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Latest job opportunities (May 12, 2010)

Michael Keizer — Wed, 12 May 2010 09:01:00 +0000

Mary’s Meals are looking for a logistics manager for Malawi.
Oxfam GB is looking for a logistics coordinator and a procurement manager for Haiti; and an HSP supply and logistics coordinator (based in their HQ in England).
IMC is looking for a logistics manager for Haiti, an operations manager for Sudan, and a logistics coordinator for Congo (DRC).
UNICEF is looking for a logistics manager for Haiti.
MSH are looking for a technical deputy director for Bangladesh.
UNFPA is looking for a humanitarian logistics specialist, based in their HQ in New York (USA).
ACTED is looking for a country logistics manager for Sudan, country logistics & security managers for Chad and Iraq, a logistics intern for Chad, and a pharmaceutical procurement manager for their HQ in Paris (France).
JSI is looking for a deputy chief of party SCMS for Nigeria, and a supply chain advisor intern.
Solidarités are looking for a logistics coordinator for Kenya/Somalia; a logistics support officer and a logistician for Haiti; and a flying logistician based in their HQ in France.
Merlin is looking for a supply chain manager for Pakistan.
Creative Associates International is looking for a procurement manager for Sudan.
The British Red Cross is looking for logistics and procurement delegates for Bangladesh and Haiti.
PSI are looking for an associate procurement & logistics officer, a procurement & logistics officer, and a voluntary pooled procurement & logistics officer, all for their HQ in Washington, D.C. (USA)
The PNG Advisory Support Facility is looking for a procurement manager and operations advisor.

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Latest job opportunities (February 28, 2010)

Michael Keizer — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:52:00 +0000

One that is a bit different from our regular fare: Emory University (Atlanta, USA) is looking for a coordinator, programme logistics to coordinate distribution of a large donation antibiotics for the International Trachoma Initiative.
IRC is looking for for a senior logistics coordinator for Congo (DRC), a logistics technical specialist for Chad and Congo (DRC), a logistics process and controls documentation consultant for their HQ in the USA, a logistics manager for Haiti, and a logistics coordinator for their refugee programme in the USA.
Merlin is looking for logisticians for North Maniema, Congo (DRC) and for Haiti/Dominican Republic; logistics coordinators for Liberia, Kenya, Haiti, and Congo (DRC); and a supply chain coordinator for Congo (DRC).
Oxfam GB is looking for a regional logistics manager for West Africa, based in Dakar (Senegal). Apparently they are also looking for a regional logistics manager for Latin America and the Caribbean and a logistics coordinator for Sudan, but this is not advertised on their own site.
Save The Children UK is looking for a logistics adviser for Angola. They also seem to be looking for a global supply chain manager (based in the UK), but I cannot locate this vacancy on their site.
The IMC is looking for logistics coordinators for Haiti and Congo (DRC), and a logistics and commodities officer for their HQ in the USA.
Management Systems International (MSI) is looking for an administration and logistics coordinator for Afghanistan. They also seem to be looking for a deputy chief of party, finance and logistics management for Afghanistan, but that vacancy is not advertised on their own site.
The Louis Berger Group is looking for an administration and logistics coordinator for Afghanistan; I suspect that this is the same position that is advertised by MSI. They are also looking for a procurement manager for Afghanistan.
Intermón Oxfam is looking for a logadmin officer for Abéché (Chad) and a logistics officer for Warrab State (Sudan).
The American Refugee Committee (ARC) is looking for a logistics and security coordinator for Haiti.
Apparently, the Samaritan’s Purse is looking for a program manager, logistics for Haiti, but this vacancy is not advertised on their site.
Populations Services International (PSI) are looking for a consultant, operations and logistics technical advisor for Haiti; and a contracts analyst, a contracts assistant, a senior Zprocurement and logistics officer, a voluntary pooled procurement and logistics officer and a senior ditto, all for the HQ in Washington DC (USA).
Solidarités are looking for a logistics coordinator, a logistician, and a distribution manager for Haiti; an administrative and logistics coordinator for Zimbabwe, and a logistics and administrative field coordinator for Teknaf (Bangladesh).
ACTED is looking for logistic interns for Chad and Haiti, country logistic managers for Sudan, Chad and Haiti, and country logistic and security managers for Yemen and Iraq.
UNICEF are looking for a logistics officer for Sierra Leone, two supply and logistics specialists for Senegal, a senior contracts assistant for their HQ in New York (USA), a logistics specialist for Chad, a procurement assistant – planning for their supply division in Copenhagen (Denmark). As usual, their vacancies are hidden in a password-protected system, so I cannot link. Please don’t forget to bitch about this when applying!
The British Red Cross is looking for a logistician for their emergency response unit.

Sigh. Did anyone read my earlier rant on bad job advertisement practices?

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Latest job opportunities (November 19, 2009)

Michael Keizer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:53:00 +0000

Oxfam is looking for a regional logistics & administration coordinator for the Horn, East & Central Africa region and a logistics coordinator for Congo (DRC).
MSF-Spain is looking for country logistics coordinators for various countries (but why, oh why do they advertise this on Reliefweb but not on their own site?).
GOAL is looking for an assistant regional logistics manager, based in Nairobi (Kenya)
Médecins du Monde is looking for a logistics coordinator for the NWFP (Pakistan); an admin/finance/logistics coordinator for Congo (DRC); and a logistician-administrator for Eastern Djebel Mara (Sudan).
Medair is looking for a logistics support officer for their HQ in Switzerland.

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Latest job opportunities (24 May 2009)

Michael Keizer — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:27:51 +0000

Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) are looking for an administration, finance and logistics officer for Uganda.
ACTED are looking for a country logistics manager for Pakistan, a logistics intern for the Central African Republic, and a logistician/security manager for Haiti. They also seem to have extended their deadlines for the vacancies for an HQ logistics support intern and a country logistics manager for Chad, which I posted earlier.
The American Refugee Committee International (ARC) are looking for a logistics and security manager for South Sudan.
A vacancy that is a bit out of the ordinary, but which I am very happy to see (for obvious reasons): Oxfam UK is looking for a learning and development manager (logistics and supply).
Terre des Hommes is looking for a logistician-administrator for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and an administration and logistics coordinator for Afghanistan.
Merlin is looking for a logistician for Ivory Coast, and for logistics coordinators for ‘Africa’ (I’m not making this up!), Afghanistan, and Congo (DRC).

Latest job opportunities

Michael Keizer — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:41:08 +0000

UNICEF is looking for a senior logistics consultant for Sudan (Juba)
OXFAM GB is looking for a country logistics manager for Uganda

Blindly optimistic or blindingly obvious?

Michael Keizer — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:44:58 +0000

Oxfam recently released a report that basically claims that the only way to get health systems in developing countries on track is using a mainly public-sector approach. Of course,they hedge their position by including a disclaimer that “[t]he private sector can play a role in health care”, but that is about the only nod they give to any merits of the private sector.

Obviously, not everybody agrees, and reactions have been swift and, at times, scathing; in fact, I have not been able to find any positive comments from non-Oxfam-related sources (but that might be due to the normal bias: it is always easier to be critical than to support somebody without appearing sycophantic).

The rational approach, of course, is: whatever works. Both Oxfam and its detractors seem to have been caught up in old-style ideology. The only rational response that I have seen up to now has come from CGD‘s April Harding: she points out that there might not be any convincing evidence for a blanket private-sector approach, but neither is there one for a similarly blanket public-sector one. Kudos to Harding.

I think it should be clear that every health system is unique, with its own setting, history, and constraints; and that consequently every system has its own optimum mix of public and private sector support. The art is to find that balance in each individual case, which is one of the central issues in public health economics. Blanket statements on which approach works best don’t do anybody any favour.

(Update 16 May 2009): See my recent post on pharmacies for more info on the public/private mix for health logistics.

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