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Latest job opportunities (November 13, 2009)

by Michael Keizer on November 15, 2009

  • The IFRC is looking for a logistics unit manager for Panama, a head of support services for the Africa zone (based in Johannesburg), a systems and processes officer for their HQ (Geneva), and a trainee logistics delegate for the Asia Pacific zone (based in Kuala Lumpur).
  • Crown Agents are looking for a procurement specialist, a senior procurement specialist, and a procurement agent manager/team leader for Jordan; an SCMS ART logistics advisor for Botswana; a customs expeditor/logistics specialist and a procurement specialist for Ethiopia; and a procurement specialist, a senior procurement specialist, and a procurement agent manager/team leader for Moldova.
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