General Background

The OEC:  The Organisation of Educational Cooperation (OEC) is an international intergovernmental organisation, founded in January 2020 by countries from across the Global South, to “contribute to the equitable, just, and prosperous social transformation of societies by promoting balanced and inclusive education, in order to attain the fundamental rights to liberty, justice, dignity, sustainability, social cohesion, and material and immaterial security for the peoples of the world”.

GALM:  The Bureau of General Assembly and Logistics Management functions are:

• Provide logistical and documentation support to the General Assembly, the Council of Member States, and the Conference of Associate Members in their ordinary and extraordinary sessions.
• Support the President of the General Assembly in the discharge of their duties.
• Provide logistical and documentation support to the conferences and international meetings convened by the Secretariat.

Duties

The position will be responsible to ensure that all logistical arrangements for the OEC meetings are made in a timely and efficient manner based on careful cost-benefit analysis.

Specifically, the incumbent is to:

• Undertake comprehensive in-country logistics services market assessments, including transportation, conference venues, technical equipment and recommend actions for decision-making,
• Issue Request for Quotations as and when necessary to shortlisted companies, analyze offers in conjunction with the relevant Units
• Establish and maintain good working relations with all approved/contracted logistics service providers.
• Prepare and follow emergency logistics preparedness practices to ensure the OEC can respond and provide catering or other necessary services to events to be organized on short notice.