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CONTEXT :
Atlas Logistics is an operational unit of HI, supporting humanitarian actors since 1993. Atlas Logistics (AL) facilitates, optimizes, and accelerates the delivery of aid in emergency situations and chronic crisis contexts. Our mission is to open humanitarian space to the most difficult-to-reach populations and to optimize humanitarian supply chains.
We advocate an innovative vision of operational logistics, seen not as a support function for operations, but as a vector of humanitarian impact. Operational logistics makes the humanitarian aid system more efficient, more inclusive of isolated populations, and more environmentally friendly. It can also contribute to the emergence of market actors as levers of resilience and development in fragile countries. We constantly rethink our projects to ensure they serve this vision and our humanitarian impact mandate.
The global development of Handicap International – Atlas Logistique (HI-AL) is one of the major focuses of HI’s 2015-2025 strategy. At the end of 2018, a dedicated management team and team were created for this purpose. We expanded our programming from 3 to 10 countries of intervention and doubled our operational volume from €4 million to €10 million. The deployment of Atlas Logistique was accompanied by a restructuring of our operations around four key sectors: shared transport and storage platforms, logistics analysis, logistics capacity building, and civil engineering. They all contribute to HI-AL’s positioning as a key player in humanitarian access.
JOB OBJECTIVES:
As an Atlas Logistics Pharmacist Project Manager, you report to the Pool & Preparedness Manager and are part of the Deployment Unit. You will manage the launch of Atlas Logistics projects in new areas of intervention.
You will be deployed on field missions lasting up to two months. Between each mission, you will capitalize on missions, support the development of AL pilot projects, and contribute to strengthening AL’s emergency deployment systems.
In this context, your main missions will be:
- Assess the pharmaceutical logistics needs of humanitarian actors and conduct feasibility studies when crises occur.
- Carry out risk assessments and regulatory monitoring of pharmaceutical activities with the country’s health and ministerial authorities.
- Plan operations and implementation of medical logistics activities (storage and transport of medicines and medical products) efficiently and according to priorities.
- Guarantee the quality of projects and the application of Good Storage and Distribution Practices on logistics platforms, within a technical framework as validated by the Technical Referents at headquarters.
- Develop training materials and provide training to Atlas/HI teams in Good Storage and Distribution Practices.
- Support the transfer of medical logistics training to the pharmacy supervisor / capacity building officer
- Adapt, contextualize and disseminate field procedures and tools; Identify and propose to the operational manager and the Cold Chain Representative operational solutions, tools and documents that can improve the quality of the project.
- Conduct audits and develop technical recommendations; ensure the proper administrative, logistical and financial management of the project by ensuring good collaboration with support services.
- Ensure administrative follow-up and monitoring of activity through operational management documents and tools.
- Ensure handover and capitalization at the end of opening; at head office and field level.
- Represent Atlas within humanitarian coordination mechanisms (Logistics Cluster, Medical Cluster, etc.)
- Ensure technical monitoring of partnerships with medical organizations using the logistics services offered by AL platforms.
- Monitor the project strategy in conjunction with the field and headquarters.
REQUIRED PROFILE:
• You hold a Doctorate in Pharmacy (Specialization in Pharmaceutical Distribution / Industry or Public Health or Humanitarian DU)
• You have at least 2 years of experience as a Pharmacist and at least 1 year of experience in the Humanitarian sector
• You have a perfect command of Good Distribution and Storage Practices for medical products and are familiar with the specificities related to cold medical products; experience in wholesale management of cold chain medicines
• You are able to work under pressure and in a volatile security environment
• You master the project cycle, you have a sense of priorities and responsibilities and you have strong organizational skills
• You have the ability to unite a team, you have a sense of initiative and humor
• You enjoy working in a multicultural team
• You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• You have a perfect command of English and French, Spanish is a plus
JOB CONDITIONS:
- 12-month fixed-term contract starting from the beginning of January 2026
- Position based in Lyon but very regular travel in the field
- Restaurant Voucher Card
- Employer mutual insurance
- Executive status with 34 CP and 13 annual RTT for a full rate
- Monthly “aerobatics” availability bonus: €620 gross (you can be deployed within 48 hours)
- Per diem in proportion to the country’s monthly per diem during field deployments;
- Hardship allowance of €620 gross monthly in proportion to the days spent in field deployment
- Advantageous teleworking agreement
ACCESSIBILITY OF THE WORKPLACE:
The premises are easily accessible by public transport (bus, metro). Car parking and a bicycle park are also available. Within the building, access ramps and elevators ensure better circulation. All workstations are located in open spaces, but cubicles are available on each floor for working in peace and quiet if necessary. The workspace is very bright.
A disability advisor is available to answer any questions and assist you with your procedures. The position can be adapted to suit your needs.
How to apply
Only online by attaching CV and cover letter via the following link:
https://apply.workable.com/j/54394302D0
Applications are being processed on an ongoing basis, so don’t wait to apply!
Only successful candidates will be contacted.
For more information about the association: www.hi.org