Logistics Support Volunteer

Job Posting Organization:
The UNFPA Chad actively supports the government in its development efforts to implement its Vision 2030 'The Chad We Want' and its five-year development plans. The support from UNFPA is focused on its sequential strategic plans (SP 2018-2021; SP 2022-2025; and SP 2026-2029), emphasizing three transformative results: Zero preventable maternal deaths; zero unmet need for family planning; and zero gender-based violence and harmful practices. UNFPA provides medical reproductive health products and equipment across the country, focusing on health facilities in seven provinces, three of which are humanitarian. In the Lake Chad, Moyen Chari, and Logone Oriental provinces, UNFPA supports 34 health facilities by providing midwives, equipment, and products. Projects aimed at empowering women and adolescents are also conducted with income-generating activities for women's associations, preacher associations, and other women's groups.

Job Overview:
The UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency responsible for promoting a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan 2026-2029 outlines the organization's response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 203

• This mandate is pursued through four interdependent results: ending unmet needs for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic changes through human rights-based and evidence-based policies. In a world where fundamental human rights are threatened, we need staff who are ethical and transparent, embodying and defending these international standards with courage and conviction. UNFPA seeks candidates who can transform, inspire, and produce impactful and sustainable results while ensuring effective external relations, quality communication, strengthening partnerships, and mobilizing resources in a constantly evolving development and funding context. We need collaborators who are transparent, exemplary in managing the resources entrusted to them, and committed to achieving excellence in program results.

Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support all logistical operations related to the supplies of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), under the supervision of the supply chain specialist and in close collaboration with the country office supply chain team in Chad. - Provide quality logistical services and support operations in compliance with existing rules, guidelines, processes, and procedures. - Contribute to the updating and implementation of the Chad corridor operations concept for logistics, including import circuits, movement of goods (corridors), storage (hubs), and distribution networks to affected areas. - Ensure the overall logistics of UNFPA supplies in close collaboration with the operations team of the Sudan country office. - Collaborate with all relevant humanitarian partners to optimize UNFPA's supply chain and coordinate with health sector partners and UN agencies for planning and developing the medical supply chain in response. - Review shipping documents and coordinate with relevant authorities to authorize shipments while ensuring compliance with export and transport procedures defined by national authorities, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), or the UN Country Team. - Process import documents and other relevant documents for incoming shipments as well as documentation related to cross-border operations in Chad. - Provide administrative support in maintaining records of shipments, inventories, and inspection reports related to shipments from the Sudan country office, including: receiving deliveries in the warehouse, conducting physical inventories and inspections, reporting damaged or lost items, and coordinating storage and unloading with warehouse focal points. - Organize supplies and supervise loading operations in N'Djamena to ensure that no items are omitted during the transport of supplies from temporary warehouses (World Food Programme (WFP); CPA) to UNFPA's Mobile Storage Unit (MSU) in Abéché. - Identify appropriate storage structures and transporters for medical supplies. - Travel, when necessary, to Abéché/Adré to supervise loading and unloading operations and coordinate cross-border movements. - Review and process supplier invoices in collaboration with finance colleagues from the Chad and Sudan country offices. - Coordinate with the part-time logistics assistant based in Abéché the loading and unloading operations of supplies and trucks, as well as the transportation of supplies across the border to Sudan.

Required Qualifications:
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. - Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. - Proficiency in logistics and supply chain management principles. - Familiarity with humanitarian operations and the UN system is an asset. - Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and independently when required.

Educational Background:
- A degree in logistics, supply chain management, business administration, or a related field is preferred. - Additional training or certifications in logistics or supply chain management would be advantageous.

Experience:
- Previous experience in logistics, supply chain management, or related fields is highly desirable. - Experience working in humanitarian settings or with international organizations is a plus. - Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and work in a fast-paced environment.

Languages:
- Proficiency in French is mandatory. - Knowledge of English is an asset. - Knowledge of local languages spoken in Chad would be beneficial.

Additional Notes:
- The UN Volunteer will be based in N'Djamena, with occasional travel to Abéché and Adré as operational needs arise. - The position will operate in a demanding humanitarian context, requiring a high degree of adaptability, flexibility, and resilience. - Living conditions in N'Djamena may be basic, and public services are limited. - The volunteer must be able to work in an environment that can be challenging, with high operational pressures, while adhering to UN security" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #007bff !important;">security rules. - Climate conditions can be difficult, particularly due to high temperatures. - The volunteer will benefit from the entitlements and allowances provided for UN Volunteers, in accordance with UNV Conditions of Service. - Complete details regarding entitlements and allowances related to the duty station can be consulted via the UNV calculator.