Assistant Distribution Coordinator - Coo101 - Noa - Beirut - Unops Contract

Operational Support − Support the planning led by UNHCR Area Offices for the delivery of relief items according to operational needs.− Support UNHCR Operations Division in the coordination of implementing partners and/or contractors performing supply related activities, and ensure that they understand and adhere to relevant UNHCR rules and procedures.− Maintain accurate and comprehensive records on the quantity of CRIs distributed by different agencies (both UNHCR’s implementing partners and other agencies), the numbers of beneficiaries who receive them, and the geographical areas where they are distributed, and provide timely reports and updates periodically and on request.− Identify and try to resolve logistic difficulties encountered by UNHCR, its implementing partners, and other agencies engaged in the relief effort, such as delayed customs clearance of consignments, problems with the storage of goods, or inefficiencies in the systems for their release, transportation and distribution to beneficiaries.− Promote emergency preparedness and response actions while at the same time considering the need for early recovery planning as well as taking preventative and risk reduction measures to avoid problems if possible.− Perform other duties as requested. Coordination− Identify types of assistance and geographical areas where there are either gaps or duplication, and take initiative to resolve these problems by various means.− Support coordination with all partners (including UN Agencies, national and international NGOs) through establishment/maintenance of appropriate sectoral coordination mechanisms, including working groups at the national and regional and, if necessary, also at the local level.