Candidate profile

 

• Experienced LOG tactician considering that fieldco or HoM experience is an important asset.
• Minimum 5 years MSF experience
• Minimum 2 years in emergency context
• Comprehensive knowledge of logistics in humanitarian interventions
• Experience as project manager or work in a project mode environment is an asset
• Good oral and written communication in English and French (additional language is an asset)

 

v  Transversal

• Good analytical capacity
• Result and quality orientated
• Service oriented
• Good Teamwork and cooperation capacity

 

v    Metier(technical)

• Master the scenario portfolio
• Knowledge in the use of specific products related to the scenarios portfolio

 

Conditions

 

• Permanent contract - Full time - based in Brussels (Ixelles) with field visits
• Hospital insurance (DKV) - pension plan – subsidized canteen - 100% reimbursement for public transport costs

• Starting date:  immediate

Deadline for applications: 23th of February 2017

Curriculum Vitae and covering letter to be sent by e-mail to Elwira DOLINA (Recruit-HQ-Log@brussels.msf.org) with “scenario” in the subject.

Context

The LOG department opens a position for a Tactician, interest in operational challenges and tactical aspects of the LOG function. Her/his vision as Fieldco/HoM or Emergency coordinator is an important aspect of the profile.

According to the Log vision @ MSF Today Operational Logistics is a very specific and well-known force of MSF. Beyond the fulfillment of basic LOG needs, LOGs is a solution-driven and innovative force that helps to build and realize operational projects.

Purpose

Contribute to build the tactical capacity within the LOG Community.

Provide expertise on a portfolio of LOG scenarios assigned as per the Tactical Team’s Yalta, currently:

• Medical activities in Emergencies: Deployment and support of first aid and primary needs activities with an imposed limited timeframe for implementation
• Distributions: Deployment and support of activities aiming at immunization (preventive and curative), water access, shelter items and/or NFI distribution (protection, primary needs) for population coverage within a predefined execution timeframe.

Mission

• Contribute to the development of the tactical 3^rd line support and to the generic tactical base of knowledge (so called pathway project).
• Develop specific documentation, tools and trainings for his/her scenario portfolio.
• Support the enlarged Front Office team (LOGCo and LOGCells) to determine and unfold their tactics (2^nd Line support) by means of sparring, collaboration or delegation in agreement with FO.
• Contribute to the creation of a Tactical network of expertise within the LOG Community.

Nature of the function

• Member of the Scenario team together with the other Scenario referent
• Reports in line management to Tactical team leader.
• Collaborates actively with Technical team and Front Office.

Job Profile

• Ensures 3^rd line support (base of knowledge) development and its dissemination regarding generic tactical support, the so called Pathway project, within the Tactical team.

• Ensures 3^rdline support development and its dissemination on the Scenario Portfolio assigned:
  • Documents, guidelines, tools
  • Tactical products together with the related technical referents
  • Specific trainings
  • Creation of internal and external  network of med and non-med tacticians

• Ensures the support on 2^nd line (contextualized complex operational tactics) to Operations on the definition, planning and deployment of tactics in link with her/his Scenario portfolio by sparring, collaboration or delegation and/or being part of the ad hoc PATIOs.

• Contribute to build a network of the tactical support referents within the LOG Community.

• Contributes to build the LOG community to change the current managerial set up into a participatory and collaborative community to tackle the increase of Operational volume and complexity.

• Leads, within the Scenario Approach project track, the capitalization mode for the lessons learnt on the activities unfolding in the field for the benefit of the LOG Community.