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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Humanitarian Logistics Officer

Company Profile
Table Mountain Roots Pty (Ltd) http://tablemountainroots.co.za/ was founded in 2011 and registered in 2013. It takes the magnificent view of the homely City of Cape Town, South Africa; as its origin. There are a number of challenges facing the world at present; hunger, economic challenges, disasters, global warming to name the least. We aim to address some of these issues by getting involved, contributing and facilitat real results. In 2011, we contributed enormous to the 'going green' theme. Table Mountain Roots prides in the strength of our knowledge, quality and delivery efficiency; which simulates the anchored depth of the 'mountain roots'. Our vision is to provide world class service to our clients in the following areas;
1) Science and Technology Innovations
2) Supply Chain Management
3) Management Consultancy
4) Executive Recruitment Management
5) Highly skilled Humanitarian Placements
Our services are unmatchable, thus besides being well seasoned in the above areas and we compete at world class. We do respect our name, brands and commit this to everything we offer. Table Mountain Roots Pty (Ltd) invites you to explore the 'roots of the mountain' with us and thank you for trusting us to be your business partner.
****Background of this Project****
Table Mountain Roots is building a critical roster for highly specialised humanitarian person who will be placed with different agencies worldwide for preparedness, response and strategic positioning. The recruitment is targeting high profile staff and fast learners(for those without international experience) who will be able to deliver independent of daily supervision, able to understand client's needs, quick pick up the context, think strategically and swing back to operations issues, willing to get hands dirty and understands the purpose of being a humanitarian staff member. Rigorous screening and ref check will be done to ensure the quality of candidates and integrity of Table Mountains Roots Pty (Ltd) is not compromised. Ability to have empathy, ethics and not take advantage of affected population is critical
About the Position
In emergencies decision making, speed, planning, coordination and results is critical. Logistics and procurement is key function in this.
We are looking for ;
1) Some who has responded at least category 2 disaster and above (see UN disaster rating)
2) International experience or 5 years local experience frontline logistics or operations management
3) A Masters degree in operations management, logistics, engineering or business management (Bachelors may be accepted with +5 years humanitarian post qualification experience)
4) Able to do assessments, develop logistics plans fast, procure and deliver supplies no supervision
5) Able to develop a capacity plan, recruit staff, supervise local and other international staff
6) Vast knowledge of tendering, dealing with suppliers, transport management, warehousing and distributions
7) Understand the need to have coordination with programme and country team, clusters and other agencies to support the affected population
8) Capacity to lead the logistics and procurement during response
How to apply:
Please send your Cv (maximum 3 pages) detailing the following;
1) Your experience
2) Contact details
3) Qualifications
4) Criminal record (if any and nature of offense)
5) Referees
Your cover letter should detail why you thing you should be on the highly skilled roster and what it means for you to be a humanitarian staff.
The above should be sent to info@tablemountainroots.co.za