For the past 30 years, international NGO Acted has been going the last mile to save lives. Currently, Acted supports 20 million people across 43 countries to meet their needs in hard-to-reach areas โ and pursues a triple mandate as a humanitarian, environmental and development aid actor. Acted relies on an in-depth knowledge of local territories and contexts to develop and implement relevant long-term actions, with a wide range of local and international partners, building together a โ3ZEROโ world: Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty
ACTED Moldova
As of February 24th 2022, Acted deployed an emergency team in Moldova to support people who were affected by the conflict in Ukraine and had to cross the border.
Our teams mobilized quickly to carry out needs assessments along the border and in reception centers, in close coordination with the Moldovan authorities.
Actedโs first actions concerned the deployment of buses in Palanca and Tudora, in addition to buses provided by the Moldovan and Romanian authorities, in order to transport refugees from crossing points to reception centers or to Romania, in agreement with the authorities of both countries.
Today, Acted has diversified its fields of action in the country and implements or participates, with its partners, in the following operations:
- Support to the government for the site management of over 100 refugee accommodation and reception centers
- Reception and distribution of donations of basic necessities to refugees for NFIs and hot meals (around 20,000 hot meals were distributed from February to April) and multi purpose cash assistance for refugees and Moldovan families hosting refugees
- Installation of sanitation facilities at border points and provision of free transportation services to Romania and within Moldova for newly arrived refugees
- Distribution of SIM cards and power banks to facilitate access to information for refugees and provision of Wi-Fi-connectivity at transit and accommodation centers
You will be in charge of
The Logistics Volunteer assists the Country Logistics Manager to reinforce logistics processes in country. He/She will also provide technical support and capacity building to the logistics staff. The Logistics Volunteer may also support the Country Director for logistics management in case of Country Logistics Manager/Country Logistics Officer absence.
Main duties:
Contribute to improve logistics processes in country
- Procurement;
Train logistics & other staff to logistics procedures & tools
Support logistics documentation
Upon request support logistics operations
Expected skills and qualifications
Post graduate Degree in logistics, supply chain management or equivalent, preferably at Master level;Experience in logistics in a professional environment (internship);Familiarity with basic office software programs;Knowledge of the humanitarian field will be an asset.Terms of reference For more information about the position, click here .
Conditions
Status: volunteer
300 USD per month living allowanceCoverage of all accommodation, guesthouse, food, and travel costs, a luggage allowance of 50 kgThe provision of medical, repatriation, and life insurance.One week pre-departure training in ACTED HQ, including a 4-days in situ security trainingPsychological assistance