Area Office level
• Prepare a weekly summary of all outstanding purchase requisitions, showing the current status of the items and the date on which they are expected to be supplied to the projects
• Prepare monthly summary reports on all logistics functions, identifying challenges in operations and solutions proposed
• Updates and Manages the Procurement and contract tracker at the area level.

Professional competencies:

• Experience working as a Logistics Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
• A university degree in Supply chain management/purchasing and supply or any other relevant field of study
• Procurement certification such as CIPS is desirable 
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile context
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Fluency in English and Hausa is an added advantage

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge, and experience:

• Office organization skills
• Computer skills (Microsoft Office)
• Good communication skills
• Articulate
• A high degree of accuracy

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RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct livelihoods assessments to determine most viable income generating activities.
• Responsible for coordination with all key stakeholders and register project beneficiaries
• Coordinate with stakeholders and partners in training of beneficiaries on small scale business and income generating activities.
• Coordinate the food security activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans
• Ensure adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements
• Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities
• Break down the annual operational plans into weekly, monthly and quarterly implementation plans
• Coordinate with relevant partners working in the same implementation areas
• Ensure that procurement, development and distribution of materials and equipment are timely and according to procedures
• Supervise, train and develop team of food assistants
• Prepare periodic progress reports and other documents as required
• Investigate and facilitate introduction of new technology, methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for persons (Nigeria Nationals Only) with;

• B.Sc in Economics, Agricultural Economics, Social Sciences, Veterinary Medicine
• Work experience from the Borno context preferred
• Experience and understanding of Selection, Planning and Management (SPM) of Income Generating Activities (IGAs) both farm and off farm.
• Proven experience in Income Generation Activities and Vocational Skills Trainings
• Experience in beneficiary skills trainings and distribution of conditional business grants or small business startup kits.
• Experience from working in livelihoods and food security humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Knowledge of the context in Northeast Nigeria
• Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision
• Highest standard of ethics and integrity
• Ability to work in insecure environments
• Communicating with respects.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for coordination with all key stakeholders  to ensure registration of project beneficiaries according to selected criteria.
• Ensure that procurement is timely and accordance with procedures and policy.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and partners on strengthening farmer and herder capacity, through integrated agricultural and livestock activities, training of beneficiaries on sustainable small-scale business and income generating activities for youth.
• Assist the Project Manager in the planning and design of Climate Smart Agricultural (CSA), inputs support, cash for work programs, income generating activities, business grants delivery modalities & mechanisms, capacity strengthening techniques and modules, taking into consideration seasonality, preferences, market needs, value chain addition in consideration to the market system
• Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
• Liaison and collaborate with relevant local authorities and stakeholders (ADPs, FAO, FADAMMA, Entrepreneurship development institute) to participant in project implementation and to avoid overlaps.
• Contribute to the design of Livelihood and Food Security component and M&E system/ indicators, including electronic systems.
• Undertake needs, vulnerability, post-training and post-distribution survey/ assessments to determine project performance and progress.
• Undertaking food security assessments and analysis.

QUALIFICATIONS

• B.Sc Agronomy, Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Crop Science and other related
• Experience working as an Agricultural Extension Agent, income generating, and rural livelihoods system.
• Minimum of 5 years working experience in related position.
• Work experience from the plateau context preferred
• Start-up of livelihoods and food security programs
• Good understanding of climate smart agriculture (CSA)
• Good understanding of Plateau State Agricultural Zones and FADAMA
• Experience with Multi sector approaches
• Work experience of implementing cash/voucher and in-kind distribution of farming inputsand small scale Start-up cash grant and Cash for work activities.
• Solid understanding of Selection, Planning and Management (SPM) of Income Generating Activities (IGAs) both farm and off farm.
• Demonstrated experience in livelihoods programming including income generating activities, (IGAs), VSLAs, Value chain addition, Farmer Field School (FFS)and livestock production and management.
• Good understanding of integrated IGA and Agricultural project development, management and monitoring.
• Experience in Cash and voucher assistance (CVA)
• Work experience in implementation through remote access and monitoring
• Able to speak fluent English and Hausa languages
• Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision
• Highest standard of ethics and integrity
• Ability to work in insecure environments
• Good communication skills
• Previous experience in conflict and peace resolution
• Preferable knowledge of the following: GIZ procedures