Program Assistant

Community & Humanitarian Assistance Programs (CHAP) is a rapid response humanitarian commodity distribution program that addresses critical needs of vulnerable populations including the poor, children, orphans, the elderly, the disabled, refugees and disasters victims. CHAP provides target groups with live-saving humanitarian assistance commodities such as food, medical supplies/equipment, pharmaceuticals, clothing, higiene supplies, and shelter items. From assessing needs to monitoring end-use, CHAP acquires, stages, transports, receives, distributes, and accounts for the use of donated items. For further information, please visit .

Transportation Management Services Unit is an integral component in the effective implementation of humanitarian assistance programs that alleviate suffering and improve the quality of life of disadvantaged populations around the world.  To this effect, this unit manages the logistics and transportation operations for the efficient delivery of private and government funded humanitarian assistance shipmemts from origin points to final destinations worldwide.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide overall programmatic and administrative support to the Transportation Management Services unit
• Assist in coordinating dailiy transportation related operations

Transportation Coordination

• Provide support functions for operational activities related to all CHAP programs
• Asssist in administering the day-to-day aspects of transportation and other support activities, including the preparation of transportation requests, processing of inventory, scheduling of loads, reviewing of bills of lading packages, tracking of shipments, and submission of invoices

• Liaise with partner organizations, transportation companies, commodity donors, CHAP field offices, screeners, and other involved parties
• Provide general program and administrative support for the transportation division headquarters staff (including filing, faxing, copying)
• Research, track, brief, and report necessary statistics, information, and data
• Maintain all relevant shipment data. Ensure that accurate and up-to-date records, data, and information are kept in physical files, Counterpart shared drives, and CHAP database
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts (International Relations, International Development, Political Science, Business) preferred

• Strong communications and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in computer programs (Excellent word-processing skills and familiarity with databases)
• Fluency in Russian language is a plus

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Counterpart International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, national origin, marital status, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, personal appearance, family responsibilities, political affiliation, or enrollment in a college, university, technical school, or adult education.

Counterpart International is a nonprofit international development organization headquarted in Crystal City, VA. Since its inception in 1965, Counterpart has empowered local communities to identify, accept, prioritize, and act to solve their own problems in their own ways to improve their lives. Our programs include humanitarian and relief assistance, education, healthcare, democracy and governance, food security, enterprise and business development, sustainable tourism and natural resource management.

TO APPLY:

Individuals interested in working with Counterpart International should apply to the Counterpart website-based Resume Registry, identifying the applicable position code.  Please be prepared to cut/paste or attach your cover letter and resume. http://