Location: Brisbane, Australia | Full-time | 2-year fixed term contract.

Must have valid work rights in Australia.

• Manage all facets of the Humanitarian Logistics Capability Programs’ logistics and supply chain operations, encompassing strategic procurement, warehouse management, and transportation coordination.
• Develop a high-impact logistics operation to enhance Australia’s humanitarian response capabilities.
• Lead and manage a team, promoting a collaborative, high-performance, and learning-oriented culture.

Contribute to a world where people, communities and the planet thrive.

Tetra Tech International Development is a leading development consulting firm working with government, businesses, and NGOs to solve complex development challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. For more information please visit our website

The Opportunity:

The Humanitarian Logistics Capability (HLC), based in Brisbane, is a cornerstone of Australia’s rapid and coordinated humanitarian action across the Indo-Pacific. The HLC Logistics Lead plays a critical leadership role in ensuring the effectiveness and readiness of HLC’s supply chain—from procurement and warehousing to transportation and dispatch—supporting humanitarian relief operations that save lives and restore dignity in times of crisis.

As the HLC Logistics Lead, you’ll manage complex logistics systems and oversee all aspects of HLC’s supply chain and logistics operations, including strategic procurement, warehouse management, and freight coordination. You will lead a dynamic team to ensure that humanitarian stocks are well-managed, the warehouse is fully operational, and transportation pipelines remain secure and responsive. Working in close partnership with Department Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australian Defence Force (ADF), commercial providers, and humanitarian agencies, you will help deliver critical relief support with precision, speed, and care.

This is a unique opportunity to shape a high-impact logistics operation and strengthen Australia’s humanitarian response capacity in a rapidly evolving global context.

The Program: Humanitarian Logistics Capability

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Humanitarian Logistics Capability (HLC) facilitates the timely, effective, and flexible delivery of the Australian Government’s humanitarian assistance and emergency relief program around the world, providing high quality, multifaceted, flexible and responsive project management and humanitarian supply chain solutions in support of Australia’s Humanitarian Emergency Relief activities.

The goal of HLC is to facilitate humanitarian action that saves lives, alleviates suffering, and enhances human dignity during and in the aftermath of conflict, disasters, and other humanitarian crises. The HLC warehouse in Brisbane maintains the largest stockpile of prepositioned humanitarian emergency relief supplies within the Southern Hemisphere, with the capacity to respond to three simultaneous crises and can support at least 11,000 families – or 50,000 people.

The HLC maintains core capabilities to perform critical tasks across six functional areas: Logistics Planning and Coordination; Procurement; Warehousing; Shipping and Transport; Deployment Support and Technical Assistance and Program Management and integrates cross-cutting, thematic priorities of Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), Greening, Localisation, Innovation, Partnerships and Indigenous engagement into all operations and activities

Tetra Tech International Development, as the Implementing Contractor for the HLC, will work closely with DFAT, other Commonwealth response capabilities, international organisations and humanitarian partners to implement HLC operations and activities across all aspects of program management and delivery.

Your role:

• oversee HLC’s logistics operations, including warehousing, procurement, and transportation coordination, to ensure efficient supply chain management;
• ensure optimal stock levels and storage conditions in the HLC Warehouse to support emergency deployments;
• develop and implement standardised processes across logistics functions, aligned with best practices;
• supervise procurement activities, including supplier management and emergency procurement processes;
• oversee transport and shipping operations, ensuring compliance with customs and partner requirements; and
• represent HLC in humanitarian logistics coordination forums and contribute to planning discussions with DFAT, ADF, and partners.

About You

You are a seasoned humanitarian logistics professional with extensive experience in supply chain management across warehousing, procurement, and transport operations. Your leadership style is collaborative and empowering, and you are skilled in building systems that balance precision and agility in rapidly evolving environments. With experience in and a strong grasp of humanitarian principles and regional response dynamics, you’re committed to operational excellence and delivering impact where it’s needed most.

You thrive in roles where strategy meets implementation, ensuring that logistics systems are not only robust but also responsive to the needs of communities affected by disaster. You’re an effective communicator and relationship-builder, able to bring together cross-sector actors and align logistics efforts with broader humanitarian goals.

You will possess:

• Demonstrated significant experience managing complex logistics operations across procurement, warehousing, and transportation.
• Strong leadership capabilities and experience leading teams in high-performance, adaptive team environments with empathy.
• Understanding of and experience working in humanitarian logistics, ideally within the Indo-Pacific context.
• Knowledge of Australian Government procurement and supply chain policies would be advantageous.
• Advanced project and resource management skills, including planning, budgeting, and risk management in international or humanitarian settings.
• Proven ability to coordinate logistics activities across diverse stakeholders including Government, not for profit and private sectors.
• Cultural and political sensitivity, with the ability to navigate complex environments and build trusted relationships.
• High personal initiative, problem-solving ability, and composure under pressure.

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HumaHave questions or want to know more about the role, please contact:

Katie Wilde

Associate Director, Talent Acquisition

Email: [email protected], using the subject line: Humanitarian Logistics Lead enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Telephone: +61 3 9290 7060.

A position description is attached.

How to Apply

If we have sparked your interest and you meet the requirements of the role, click the "Apply for Job" button and submit your application before the closing date — we’d love to have you join our team supporting our humanitarian logistics operations.

Your completed application will include:

• Resume
• Cover letter (not exceeding two pages), outlining your suitability for the position by demonstrating how your qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and personal attributes align with the selection criteria.