Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children UK
Deadline Wed, 1 Apr 2015
Job type: Contract
Location:
Save the Children’s origins lie in emergency response. The Emergency Health Unit is a new and exciting programme, part of the humanitarian department, that was recently launched to improve humanitarian response. The unit ensures a pre-standing emergency health capacity, including medical supplies, logistics and skilled medical personnel, to deploy anywhere in the world in the event of a major disaster or conflict. This capacity includes the set up of three mobile teams to support primary health care, mass immunization and diarrheal disease response in the initial phase of an emergency, ideally to be set up within 72 hours of the disaster.
The three mobile teams will comprise of team leader, clinical lead, nurse, logistician, medical logistician and WASH Manager, and will be managed by the Head of EHU Outpatient Department and supported by Save the Children Humanitarian Operations and Technical Unit.
About the role
This role will support the set up and daily operations of the unit and will supervise and manage national logistics staff, under the remote supervision of a Logistics Manager.
About You
You have progressive experience with international NGOs in humanitarian medical logistics and in emergency response. As such you have previous experience of mass vaccination campaigns and demonstrated solid knowledge of cold chain management. You have excellent communication skills, and demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment, and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization. Flexible, you are willing to be deployed at short notice up to 80% of the time.
What we offer in return
You will receive a competitive salary, hardship allowance, 35 days of annual leave, medical insurance while on deployment; travel and accommodation provided for; based in home country- In addition you will receive paid R&R; complexity allowance and expensive posting allowance where applicable.
About the recruitment process
We will review applications on the rolling basis and might test, interview, and appoint prior the closing date. Ideally, the role holder will start in May 2015 with a period for orientation and training.
Medical Logistics Coordinator- Emergency Health Unit- Hospital Mobile team *2
Job posted by: Save the Children UK - Thu, 5 Mar 2015Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children UK
Deadline Wed, 1 Apr 2015
Job type: Contract
Location:
Save the Children’s origins lie in emergency response. The Emergency Health Unit is a new and exciting programme, part of the humanitarian department, that was recently launched to improve humanitarian response. The unit ensures a pre-standing emergency health capacity, including medical supplies, logistics and skilled medical personnel, to deploy anywhere in the world in the event of a major disaster or conflict. This capacity includes the set up of three mobile teams to support primary health care, mass immunization and diarrheal disease response in the initial phase of an emergency, ideally to be set up within 72 hours of the disaster.
The three mobile teams will comprise of team leader, clinical lead, nurse, logistician, medical logistician and WASH Manager, and will be managed by the Head of EHU Outpatient Department and supported by Save the Children Humanitarian Operations and Technical Unit.
About the role
This role will support the set up and daily operations of the unit and will supervise and manage national logistics staff, under the remote supervision of a Logistics Manager.
About You
You have progressive experience with international NGOs in humanitarian medical logistics and in emergency response. As such you have previous experience of mass vaccination campaigns and demonstrated solid knowledge of cold chain management. You have excellent communication skills, and demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment, and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization. Flexible, you are willing to be deployed at short notice up to 80% of the time.
What we offer in return
You will receive a competitive salary, hardship allowance, 35 days of annual leave, medical insurance while on deployment; travel and accommodation provided for; based in home country- In addition you will receive paid R&R; complexity allowance and expensive posting allowance where applicable.
About the recruitment process
We will review applications on the rolling basis and might test, interview, and appoint prior the closing date. Ideally, the role holder will start in May 2015 with a period for orientation and training.