Overview
The UN Volunteer will support the Operations Support and Logistics (OSL) Egyptian Corridor Team, contributing to the delivery of administrative, procurement, supply chain, logistics, and operational support services for WHO’s emergency response operations supporting Gaza.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the reception, transportation, storage, and delivery of essential medical and health supplies from Egypt to the Gaza Strip, including tracking mobile and partner-managed stock.
- Assist in the management and monitoring of WHO warehouses in Cairo and Al Arish, ensuring proper inventory control, stock reporting, and operational readiness.
- Maintain operational coordination with the Egyptian Red Crescent, Logistics Cluster, OCHA, and other partners on truck QR coding, manifesting, notifications, and border-crossing arrangements.
- Liaise with WHO teams in the WCO, Occupied Palestinian Territory and Cairo to support cross-border logistics, human resources coordination, and administrative processes.
- Facilitate procurement processes by coordinating with local suppliers, PSS, EMRO, and oPt teams, including preparing Requests for Price Estimates (RPEs) and follow procurement progress.
- Support the development and implementation of Long-Term Agreements (LTAs) for operational support services such as warehousing, trucking, and internal transportation.
- Assist with local supplier engagement, logistics, and operational follow-up to ensure timely and compliant service delivery.
- Support the advance cash custodian for urgent operational requests, following WHO financial rules and procedures.
- Support invoice review and processing to ensure timely and accurate payments.
- Maintain documentation, prepare reports, and flag operational gaps or risks to facilitate decision-making by the Supply Chain Officer.
- Perform other incident-specific supply chain and logistics tasks as required by the functional supervisor.
Required Experience
- At least three years of related experience, at the national and international levels, administration, procurement, supply chain, managing logistics operations and supply operations in international organizations/ institutions
- Experience working in emergency operations in the field
- Prior working experience with WHO/UN, health cluster partners, recognized humanitarian organizations, or with an international non-governmental organization is essential.
- WHO experience is desirable, experience working in Gaza and/or the West Bank is preferable.
- Knowledge of procurement systems such as ERP or GSM systems is an advantage
- Experience or knowledge of import/export and customs administration
- Strong organizational and coordination skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple procurement transactions simultaneously.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Public or business administration, supply chain, logistic management, logistics, engineering or social sciences from an accredited/recognized institute.
- Desirable: Advanced university degree in public health, public or business administration, logistic management, logistics, engineering or social sciences. Professional certification/qualification in areas such as transport, distribution, and supply chain management. Degree or training in information management systems and their application to logistics, transport, or supply management and monitoring
