PLAY International is seeking a Logistics Coordinator for a six-month position. The position is expected to start in late August/early September 2025.
Duty station: Moroni, Comoros (with travel to Mayotte and potentially Reunion)
PLAY International
PLAY International is a French NGO founded in 1999 on the belief that sport is a source of solutions to our societal challenges. PLAY International’s main mission is to design and implement education and inclusion projects for children and young people in vulnerable situations, using sports as an educational tool. The NGO works on issues such as access to and retention in school, gender equality, community reconciliation, health prevention—eating well—moving well—sleeping well—using screens properly—changing perceptions of disability, etc. Since its creation, PLAY International has implemented educational and humanitarian projects in France and internationally in more than 25 countries, benefiting nearly 1 million children. Today, the association has seven offices in Burundi, the Comoros, France, Kosovo, Rwanda, the DRC, and Senegal. PLAY International is a member of the SOS Group. A major player in the social and solidarity economy in Europe, without shareholders and non-profit, the SOS Group operates in France and in more than 40 countries worldwide.
Context of the Comoros
PLAY International opened an office in the Comoros to support physical education and sports in the Comoros at the end of 2022. Funded by the Ministry of National Education of the Union of the Comoros as part of a France-Comoros Development Plan (PDFC), the office is developing several initiatives to promote the use of sports as a vehicle for active and inclusive education in primary and secondary schools. The first phase of this program ends in July 2025, and the second phase will be launched in August 2025. At the end of 2024, the Comoros office took on a regional dimension with the Amani project. This is a three-year project on citizenship and international solidarity education in the Indian Ocean, taking place on three islands: Anjouan, Mayotte, and Réunion.
Responsibilities and missions
- Monitor the kitting of sports equipment for schools participating in the PEPS project.
- Organize the distribution of sports equipment in schools in accordance with the established schedule.
- Implement and maintain logistics standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure efficient management of the mission’s logistics activities and its projects.
- Ensure asset tracking and inventory management, ensuring the availability of equipment and supplies necessary for the smooth running of the project.
- Implement and manage the fleet system, forecasting future vehicle needs for project activities.
- Ensure office logistics, including managing office supplies, organizing staff travel, etc.
Skills and experience
- Acquired in versatile logistics management in an NGO
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar position, preferably in the humanitarian or development sector.
- Good knowledge of logistics procedures and inventory management
- Proficiency in the Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Knowledge of management and project management
- Knowledge of the Comorian context and the Indian Ocean appreciated
- University degree in logistics, operations management or related field.
- Class B driving license required
- Organization and rigor
- Team spirit
- Good interpersonal skills
- Autonomy and capacity for initiative
- Good adaptation to interculturality
- Start date: end of August 2025 / beginning of September 2025
- Contract: Fixed-term contract
- Duration: 6 months renewable
- Salary: €23,506 gross
- Benefits: per diem, health insurance, supplementary pension.
- Position based in Moroni, Grande Comore. Travel to Mayotte and Reunion Island is expected; the candidate must have the necessary travel permits.
Formation
- University degree in logistics, operations management or related field.
- Class B driving license required
Soft skills
- Organization and rigor
- Team spirit
- Good interpersonal skills
- Autonomy and capacity for initiative
- Good adaptation to interculturality
Conditions
- Start date: end of August 2025 / beginning of September 2025
- Contract: Fixed-term contract
- Duration: 6 months renewable
- Salary: €23,506 gross
- Benefits: per diem, health insurance, supplementary pension.
- Position based in Moroni, Grande Comore. Travel to Mayotte and Reunion Island is expected; the candidate must have the necessary travel permits.
How to apply
Send a CV and cover letter to operation@play-international.org
Specify “Comoros Logistics 2025” (in the email title).
Closing date for applications: July 23, 2025.