Consultants specialised in Logistics, Supply Chain Management and Environmental Procurement (INT8646)

We are looking for Consultants/Freelancers specialised in Logistics, Supply Chain Management and Environmentally Sustainable Procurement Specialists.

ABOUT OXFAM CONSULTS.

Oxfam Consults is a network of world-leading professionals that aims to promote Oxfam’s expertise across the wider humanitarian aid sector. By sharing technical support, knowledge, and practical experience from multi-sectoral disciplines, we can help you access this network and contribute to responses that are both more efficient and effective.

Oxfam Consults is an Oxfam initiative housed by the Global Humanitarian Team. It operates both within the Oxfam milieu and more autonomously, depending on the scope of individual projects.

ABOUT OXFAM

Oxfam is a global movement of people who won’t live with the injustice of poverty. Together we save and rebuild lives in disasters. We help people build better lives for themselves. We speak out on the big issues that keep people poor, like inequality, discrimination against women and climate change. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can live without poverty.

OUR VALUES

All our work is led by three core values:

Empowerment. Everyone, from our staff and supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen.

Accountability. We take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions.

Inclusiveness. We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences.

Oxfam Consults is looking for Logistics, Supply Chain Management and Environmentally Sustainable Procurement Specialists for our External Consults Roster.

Background:

Oxfam International has signed the Climate Charter, and is committed to monitoring and mitigating its greenhouse gas emissions to limit the climate impact of our activities and maximize the sustainability of our environmental programs.

The supply chain accounts for around 50-70% of a project’s emissions, and the supply that makes up a large part of it, so it is therefore a real lever. Oxfam aim to ensure its practices must be adapted by integrating the concept of sustainable purchasing and operations.

Candidates selected to be included in the Oxfam Consults roster should satisfy the criteria outlined below. All the candidates must have demonstrable experience in providing consultancy services and working as freelancers.

The role, when deployed, will be to provide high-quality and specialist expertise to Oxfam Consults in line with an individual Terms of Reference (ToR) that is in line with Oxfam values.

Once selected, candidates will be offered the following modality to be included on the Consultants Roster:

Framework agreement (up to two years) that offers a more flexible scenario for assignments. It is expected that the Consultants under this modality can provide services on a more regular basis to Oxfam Consults on a case-by-case basis.

This does not constitute an employment offer and there is no guarantee of work.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE.

For Logistics, Supply Chain Management and Environmentally Sustainable Procurement Specialists.

Experience.

Extensive experience as a Supply & Logistics Specialist and/ or Consultant. Relevant expertise in the Sustainable Procurement Sector, as an Advisor or in a Logistics and Procurement Coordination role.

Essential

• Extensive practical experience in SUPPLY & LOGISTICS operations and consultancy work in a humanitarian or development context.
• Proven track record working as a SUPPLY & LOGISTICS Consultant.
• Proven Team Leadership skills and ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to liaise and coordinate with a variety of stakeholders, including donors, partner organisations, private sectors, and government institutions.
• Demonstrable coordination, communication, and cluster networking skills
• Excellent experience in capacity building, facilitation, and training
• Demonstrated experience of integrating feminist principle, gender, inclusion, and diversity issues in Logistics operation activities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrable ability to lead and influence.
• Good understanding and use of humanitarian international codes of conduct and minimum standards, especially the Red Cross Code and SPHERE standards.
• Good oral and written communication skills and the ability to use standard computer software packages.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Desirable

• Experience of working in difficult contexts, and the ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Working knowledge of another language, especially Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish
• Experience in digital processes operations in complex contexts
• Partnership strategies, trainings, and capacity development (tools, systems, and guideline development).
• Proven knowledge and or experience of environmental and sustainable procurement background with speciality in ECHO environmental charter/ minimum requirement and the ‘Climate Charter’ Commitments.
• Research, Analytical and Presentation skills with excellent training techniques.
• Ability to design, roll-out and implement strategies, plans (contingency/ response) with matrix slotting of the SUPPLY & LOGISTICS operations in emergency contexts.
• Demonstrable knowledge in SUPPLY & LOGISTICS Local Humanitarian Leadership and conducting surveys using the Survey CTO, KoboTool, Monkey Survey amongst others.

All applications must be submitted online, by 30th September 2022, via the Oxfam website.

Applications may be possible after this date if applicants meet the necessary criteria.

Please state your daily rate for consultancy fees in British Pounds (GBP).

By submitting your application, you consent to Oxfam holding your details and records on file for a period of 6 years, in the event you are accepted onto the Oxfam Consults Consultants Roster.

We reserve the right to accept candidates while the advertisement is still open.

To unsubscribe from the Roster, please contact Oxfam Consults at [email protected]

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to apply

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.

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