Emergency Supply Chain Specialist

Whichever job you take on at Shelter Box, you will be working towards a world where no family goes without shelter after disaster.

Our team are the foundations of Shelter Box. They create a framework in which we are able to transform lives.

You would be joining Shelter Box at an exciting time of growth, helping us to continue to maximise both our reach and the impact of our work. Our team is full of positive, people focused individuals with a real passion for our cause.

Do you have the skills, personality and ambition to help us write our next chapter?

Grade: 3 - Specialist

Hours: 37.5 hours per week with occasional evening/weekend working. Flexible hours considered.

Position type: Fixed-term 12-month contract

Responsible to: Senior Emergency Supply Chain Specialist and Programmes Supply Chain Manager

Direct reports: None

Location: Truro, Cornwall or remote working (UK only) (with regular travel to Truro)

Travel: Work away from home, this may be UK or overseas. Travel can include deploying to support rapid emergency responses, possibly up to or around 12 weeks depending on context, in-country programmes, business trips and attending/delivering training. You may be required to work away from home up to 50% of your time in any calendar year.

This Emergency Supply Chain Specialist will be a global core member of the Supply Chain Team, within the International Programmes Directorate and will report to the Senior Emergency Supply Chain Specialist. This key stakeholder role will work closely within the Emergency Response Team, which is responsible for assessing and responding to rapidly developing humanitarian crises.

This role will lead and contribute to the Supply Chain activities of Shelter Box’s humanitarian responses at country level and remotely, depending on context and scale.

In collaboration with the programme team, the wider supply chain stakeholder group and partner organisations, the Emergency Supply Chain Specialist will design and implement the supply chain strategy for Shelter Box emergency responses, following a sudden onset disaster.

This will include but is not limited to coordination of international, regional and local transportation, procuring stock and services, inventory management including release and distribution of stock, partner selection and due diligence, last mile logistics and overall ensuring end to end delivery.

Outside of rapid onset emergencies, the position requires the individual to support and lead on additional project supply chain activities, be active in preparedness and planning, provide tactical and strategic inputs in support of Shelter Box’s growth ambition, and promote capacity strengthening and partner development.

It is expected that the Emergency Supply Chain Specialist will have significant emergency response experience in humanitarian supply chain, at international, regional and country level. The Emergency Supply Chain Specialist is an enthusiastic team member and a creative problem-solver with a keen eye for detail. They see opportunities in challenges and have outstanding interpersonal skills. This role would be ideally suited to someone with HQ, humanitarian and country facing experience, but who is looking for emergency deployments balanced by providing remote support to responses.

We therefore look forward to welcoming candidates who remain flexible and open to change.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

• Lead and coordinate the design of the supply chain to assigned disasters including assessing and selecting supply options/routes, researching tax free importation procedures, developing last‑mile logistics, operational services and local procurement, partner‑led procurement and cash modalities to ensure high quality, timely responses.
• Responsible for tendering emergency international freight requests ensuring best value, service and accountability.
• Oversee shipping of aid items by air, sea, road or rail and arrange the preparation and provision of relevant shipping documentation.
• Deploy to responses, depending on requirements and context and act as team lead, in a supply chain capacity, to set and manage the timely…