Field Hospital Supply Co-ordinator – Emergency Health Unit (1852)

• Directorate:
  Global Programmes
• Department:
  Humanitarian
• Team:
  Emergency Health Unit
• Location:
  Based in UK
• Contract Type:
  Fixed Term Contract
• Full / Part Time:
  Full-time
• Salary:
  From £19,000 to £23,000 per annum + benefits
• Contract Duration:
  6 Months - with with potential for extension and relocation thereafter (within the UK)
• Closing Date:
  19 August 2015

As our compassionate, flexible and highly motivated Field Hospital Supply Co-ordinator you'll directly contribute to the effective deployment of the Surgical Field Hospital, as it addresses urgent humanitarian needs. Part of the Emergency Health Unit, you'll look after our medical and operations equipment, supporting the procurement, stock management and movement tracking of our much-needed supplies.

Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our Humanitarian department integrates emergency and development work, through our country programmes. It increases our capacity to meet the assistance and protection needs of children and their families affected by crises. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.

The Emergency Health Unit (EHU) ensures a pre-standing emergency health capacity, including medical supplies, logistics and skilled medical personnel, to deploy anywhere in the world in the event of a major disaster or conflict.

In this impactful, organisational role you will help ensure that the systems are in place to facilitate the swift deployment of essential services in the event of a rapid onset disaster, assisting with areas such as warehouse management, transportation co-ordination, supply contract management, reporting and administration. More specifically you will:

• Maintain stock records, reorder stock, establish procedures for depositing and withdrawing goods, and conduct inventory checks
• Track and document our supplies and equipment transportation, and introduce and develop framework agreements with haulage companies
• Co-ordinate procurement for the Field Hospital Team and project, keeping interested parties up to date with order statuses, ensuring goods are of the correct specifications, and holding suppliers to account
• Periodically report on areas such as stock value, order management, the supplier database and the contract and frameworks database
• Contribute to the running of a small office. 

To be successful you will be an experienced supply chain professional, with a humanitarian ethos. You will be keen to make a hands-on contribution to our disaster response, and will be physically fit, enthusiastic, capable of taking part in manual labour, and able to adapt to the tasks and hours required.  You will also have:

• Impressive attention to detail, prioritisation and multitasking skills
• Aptitude in IT, particularly in MS Office and specifically with Excel tracking and formulae
• A willingness to learn electrics and infrastructure processes
• Proactive problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and spoken English.

At Save the Children our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing Date: 19th August 2015  

Documents

• G5.Field Hospital Supply Co-coordinator – Emergency Health Unit_August2015.pdf (417.02 KB)