Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe recruits a Logistics and Security Officer

Bac+5 Deadline: 13 Nov 2018 2026

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RECRUITMENT NOTICE NO. DKH- 01/11/2026

Job Title: Officer (e) Logistics and Security

Main duties

Location: Goma, with field missions Supervisor: Country Representative Collaborates with: Head of Finance, HR and Admin The Security Officer Region

Other information

Schedule: 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday to Friday Contract duration: Six months (with possibility of renewal)

OBJECTIVE OF THE MISSION

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) is a German non-governmental organization (NGO) that provides humanitarian assistance in 41 countries and has 16 offices around the world. DKH supports people affected by crises related to natural disasters, armed conflict and population displacement, and prioritizes local responses in collaboration with a global network of partner organizations. Promoting local humanitarian action and an egalitarian and sustainable partnership approach is at the heart of its action. Constantly striving to facilitate mutual learning and skill sharing, DKH aims to identify innovative and appropriate programmatic approaches and cooperation models. The organization actively seeks to empower partners and local communities by empowering them to decide and respond directly to their own priorities. DKH is part of the Protestant Agency for Diaconia and Development (EWDE), based in Berlin, Germany.

Job overview

The DKH Office Democratic Republic of the Congo has been established since 2012. Currently, DKH DRC has nine partner organizations (OPs) in four provinces of the country (Kasaï central, Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu), where several interventions are underway and others in preparation, mainly focusing on food security, livelihoods, market access and protection, including psychosocial support. Although DKH does not plan to directly implement humanitarian projects, it wishes to ensure that its partner organizations in the DRC have the administrative and technical capacity necessary to carry out their projects and programmes according to the highest quality standards. DKH wants to ensure that the humanitarian response meets expectations in all respects, that it can fully rely on its partner organizations and that added value is visible through its presence on the ground. Job purpose The Security Logistics Officer will work closely with the Country Representative on security and logistics aspects. He/she will also work closely with the DKH regional and headquarters security advisor. The role of this position is to oversee the delivery of supply chain and procurement services while ensuring compliance with DKH processes, directives and standards, logistical monitoring and reporting, and to ensure the day-to-day implementation of the health, safety and security plan, and contribute to DKH’s due diligence towards its staff and support to its partners. He/She provides technical, programmatic and logistical support services, essential to the achievement of the organization’s mission. This role involves overseeing critical aspects of partner logistics and office projects, ensuring that the most efficient, economical and secure options are selected. Ensure that systems, processes and controls are aligned with the country programme strategy as well as DKH’s organizational policies. He/She must be a key member of the partners’ capacity building team.

Responsibilities

FINALITY

Actively participate in the selection of all suppliers and implement procurement procedures for the country office as well as logistical support to organizational partners, to ensure the most efficient and effective operation of all logistical aspects of the mission and its partners, in accordance with DKH policies and legal requirements. Identify and develop approaches and a partnership framework in the logistics areas, ensuring that overall organizational priorities are aligned with partners’ capabilities and needs.

Education / Qualifications

Monitor, assess and report on the security situation in DRC Country Office territories (by synthesizing information from various sources including INSO, UNDSS, DKH partners, field visits, etc.) to ensure continuity of DKH operations and effective implementation of crisis management strategy. Disseminate security alerts to country staff, consult and advise the Country Representative on all matters of safety, health and safety of the working environment. Analyze DKH policies, guidelines and work plans (e.g. Health, Safety and Security (HSS) plans, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)) to ensure consistent implementation of the organization’s security framework, as well as identify gaps and opportunities to improve security approaches. Implement HSS and related systems and participate in incident management.

COLLABORATION

Advise DKH staff and partners in Democratic Republic of the Congo on the interpretation and implementation of DKH’s logistics policies and procedures, in order to ensure adequate and quality service delivery, as well as to solve any problems encountered. Advise the country representative and the finance, human resources and administration manager on optimal approaches to meet logistics service needs, highlighting opportunities to optimize service delivery while ensuring compliance with established policies, as well as remedial solutions to identified gaps in policies. Advise organizational partners on the interpretation and implementation of DKH’s logistics policies and guidelines to support their compliance efforts, as well as identify and mitigate risks for successful program implementation. Advise partners on opportunities to improve safety and security approaches and guidelines, leveraging relationships to facilitate collaboration and expand security networks in the DRC. Train and advise DKH staff on the interpretation of security policies and their integration into program operations to ensure they are consistent with the organization’s overall security strategy, as well as identify gaps in their implementation. Advising DKH staff and senior management on the evolving security context of the country program, as well as evolving knowledge

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