Logistics Coordinator - Nigeria

Position Start Date: 01.12.2026

Type of contract: CDM

Duration: 12 months

Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria

Status: Unaccompanied

Terre des hommes does not set closing date for this position. Recruitment is on-going until the position is filled

Tdh:

Terre des hommes (Tdh), founded in 1960, is an independent, neutral and impartial Swiss organization committed to bringing meaningful and lasting change to the lives of children and youth, especially to those most exposed to risks. To make a difference, we focus on the areas of maternal and child health, children and youth migration, and access to justice.

Context:

Tdh has been present in Nigeria since 2008. It established its operational base in Maiduguri in 2017 and reopened a base in Benue State in 2025. Today, Tdh operates across five states (Borno, Benue, Nasarawa, Ondo and Cross River), implementing programmes in health, WASH, migration, access to justice, education, and child protection. Our interventions combine prevention and response to child protection risks, with a strong emphasis on safeguarding children in complex humanitarian settings.

In addition, Tdh implements an innovative Child Rights in Business programme in Nigeria. This initiative aims to prevent and address child labour in cocoa-producing communities by improving access to quality education, strengthening community-based child protection mechanisms, and engaging local authorities, communities and private sector actors to promote respect for children's rights.

Tdh's approach is based on close collaboration with government authorities, local communities and civil society partners. As a result, the organisation enjoys strong recognition and credibility among communities, public authorities and key institutional and private donors, including SDC, ECHO, OCHA, IOM, DRA, CDCS, and Barry Callebaut.

Tdh operates in both humanitarian and development settings, including areas affected by insecurity. The safety and security of staff are a top organisational priority. The successful candidate must be willing and able to travel regularly to field locations, lead by example in promoting a strong security culture, and ensure that all teams consistently comply with the organisation's security policies and procedures.

In terms of Responsibilities:

Under the responsibility of the Country Director, the Logistics Coordinator guarantees the logistics performance of the delegation. S/he is in charge of:

• Designing and deploying the logistics strategy at the national level;
• Support programs and projects on all logistical aspects at the various stages of the project cycle (project writing, implementation, reporting);
• Implement and ensure respect of Tdh logistics framework (supply, fleet, equipment, stock, premises, IT…);
• Strengthen logistics capacities, to all Tdh staff and external partners, on Tdh logistics framework (induction, briefings, training in the capital and on bases);
• Coordinates the logistics activities of the delegation in close collaboration with the other departments.
• Providing logistics support to the various field bases, and ensuring the harmonization of practices across delegation;
• Define and implementing internal control mechanisms, processes, and measures to ensure adequate use of Tdh resources and assets.
• Ensure optimization, efficiency, and safety of logistics workflows (both physical and informative);
• Implementing an efficient monitoring system of logistics activities across the delegation.
• In collaboration with the Country Director and/or the Security Advisor, s/he contributes to the development of the operational security strategy and ensure respect of the security SOPs on the delegation.
• S/he hierarchically supervises the coordination’s logistics team and functionally all the delegation's logistics staff.

The full job description will be shared with the candidates selected to start the recruitment process.

Conditions offered:

Swiss contract

Gross monthly salary between 5000 CHF and 5800 x13,36 months

Insurances: sickness, accident, repatriation

Annual leaves: 25 days/year

Transport: Flights to duty station and back

R&R: 3 R&R/year

Housing: shared accommodation

Education :

Master degree in Logistics / Transport / Administration or any other relevant degree

Profile:

Proven experience as a logistician in an international NGO (minimum 5 years);

Experience in an emergency or unstable security context;

Experience in team management and experience in training/capacity building desired;

Mastery of logistics procedures;

Mastery of donor procedures (ECHO, SDC, CDCS, UNICEF, etc.).

1. Languages

English and local languages, French is an asset

1. IT Knowledge

Mastery of the usual tools

Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies:

• Fully complies with Tdh’s Global Code of Conduct and systematically reports any breach to the Code through the whistleblowing procedure, raises awareness within the Foundation on abuse and violence and the rights deriving therefrom, respecting the rights and dignity of children, members of the communities and our own Staff
• Commits to respecting Risk Management Policies including: Safeguarding Policies (Child Safeguarding Policy, Policy on the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and the Directive on Staff Misconduct at the Workplace), Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Prevention of the Financing of Criminal Activities Policies
• Commits to reducing the risk of abuse and harm by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we intervene in.

We offer an exciting and varied work, useful and meaningful, in a team that wants to make a difference for vulnerable children.

Are you interested to join our committed team to face this challenge?