Logistics Assistant, Emergency Reception Center St-L...

Millions of people are fleeing war, hunger, persecution or natural disasters. Most of them reside in third-world countries. But people also arrive in Belgium in search of a new home and a safe haven. 
At the request of the government, the Belgian Red-Cross receives refugees in a temporary emergency reception center in Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe.
 

Together with your colleagues you are responsible for the logistic tasks in the center (managing the stocks of linen and hygiene products, monitoring the laundry,…) in order to guarantee a clean environment and to ensure that goods and services are available in a correct and efficient manner.
 
Among other tasks, you are responsible for: 

• Preparing a set of hygiene products and linen for each person arriving at the center;
• Managing stocks of meals, hygiene products and maintenance supplies;
• Managing the goods and equipment in an efficient way: you select, organize and distribute the goods and equipment. You will create an inventory and ensure a minimum stock, to do so you will be placing and following up orders.
• Performing administrative tasks: you draw up follow-up lists and inform other colleagues;
• Carrying out other logistical tasks such as washing towels and linen, keeping the center in order;
• Supervising an efficient service of meals and to help distribute them.
• Supervising the safety, order and cleanliness of the building and infrastructure (appliances/installations), report possible defects and repair them if necessary;
• Guiding and coordinating residents in the jobs they carry out.

• You have a secondary education degree in a humane direction and have some experience in conducting difficult conversations (you can deal with sensitive topics during thess conversations);
• You have an interest in working with people from different cultural backgrounds;
• You are entrepreneurial and will actively roll up your sleeves;
• You are flexible and willing to work in a shift system (with weekend shifts);
• You speak and understand English fluently (= the working language in the center). Any other languages are an asset.
• You have computer skills (Word, Outlook, Excel) and are able to quickly learn internal elec-tronic monitoring systems.
• You are empathetic and diplomatic, but you can also set clear boundaries.
• You work in a structured way and in good consultation with your colleagues.

• Full-time position (38h/week);
• Shift performance (early, day and late shifts + weekend shift (1 weekend out of 3));
• Replacement contract;
• Employment in an emergency reception center: duration depends on government assignment in the context of organizing emergency shelter for applicants for international protection;
• Salary according to bar scale 224 in PC Here we include half of your total number of years of work experience. You can find the bar scale list on   . Click on 'Barema's opvangcentra';
  • Meal vouchers of 8 Euro per day;
  • Group insurance and possibility of joining hospitalisation insurance with personal contribu-tion;
  • Commuting by train is fully reimbursed; 75% contribution for use of other public transport (bus, tram, metro, etc.); bicycle allowance of 0.37€/km; other means of transport (car, motor-cycle, etc.) is in line with sectoral and legal regulations.

• Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe