MSF employs generalist, multi-skilled logisticians to work on projects and in hospitals and specialist logisticians for specific technical assignments: mechanics, builders, architects, water, hygiene, sanitation specialists, procurement specialists, electricians and biomedical technicians.
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- Logisticians ensure the smooth running of MSF's programmes, by guaranteeing the continuity of the activities for anything that is neither medical nor administrative.
- Their responsibilities are various and wide-ranging: rehabilitation of hospitals, supervising locally employed staff, organizing transport, cold chain management, maintenance of vehicles and communication systems, local or international supply...
- Thanks to their creativity and inventiveness, general logisticians find solutions to issues in the field, where many unexpected situations can arise: general logistics are reactive and agile to address the needs.
- General Logisticians can pursue a professional path within the association, through the offer of various training courses and of progressively high-responsibility roles in the field: Logistics Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Head of Mission.
Responsibilities
- Organisation of the project's infrastructure: small-scale construction and refurbishment works, basic water, hygiene and sanitation activities,
- Supervising and training logistics teams and locally employed and/or international personnel: watchmen, drivers, hospital logisticians, external hygienists, technicians, etc.
- Management of the supply chain required by the project: stock management, local and international procurement, monitoring and warehousing deliveries of supplies and equipment, procurement,
- Management of the equipment required by the project: procurement, installation, maintenance and supervision of equipment (IT, radio communications, vehicles, generators, etc.),
- Implement safety management procedures, in collaboration with the project coordinator and the coordination in the capital,Providing logistical support to medical teams,
- Working with the medical teams and project coordinator to define the operational strategies and logistical objectives of the project.
