Logistics Manager – Katsina State-Nigeria – M/F At ALIMA

THE ALIMA ASSOCIATION

ALIMA’S SPIRIT: ALIMA’s purpose is to save lives and provide care for the most vulnerable populations, without any discrimination based on identity, religion or politics, through actions based on proximity, innovation, and the alliance of organizations and individuals. We act with humanity and impartiality in accordance with universal medical ethics. To gain access to patients, we undertake to act in a neutral and independent manner.

Our CHARTER defines the VALUES and PRINCIPLES of our action:

1. Putting the Patient First
2. Revolutionizing humanitarian medicine
3. Responsibility and freedom
4. Improve the quality of our actions
5. Placing trust
6. Collective intelligence
7. Environmental liability

ALIMA promotes and defends the principles of fundamental human rights. ALIMA has a zero-tolerance approach towards those guilty of acts of gender and sexual violence as well as towards inaction in the face of alleged or proven acts of violence. The protection of those benefiting from and impacted by our intervention is our top priority in everything we do. Everyone collaborating with ALIMA is committed to:

• Respect the charter, the code of conduct, the institutional policies including the policy of protection against abuse of power and sexist and sexual violence, the policy of prevention of corruption and fraud;
• Report any violation of the policies, framework documents and procedures to a superior, to a referent

CARING – INNOVATING – TOGETHER:

Since its creation in 2009, ALIMA has treated more than 13 million patients and today deploys its operations in 12 African countries and extended to support the emergency in Haiti. In 2022 we developed 62 humanitarian medical response projects to meet the needs of populations affected by conflicts, epidemics and extreme poverty. All of these projects are carried out in support to national authorities through nearly 511 health facilities. Whenever possible We work in partnership with local NGO’s to ensure that our patients benefit from the best and most relevant expertise wherever it is, whether within their own country or in the rest of the world. In addition, to improve the humanitarian response, we are carrying out operational and clinical research projects particularly in the field of the fight against malnutrition and viral hemorrhagic fevers.

ALIMA’S TEAM: more than 2000 people are currently working for ALIMA. The field teams, closest to the patients, receive their support from coordination teams generally based in the countries’ capitals. These receive support from the 4 desk teams and the emergency and opening team based at the operational headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. The Paris and New York teams are actively working to raise funds and represent ALIMA. The rest of the ALIMA Galaxy includes individuals and partner teams working on behalf of other organizations such as medical NGOs BEFEN, ALERT Health, SOS Doctors / KEOOGO, AMCP, research organizations PACCI and INSERM, Bordeaux or Copenhagen Universities, the INGO International Solidarity and many others.

COUNTRIES WHERE WE WORK: Mali, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Guinea, Sudan, Mauritania, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Haiti.

THE WORK WE DO covers: Malnutrition, Maternal Health, Primary Health, Paediatrics, Malaria, Epidemics (Ebola, Cholera, Measles, Dengue, Lassa Fever), Hospitalization, Emergencies, Gender Based Violence, Opening / Closing.

ALIMA in NIGERIA

ALIMA has been present in Nigeria since 2016. Its actions are part of a regional response strategy to health and nutrition emergencies, with a focus on paediatric, maternal-infant and epidemic interventions. ALIMA is present in North-East Nigeria in Borno State (MMC and Jere LGAs) and in Yobe State (Bade and Karasuwas LGAs) where it provides outpatient and inpatient healthcare and nutrition services for IDPs and host communities. In North-West Nigeria, ALIMA is in Katsina State (Kaita LGA) to respond to increased nutritional needs. ALIMA is present in the North-West, in Katsina State (Katsina, Batagarawa, Batsari and Kaita LGA) where teams are treating patients for SAM, paediatric diseases, MYCIN and conducting OptiMA research to improved SAM treatment.

Since 2021, ALIMA has been supporting the health facilities and the State Ministry of Health in Katsina State in response to malnutrition emergency by case management, active case detection of SAM cases, patient triage, public awareness campaigns, and reinforcement of the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures among health workers in the different hospital structures of Katsina State. As of today, ALIMA is intervening in 18 PHCCs and 2 CHC (2 stabilisation canters) Katsina State to support the response to the SAM management, paediatric consultation, MYCIN and the management of paediatric and SAM cases with medical complications; Conducting the OptiMA clinical research.

In addition to prevention and case management, ALIMA is currently participating in the coordination of OptIMA study to improve the SAM management guideline and optimize PPN use to improve case management and the capacities building of MoH staff and experiences sharing. It is comprehensively documenting and analysing the clinical and biological parameters of these patients who were admitted to the study in Kaita LGA health facilities in Katsina State.

In Ondo State, ALIMA has been supporting the NCDC and the State Ministry of Health with case management, active case detection, patient triage, public awareness campaigns, and reinforcement of the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures among health workers in the different hospital structures of Ondo State. In addition to prevention and case management, ALIMA is currently participating in the coordination of several studies to better understand the disease, including an observational cohort study (LASCOPE) to describe the clinical, biological course, management and outcomes of hospitalized patients with a diagnosis of confirmed Lassa fever and a phase II clinical trial (SAFARI) to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Favipiravir.

POST TYPOLOGY

Mission Location: Nigeria, Katsina State, Katsina

Management lines:

• Report to (Direct): Project Coordinator
• Report to (Functional): Log Coordinator
• Staff Reporting to him: 3 (Hospital log, Outreach log and Log Supervisor)

MAIN ACTIVITIES

LOGISTICS MANAGER

The Project Logistic Manager is responsible to define, implement and monitor logistics activities and objectives based on the ALIMA strategic planning, standards and protocols.

This involves the following tasks:

• Responsible to ensure the implementation of support (communications, electricity, transport, IT) and any others logistics activities required to achieve the medical objectives (construction/restoration, solar installation, water & sanitation, cold chain, etc.).
• Responsible to manage and monitor the material resources for the project.
• Responsible of the hygiene IPC and vectors control in the health facilities supported by ALIMA.
• Ensure installations and maintenance of functional office space and lodging facilities in the project in an adequate living condition as well as all the equipment required with a support from the logistics team at the field and from ALIMA Coordination team.
• Lead role in asset inventory, fleet, stock, contracts & follow up, vendors and price lists management of the project.
• Plan and plays a role in supply chain for the Project with the direct support of the Supply Chain Manager of the coordination.
• Responsible to ensure implementation of the technical SOPs, policies of logistics/security procedures in the Project areas/zones according to ALIMA standard Logistics & Security Guidelines.
• Responsible to coordinates, organizes (review PDP, POP, annual leave plan, individual action plan, performance evaluation, training plan), supervises, coach and supports logistics team members’ performance to improve the logistics components of the project.
• Responsible to plan and supervise, in close collaboration with the Project Coordination, the associated processes (recruitment, training, induction, performance evaluation, development of skills and internal / external communication) of the project logistics staff in order to ensure the required performance and achieving goals, shall ensure implementation, manage and monitor the necessary reporting tools for logistics activities.
• Responsible to compiles the quantitative logistics data (Fuel consumption, stocks, distributions) and analyses them before transmission to the project coordinator and the logistics coordinator in monthly reporting.
• Key member in training staff on security (for both local and expat staff) in the field.
• Participate actively in the security memo review and is in charge of the implementation of it when has approved.
• Ensure the security of the building where ALIMA is having activities (office, guest house, store, health facilities etc.)
• Ensure that the mapping of the health facities and the mapping of all wash structures are in place.
• Participate in the development of the project proposal and project budget review.
• Participate in the project procurement plan for all the donors in the project level.
• Ensure weekly/bimonthly and monthly Logistics reports as per ALIMA standards Guidelines.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATION

• Degree/Diploma in Business Administration or Finance, Accounting or any other degree/diploma related to the position requirements
• At least 3 years’ experience in the same position
• Interpersonal skills
• Experience in working in harsh environment
• Experience in working under pressure
• Experience in water & sanitation
• Respect of deadlines
• Remains discreet about the professional and personal life of team members
• High level of Integrity

CONDITIONS

Contract term: contract under French law, 6 months’ renewable.

Salary: depending on experience + per diem

ALIMA pays for:

– travel costs between the expatriate’s country of origin and the mission location

– accommodation costs

– medical cover from the first day of the contract to a month after the date of departure from the mission country for the employee

– evacuation of the employee