Afghanistan: Country Logistics Manager – Kabul At Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

Fixed term | 12 months | February 2025

Acted

For the past 30 years, Acted has been working at the forefront of humanitarian action to save lives. Acted supports more than 27 million people in 43 countries, meeting their needs in hard-to-reach areas, while pursuing a triple mandate as a humanitarian, environmental, and development actor. Acted relies on a deep understanding of local contexts to develop and implement long-term actions, in collaboration with a wide range of local and international partners, to collectively build a 3ZERO world: Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon and Zero Poverty.

Acted Afghanistan

Established in Afghanistan since 1993, Acted currently operates across 20 provinces; reaching over 6.6 million beneficiaries in 2023 through 31 projects delivering humanitarian assistance and basic services. Afghanistan faces a complex humanitarian and development crisis driven by years of conflict, political instability, economic instability, and natural disasters.

Over two-thirds of the population lives in poverty, with 22.9 million in need of emergency assistance; including 14.8 million people facing acute food security. Afghanistan is also highly vulnerable to climate change, with increasingly frequent droughts, floods, and erratic weather patterns devastating agricultural production and water resources.

Acted has built a legacy of long-term access and community acceptance in some of Afghanistan’s most peripheral and hard-to-reach areas; ensuring strong community-driven program. Acted’s work is guided by 3 pillars : improving access to basic services, providing livelihoods and economic opportunities, and promoting effective nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation; while utilising an area-based approach to provide an integrated, multisectoral emergency response.

You will be in charge of

The Country Logistics Manager (CLM) is a key member of the Management Team at country level. Under the authority of the Country Director/Representative, the CLM is responsible for supply chain management intended to program implementation, as well as for logistical transversal management such as fleet, fuel, premises, assets & communication management. S/He should ensure compliance of all logistics operations in country with Acted logistics & donors’ procedures, best practices & national regulations, with an emphasis given to the value for money principle. He/She will also lead, provide technical support and capacity building to the country logistics staff.

Main duties

1. Supply chain management

• Procurement: Ensure that any need should be delivered according to the defined chronogram, requested quality standards, and proper procurement scenario
• Stocks & deliveries: Ensure appropriate storage network & stock management standards across the country

2. Transversal logistical management

• Fleet & transportation: Deploy efficient transportation means across the country
• Fuel: Manage fuel supply across the country; anticipate & mitigate fuel supply risks, including quality requirements
• Asset: Deploy an efficient asset allocation & maintenance plan across the country
• Premises: Ensure proper working & living conditions for all staff in each premise at all times by maintaining an efficient general services approach
• Communications & IT management: Deploy an efficient IT plan across the country based on Acted global standard

3. Compliance & transparency

4. Leadership

Expected skills and qualifications

• At least 2-3 years of working experience in logistics, supply chain management and/or security management and procedures;
• Ability to train, mobilize, and manage both international and national staff;
• Flexibility and ability to multi-task under pressure;
• Ability to work well in unstable and frequently changing security environments;
• Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English;
• Previous experience abroad is an asset.

Conditions

• Salary between 3800 and 4000€ monthly (before income tax), depending on the level of education, security level, etc as well as a monthly living allowance of $300
• Accommodation and food provided in Acted guesthouse
• Pension, health insurance, life insurance and repatriation assistance (& unemployment insurance for EU citizens)
• Flight tickets every 6 months & visa fees covered
• Contribution to the luggage transportation: up to 100 kgs, depending on the length of the contract
• Rest & Recuperation (R&R) every 2 months, flight tickets covered up to $500 and allowance of $200
• Annual leave of 25 to 43 days per year
• One week pre-departure training in Acted HQ, including a 4-days in situ security training
• Tax advice (free 30-minute call with a tax consultant)
• Psychological assistance