For over 35 years, the humanitarian aid organization SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL has been committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Our mission is to provide aid as quickly and as efficiently as possible to endangered populations by meeting their vital needs: drinking water, food and shelter. After providing emergency aid, our humanitarian teams accompany the most vulnerable families and communities until they recover their livelihoods and self-sufficiency, to enable them to deal with the challenges of an uncertain future with dignity. SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is particularly committed to fighting water-related diseases, the primary cause of death in the world today. Drawing on their expertise, our teams develop and carry out aid programs in the fields of water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as in the essential domains of food security and reconstruction. In 2014, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL teams, comprising 188 international and 1742 national employees. The association is directed by Jean-Yves Troy. Founded by Alain Boinet and presided by Edouard Lagourgue, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is a non-profit organisation under the French 1901 charities law. An annual general meeting is held each year, and the charity has a Board of Governors and a steering committee.
- Job Type: Contract , Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience: 2 years
- Location: Zamfara
- Job Field: Administration / Secretarial , Human Resources / HR
Under the management of the Field Coordinator for North West, and the supervision of the administrative coordinator, the Logistics Coordinator and HR Coordinator the roles will be as below:
Logistics Management
Logistician carries out administrative, accounting, financial and logistics management of SI in the NW, in compliance with donor and Solidarites International procedures.
- Define the needs of administrative and logistics personnel at his/her base, and recruit according to the resources allocated
- Train, support and evaluate the administrative and logistic team at his/her assignment base
- Plan and direct the activities of the administrative and logistics team
- Lead meetings for the administrative and logistics teams
- Conduct performance reviews for members of the administrative and logistics teams
- He/she organizes logistics and administrative support for the programs.
- He/she supports, manages and trains the members of his logistics and administrative team.
- He/she assists the Field Coordinator in the implementation of the security procedures.
Human resources and Team Management
- Preparation of monthly payroll and salary advance and shares to finance for payment.
- Update and share the monthly HR reports from homere
- He/she is charged with ensuring that Solidarites International’s Human Resources policy is properly implemented as well as the supervision of all the logistics and administrative activities in the North West.
- Monitoring of contract end dates for staff and ensure all contracts are upto date.
- Human resource policies and procedures are maintained, implemented and communicated in line with country legislation and SI human resource policies.
- Ensure that all the EAP are done on good time and file them accordingly.
- Manage entire employee lifecycle by implementing and maintaining systems related to recruitment, on boarding, case management, staff communication, staff exit management
Finance Management
- Update allocation boards for his/her base
- Update and analyze budget follow up in conjunction with logistic and program teams
- Make connections between budgetary consumption and activity progress; Propose solutions if necessary
- Monitor functioning costs at his/her assignment base
- Oversee adherence to donor administrative procedures
- Support the administrative coordinator in formulating financial reports and carrying out audits
- Preparing monthly accounting and financial closure
- Ensuring SI’s SOPs are respected and compliance is ensured before processing payments.
- Record keeping as per updated SAGA.
- Supporting Financial Coordinator for audits, conducted by government and donors
- Assist in formulating budgets for new projects
Specific stakes and challenges
- Empower the inter-department communication (with program, finance, logistics….) at the base level to generate/increase global understanding of the mission and of challenges in the different departments.
- The remote management affects the management capacity and capacity building, limited presence in the field
Priorities for the 2/3 first months
- Harmonize the approach of the supply strategy
- Purchase schedule matching the activities timeframe from the program
- Market assessment quarterly basis to strengthen the price monitoring and update regularly the BoQs
- Framework agreement to mitigate any procurement delay
- Define with the bases/coordination the relevant means for the logistics department (RACI matrix, JD updated….) to suit the new situation of the mission (financial situation, access challenges…)
- Ensure precise monitoring and forecasting of the bases expenses to increase the accuracy of our budgeting (BFU, LFU, BoQs…)
- Conduct regular meetings with the program team at the base level and discuss any appropriate issues with the Coordination
YOUR PROFILE
EDUCATION:
- Education background in Management, logistics, Accounting
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum 2 years’ relevant logistics HR and Finance and management experience in emergency and/or development context
- Experience in the management of budgets and the ability to prepare timely, complete, and accurate reports
- Demonstrable knowledge of rules, regulations, and donor policies governing the compliance/regulatory management of procurement rules from US, EU, UN, and other agencies
- Proven ability to develop, implement and support adequate systems, including planning, managing, Supply, budget, HR management
- Previous experience with SI is an asset
- Previous experience in remote management is an asset
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Good command of logistics procedures
- Problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to assess challenges and recommend solutions
- Strong management, training/capacity-building skills
- Computer literacy with very good command of MS Office Suite and especially high proficiency in Excel to handle and develops auditing tools with the coordination
SOFT SKILLS AND SPIRIT
- Autonomy and flexibility
- Stress management skills: the ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines, with peaks of heavy workloads
- Team player, capacity to give a positive dynamic to a young team whilst being fully part of the base’s management team
LANGUAGES
- Fully fluent English: speaking, reading, and writing skills
OTHERS
- Commitment to the fundamental principles of SI’s charter and ethics
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Solidarites International on www.solidarites.org to apply
