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Logistic Coordinator at Terre des hommes, Maiduguri, Nigeria

Tdh has been present in Nigeria since 2008. It established its operational base in Maiduguri in 2017 and reopened a base in Benue State in 2025. Today, Tdh operates across five states (Borno, Benue, Nasarawa, Ondo and Cross River), implementing programmes in health, WASH, migration, access to justice, education, and child protection. Our interventions combine prevention and response to child protection risks, with a strong emphasis on safeguarding children in complex humanitarian settings.

In addition, Tdh implements an innovative Child Rights in Business programme in Nigeria. This initiative aims to prevent and address child labour in cocoa-producing communities by improving access to quality education, strengthening community-based child protection mechanisms, and engaging local authorities, communities and private sector actors to promote respect for children’s rights.

Tdh’s approach is based on close collaboration with government authorities, local communities and civil society partners. As a result, the organisation enjoys strong recognition and credibility among communities, public authorities and key institutional and private donors, including SDC, ECHO, OCHA, IOM, DRA, CDCS, and Barry Callebaut.

Tdh operates in both humanitarian and development settings, including areas affected by insecurity. The safety and security of staff are a top organisational priority. The successful candidate must be willing and able to travel regularly to field locations, lead by example in promoting a strong security culture, and ensure that all teams consistently comply with the organisation’s security policies and procedures.

In terms of Responsibilities:

Under the responsibility of the Country Director, the Logistics Coordinator guarantees the logistics performance of the delegation. S/he is in charge of:

• Designing and deploying the logistics strategy at the national level;
• Support programs and projects on all logistical aspects at the various stages of the project cycle (project writing, implementation, reporting);
• Implement and ensure respect of Tdh logistics framework (supply, fleet, equipment, stock, premises, IT…);
• Strengthen logistics capacities, to all Tdh staff and external partners, on Tdh logistics framework (induction, briefings, training in the capital and on bases);
• Coordinates the logistics activities of the delegation in close collaboration with the other departments.
• Providing logistics support to the various field bases, and ensuring the harmonization of practices across delegation;
• Define and implementing internal control mechanisms, processes, and measures to ensure adequate use of Tdh resources and assets.
• Ensure optimization, efficiency, and safety of logistics workflows (both physical and informative);
• Implementing an efficient monitoring system of logistics activities across the delegation.
• In collaboration with the Country Director and/or the Security Advisor, s/he contributes to the development of the operational security strategy and ensure respect of the security SOPs on the delegation.
• S/he hierarchically supervises the coordination’s logistics team and functionally all the delegation’s logistics staff.
• The full job description will be shared with the candidates selected to start the recruitment process.

Profile looked for:

Education:

• Master degree in Logistics / Transport / Administration or any other relevant degree

Experience and Skills:

• Proven experience as a logistician in an international NGO (minimum 5 years);
• Experience in an emergency or unstable security context;
• Experience in team management and experience in training/capacity building desired;
• Mastery of logistics procedures;
• Mastery of donor procedures (ECHO, SDC, CDCS, UNICEF, etc.);
• Strong leadership and ability to engage and influence stakeholders
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
• Autonomous, proactive, and solutions-oriented approach
• Flexibility, adaptability, and commitment to continuous improvement
• Demonstrated integrity, accountability, and alignment with organizational values and processes.

Languages

• English and local languages, French is an asset

IT Knowledge

• Mastery of the usual MS office tools

Conditions offered:

• Swiss contract
• Gross monthly salary between 5000 CHF and 5800 x13,36 months
• Insurances: sickness, accident, repatriation
• Annual leaves: 25 days/year
• Transport: Flights to duty station and back
• R&R: 3 R&R/year
• Housing: shared accommodation

Tdh General Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies:

Commits to promoting and complying with the Global Code of Conduct, systematically reporting any violations of the Code through Tdh’s formal reporting mechanisms and dealing with any violations of procedures and processes appropriately.

Raises awareness of the Foundation of the risks of policy non-compliance, violence and abuse, and related rights, towards children, community members and our own employees.

Undertakes to comply with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the Safeguarding Policy, the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy, the Conflict-of-Interest Policy and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activities, as well as workplace behavior.

Commits to putting values and principles into practice through exemplary behavior, in full compliance with the Code of Conduct, and always respecting established procedures and processes.

Commits to developing a compliant and enlightened management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.

Procedure:

Only complete applications (CV + covering letter) posted on our official website will be processed. Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later date. We will only contact those candidates selected for further recruitment.

References:

Please note that all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and checks (criminal record and anti-terrorism funding check). Terre des hommes will ask the Human Resources of previous organisations to provide references on any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left employment.