ABOUT THE IRC
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
IRC has been working in Ethiopia since 1999 and is implementing coordinated, community-managed programs aimed at improving the quality of lives and recover of livelihood of disaster-affected population’s through promoting individual participation, strengthening institutions and emergency response.
IRC Supply Chain entails all the systems and support functions vital to implement programs effectively, inclusive of procurement, logistics, inventory management, property and asset management as well as vehicle and fleet management. The position is a key position to the success and delivery of quality programs. The position holder is accountable for the design, planning, execution and monitoring of supply chain activities at the country level. The Senior Supply Chain Coordinator is a member of the country program’s Senior Management Team.
1. Supply Chain Planning
He/she is responsible for the department activity planning. They will coordinate closely with partners to develop plans to support timely and efficient program implementation. Supply chain plans include: detailed and up to date procurement plans, warehousing plans, transport plans, staffing plans, distribution/dispatching plans and training plans.
He/She owns leads and drives the procurement strategies, policies and procedures. He/she ensures all country program procurement needs are met on time likewise the standards.
- Organize procurement trainings sessions for procurement / tender committees in the field offices and non - supply chain staff if deemed vital.
He/she is in control of leading all inventory and warehouses operation in the country program and to ensure excellent record keeping, as per the inventory standard procedures and controls as provided by Global Supply Chain.
The Senior Supply Chain Coordinator is responsible for the procurement, maintenance, safe keeping and record or all IRC country program assets and equipment. The Senior Supply Chain Coordinator is responsible for all aspects of the administrative, financial, capital and operations of asset management in accordance with IRC and donors rules and regulations.
Being responsible for and coordinate all fleet and Logistics activities and verify IRC fleet operations are conducted with adherence to the policy and procedures including vehicles procurement, vehicles movement, and maintenance and reporting accuracy.
The post holder is responsible for identifying and analyzing compliance risk in supply chain process, developing and implementing strong procurement controls. The post holder:
He/she is in charge and accountable for overseeing all the department learning and development initiatives in country by:
Fluency in English & Amharic are required, ability in other local languages is a plus.
Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances
IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.