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Oxfam in Algeria has been active in the Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf since 1975. Oxfam’s programme in the camps involves a combination of humanitarian (focusing on WASH and Food Security) and resilience interventions with policy and influencing work locally and globally. 

Oxfam has recently developed a series of new projects with complex operations involving diversified and largescale procurement including water storage and supply equipment, agricultural products and technology, food supplies and procurement of sophisticated consultancy services. Additionally, it recently expanded its presence in the camps and established 5 sub-offices to support the projects. 

The markets in the Sahrawi camps and the city of Tindouf are limited which requires resorting to procurements through the wider Algerian and international markets to secure certain items/supplies. 

Oxfam in Algeria is seeking a Logistic Officer to join its team in the Sahrawi camps and lead the logistic support for the programme. The Logistics Officer will report to the Progamme Manager and will work closely with the project leads. 

Job Requirements

Essential

• 3 5 years of experience in: Logistics, purchasing, warehousing, vehicle management, general administration. 
• University Degree or equivalent experience in finance, management or related fields.
• Good understanding of core logistics functions.
• Familiarity with donor rules and guidelines.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise work.
• Anticipates outcome of activities and takes initiative to achieve targets.
• Actively promotes high standards and continuous improvement 5.
• Continually seeks out most efficient use of resources.
• Pro-actively adapts and improves standards and working practices
• Able to advise and train on specialist skills to other departments / teams
• Excellent communication skills in written and oral English and Arabic - (French and/or Spanish would be an asset). 
• Proven ability to organise work effectively and supporting others
• Attention to detail, highly numerate and computer literate, including word processing, databases/ spreadsheet use. 
• Solid understanding and convictions of a rights-based approach and gender, and experience in the NGO. 
• Experience of working with technical teams to develop complex proposals.
• High analytical/negotiating/communication/inter-personal skills.
• Ability to make effective, timely decisions and take prudent risks.
• Ability to work within a multicultural, multilingual, and multidisciplinary environment and to work effectively with others in a team across institutional boundaries and business units. 

Key Attributes:

• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities. 
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work. 
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.

Key Behavioral Competencies:

Decisiveness:

• We are comfortable to make transparent decisions and to adapt decision making modes to the

context and needs.

Influencing:

• We have the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization We spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities we have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.

Humility:

• We put we’ before me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of each individual. We are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

Relationship  Building:

• We understand the importance of building relationship, within and outside the organization. We have the ability to engage with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in ways that lead to increased impact for the organization.

Listening:

• We are good listeners who can see where deeper levels of thoughts and tacit assumptions differ. Our messages to others are clear and consider different preferences.

Mutual Accountability:

• We can explain our decisions and how we have taken them based on our organizational values. We are ready to be held to account for what we do and how we behave, as we are also holding others to account in a consistent manner.

Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity:

• We scan the environment, anticipate changes, are comfortable with lack of clarity and deal with a large number of elements interacting in diverse and unpredictable ways.

Systems Thinking:

• We view problems as parts of an overall system and in their relation to the whole system, rather than reacting to a specific part, outcome or event in isolation. We focus on cyclical rather than linear cause and effect. By consistently practicing systems thinking we are aware of and manage well unintended consequences of organizational decisions and actions. 

Strategic Thinking and Judgment: 

• We use judgment, weighing risk against the imperative to act. We make decisions consistent with organizational strategies and values.

Vision Setting:

• We have the ability to identify and lead visionary initiatives that are beneficial for our organization and we set high-level direction through a visioning process that engages the organization and diverse external stakeholders. 

SelfAwareness :

• We are able to develop a high degree of self-awareness around our own strengths and weaknesses and our impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes. 

Enabling:

• We all work to effectively empower and enable others to deliver the organizations goals through creating conditions of success. We passionately invest in others by developing their careers, not only their skills for the job. We provide freedom; demonstrate belief and trust provide appropriate support.

How to apply

Kindly send us your CV and a cover letter to [email protected] by 20th july 2020 at the latest.

Due to the urgency of the role we start reviewing applications before the close date, hence interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.