Assistant(e) Logistique

Organizational Context

UNFPA Chad actively supports the government's Vision 2030 and five-year development plans, focusing on its strategic plans (2018-2029). The mission targets three transformative results: zero preventable maternal deaths, zero unmet family planning needs, and zero SGBV/harmful practices. This is achieved by providing reproductive health products and medical equipment to health facilities in seven provinces, including three humanitarian areas. UNFPA also supports women and adolescent empowerment projects.

Job Purpose

UNFPA is the UN's lead agency for promoting a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. Its 2026-2029 Strategic Plan aims to accelerate the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action and the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate focuses on four interconnected results: ending unmet family planning needs, preventable maternal deaths, gender-based violence and harmful practices, and adapting to demographic changes with rights-based policies. The Logistics Assistant will support the effective management of UNFPA activities in population and development, reproductive health, and gender, particularly in SGBV prevention and response. This role contributes to project formulation, joint programming, resource mobilization, and national development frameworks through trend analysis and evaluation, ensuring results monitoring and procedural compliance.

Responsibilities

Support all UNFPA logistics operations for supplies, under the supervision of the Supply Chain Specialist and in collaboration with the Chad Country Office Supply Chain team. Provide quality logistics services and operational support, adhering to established rules, guidelines, processes, and procedures. Contribute to updating and implementing the Chadian corridor operations concept for logistics, covering import routes, goods movement, storage hubs, and distribution networks to affected areas. Ensure overall logistics for UNFPA supplies, coordinating closely with the Sudan Country Office operations team. Collaborate with relevant humanitarian partners to optimize UNFPA's supply chain and coordinate with health sector partners and UN agencies for medical supply chain planning and development in response efforts. Review shipping documents and coordinate with authorities to authorize shipments, ensuring compliance with national, OCHA, or UN Country Team export and transport procedures. Process import and other relevant documents for incoming shipments and cross-border operations documentation in Chad. Provide administrative support for maintaining shipment records, inventories, and inspection reports for Sudan Country Office consignments, including warehouse receipt, physical inventories, inspections, reporting damaged/lost items, and coordinating storage/unloading with warehouse focal points. Organize supplies and supervise loading operations in N'Djamena to prevent omissions during transport from temporary warehouses to UNFPA's Mobile Storage Unit in Abéché. Identify suitable storage facilities and transporters for medical supplies. Travel to Abéché/Adré as needed to supervise loading/unloading and coordinate cross-border movements. Review and process supplier invoices in collaboration with finance colleagues from Chad and Sudan Country Offices. Coordinate with the part-time logistics assistant in Abéché for loading/unloading supplies and trucks, and for routing supplies across the border to Sudan.

Work Experience

Required: 3 years of relevant experience in supply chain and logistics, with a preference for medical logistics. Desirable: Certification in humanitarian logistics; experience managing medical supplies in emergencies; knowledge of international NGO and UN systems, especially UNFPA; good understanding of humanitarian response.

Skills

Core Competencies: Accountability, Professional expertise, Teamwork and decision-making, Professionalism, Self-management, Impactful communication. Technical Skills: Procurement and contracting, Logistics and Inventory management. Other Skills: Strong oral and written communication, drafting, formulation, and reporting skills; interpersonal skills, cultural and social sensitivity, ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with diverse partners; adaptability to demanding environments and multicultural teams; general IT proficiency (Microsoft Office, email, internet, database management); autonomy, ability to work with minimal supervision and meet deadlines; good security awareness.

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