United Nations World Food Programme Logistics Assistants Jobs in Mbarara Uganda

United Nations World Food Programme Logistics Assistants Jobs in Mbarara Uganda

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide.

The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.

Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their lives.

On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 80 countries each year.

The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to food and contribute to lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.

Brief description of WFP in Uganda

WFP delivers food assistance in emergencies and work with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

WFP provides life-saving food assistance and livelihood opportunities to refugees in Uganda. In addition, WFP assists the most vulnerable people in Karamoja with food and nutrition assistance.

Finally, WFP works with smallholder farmers and links them to markets.

Organizational Context

This job will be based in WFP Office - Mbarara (Isingiro, Rwenzori & Bunyoro) and the incumbenta will report to the Logistics Officer, or the designate.

At this level, the incumbent is expected to take responsibility for completion of a range of processes and activities requiring some interpretation of standard guidelines/practices for all assistance modalities for both WFP and logistics common services.

He/She will be able to recommend a course of action to staff at various levels and may allocate tasks to other support staff.

Key Accountabilities

  • Provide support to logistics operations and activities, following standard processes and facilitating, directly or indirectly, the effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries.
  • Support timely ordering and delivery of commodities and supplies to authorised partners and destinations.
  • Support management of logistics vendors’ contracting activities including performance monitoring and measurement.
  • Respond to a variety of technical queries/requests for support, following standard processes, and obtaining guidance as required, to ensure timely and accurate resolution of all enquiries with a high standard of client service mind-set.
  • Contribute to budget preparation, monitoring and revision for all
    delivery modalities, ensuring adherence to relevant procedures and in compliance with corporate standards.
  • Assist in monitoring inventory management processes to track trends and account for the inventory status from source to beneficiary.
  • Assist in management of commodity accounting data quality and integrity.
  • Support operational pipeline analyses, assessments and operational planning for all delivery modalities.
  • Process documentation for execution of logistics operations (e.g. customs clearance, invoice verification), take appropriate actions to resolve operational issues escalating various issues to the supervisor.
  • Collect and compile data, produce and/or contribute to reports (e.g. CCTI, SPRs, financial closure, physical inventory, transport performance) and ensure information accuracy in corporate systems in support to informed decision-making.
  • Liaise with internal and limited number of external stakeholders to support efficient logistics operations management.
  • Provide guidance to other support staff, in order to assist them in completing standard tasks to agreed standards and deadlines.

    Standard Minimum Qualifications
  • A bachelor's degree or its equivalent obtained from a recognised education institution in any of the following areas: Statistics, Economics, Logistics and Transport, Supplies Management, Busienss Administration, transport/freight forwarding/customs clearing and logistics/supply chain management, or other related area;
  • At least five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in Supply Chain Industry;
  • Experience in corporate accounting systems and running queries on on-going shipments and commodity stocks/food stock;
  • Experience in ananlysing data (on commodities, funds etc.) and drafting reports
  • Experience in measuring service providers' performance against set key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • Expereince in preparation of contract documentation.

    Experience
  • Experience using corporate systems to monitor ongoing shipments, pipeline information, insurance claims, and food stock.
  • Experience analysing data (on commodities, funds, etc.) and drafting reports.
  • Experience in measuring service providers’ performance against set KPIs.
  • Experience in assisting the preparation of contract documentation.
  • Experience in providing technical business support in corporate systems.

    How to Apply
  • Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by 28th April 2019
  • For more information and job application details, see; United Nations World Food Programme Logistics Assistants Jobs in Mbarara Uganda

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