Procurement Officer at World Food Programme (WFP)

Requisition #: 4182
Location: Maiduguri
Level: NOB

Job Purpose

• To collect, analyse and report on information to maximise efficiency of procurement operations and activities.

Key Accountabilities  (Not all-inclusive)

• Contribute towards the development of procurement plans and processes ensuring compliance with wider procurement policies and WFP standards.
• Support or manage procurement programs and operational activities, (e.g. issue tenders, evaluate offers and negotiate/award contracts), following standard processes to contributing to successful procurement of food and non-food commodities or services.
• Track and analyse data to provide recommendations for process improvement.
• Collate data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reports of procurement activities, to contribute to a WFP wide view that enables informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders, leading to performance optimization.
• Collate information and draft appropriate responses to recommendations to support auditing of procurement activities and ensure conformity with compliance rules.
• Work in close collaboration with internal counterparts and external partners including suppliers, superintendents, companies, etc to align procurement activities with wider programmes and ensure a coherent approach to meeting food assistance needs.
• Support training of WFP staff to take a strategic and proactive approach to the procurement of food and non-food commodities and services, for example designing and reviewing training materials.
• Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed goods and services to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
• Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.
• Other as required.

Standard Minimum Qualifications
Education:

• Advanced University degree in Economics, Commerce, Business Administration, Engineering, Legal or Accounting or other relevant field, or First University degree with an additional relevant work experience and/or training/courses.

Experience:

• A least 3 years relevant professional experience is required with procurement activities (purchasing, vendor research, etc.), conducting cost analyses, and working with vendors or other partners.

Language: 

• Fluency (level C) in English language. Knowledge of Hausa and Kanuri local languages is desirable.

Terms and Condition
Selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term contract with a probationary period of one year.

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