Logistics Operations Planning and Coordination Officer- CSTII

The Logistics Operations Planning and Coordination Officer supports the Palestine Logistics Cluster by coordinating humanitarian truck movements, facilitating partner collaboration, and providing technical guidance on logistics best practices. The role involves establishing an integrated logistics coordination system, liaising with multiple teams, and ensuring efficient logistics operations in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Responsibilities

• Establish an Integrated Logistics Operations Coordination System to consolidate partners’ truck movement requests across humanitarian corridors.
• Design efficient routing strategies prioritizing optimal convoy routes based on commodity types and urgency levels.
• Implement real-time tracking and monitoring tools to provide accurate, live updates on truck movements for stakeholders.
• Supervise and oversee operations at transshipment platforms ensuring system efficiency and seamless coordination.
• Coordinate across teams acting as the primary liaison between the Logistics Cluster, HMIA, Supply Chain teams, and partners to ensure alignment with operational objectives.
• Organize regular joint planning sessions to address priorities, share challenges, and refine logistics strategies.
• Provide technical guidance on logistics best practices and operational improvements to partners.
• Lead recruitment and onboarding of new personnel to ensure smooth system setup and continuity.
• Evaluate system efficiency by monitoring logistics processes, identifying bottlenecks, and proposing solutions for optimization.
• Maintain partner coordination by building and sustaining relationships with local and international partners, keeping them informed about logistics updates and plans.
• Ensure accurate data tracking and maintain high-quality records and real-time data to support informed decision-making.
• Document lessons learned compiling insights from operations for future reference and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• A university degree in Supply Chain Management, International Business, International Relations, Humanitarian Project Management, Business Administration and related field or equivalent relevant experience is required.
• Minimum 5 years professional experience in humanitarian operations implementation including assessment, management of operational budget and funds, monitoring and evaluation.
• At least 3 years professional experience in supply chain and/or logistics operations such as land transport, international shipping or air transport, warehouse management, freight forwarding, etc.
• Demonstrated experience in project/programme coordination and management, including serving in a supervisory role.
• Demonstrated experience in emergency response operations (natural disaster and/or complex emergency) and/or preparedness projects.
• Demonstrated experience in engaging with external partners such as government counterparts.
• Prior working experience in the MENA region is highly desirable.
• Understanding of the international humanitarian response architecture, including coordination mechanisms, Humanitarian Reform and humanitarian action, and international emergency response funding mechanisms.
• Experience in coordination, project management roles, with strong leadership skills.
• Partnership and service mindset, integrity, result oriented, proactive engagement, gender and culturally sensitive.
• Demonstrated ability to work productively in remote and high-pressure environments, to motivate a team, maintain morale and deliver on objectives in difficult circumstances.
• Strategic vision and shared goals based on humanitarian principles (desirable).
• Ability to analyse and evaluate data and translate into useful information management products to facilitate decision making (desirable).
• Promote climate of teamwork, encourage learning of colleagues and facilitate team approach (desirable).
• Fluency in English language is required.
• Knowledge of Arabic language is a distinct advantage.

Skills

• Supply Chain Management
• Humanitarian Operations Liaison
• Operational Budgeting
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Logistics Management
• Land Transport
• International Shipping
• Air Transport
• Warehouse Management
• Freight Forwarding Management
• Project Coordination
• Programme Management
• Supervision Experience
• Emergency response operations
• Preparedness Projects
• Partner Engagement
• Humanitarian Coordination
• International Emergency Funding
• Project Management
• Leadership
• Data Analysis
• Information Management

Languages

English, Arabic