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  • Posted: May 24, 2018
    Deadline: Jun 5, 2018
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    The World Food Programme is the food assistance branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. WFP is part of the United Nations system and is voluntarily funded. Born in 1961, WFP pursues a vision of the world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to t...
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    Storekeeper, G5

    Ref Id: 81462
    Location: Maiduguri, Borno

    Organizational Context

    • This job is found in WFP warehouses. Job holders report to the Warehouse Management Associate.
    • At this level, job holders typically work in large WFP warehouses with very busy and complex warehouse operations and are required to operate with a high degree of independence.
    • They manage a number of warehouse support staff to achieve effective warehouse management.

    Job Purpose

    • To coordinate receipt/dispatch and verification of commodities in order to maximise quality of warehouse operations and mitigate losses, and ensure implementation of the best storage management practices and compliance with WFP warehouse guidelines and standards.

    Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

    • Coordinate and/or receive/dispatch commodities including transhipment (truck to truck) against official approved documentation (e.g. waybills and/or delivery notes) ensuring accuracy in physical count of commodities including the quality in compliance with the established standards.
    • Review, verify and sign off warehouse and transport documents, and ensure accurate maintenance of confidential files and warehouse transaction records to enable immediate reporting on commodity movements in line with the corporate requirements.
    • Conduct daily warehouse closing reconciliation and accurate inventory checks supporting internal control systems in compliance with the warehouse management requirements.
    • Perform daily inspections and prepare reports on the quantity and quality of the commodities received/dispatched and handled, detect promptly and analyse reasons for stock discrepancies/damages, investigate missing quantity and prepare warehouse loss reports recommending appropriate solutions, to enable informed decision-making.
    • Support regular physical stock inventory exercise, to ensure compliance with IPSAS and standard business requirements.
    • Implement appropriate measures to safeguard food and non-food commodities, to ensure quality control using standard preventive measures in line with WFP established procedures.
    • Monitor condition of the warehouse and commodities and take appropriate actions, to support efficient warehouse space-planning and well-organized commodity storage following WFP warehouse standards.
    • Provide supervision, guidance and on-the-job training to warehouse staff supporting their development and high performance.

    4Ps Core Organisational Capabilities
    Purpose:

    • Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
    • Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
    • Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
    • Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.

    People:

    • Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
    • Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
    • Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
    • Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.

    Performance:

    • Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
    • Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
    • Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
    • Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.

    Partnership:

    • Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
    • Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
    • Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.
    • Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.

    Functional Capabilities
    Supply Chain Management and Optimization:

    • Displays aptitude at monitoring and reporting on supply chain operations to enable teams to efficiently assess the performance and sustainability of current networks.

    Planning, Project & Resource Management:

    • Supports the planning, forecasting & resource management efforts of own team by collecting data from diverse sources.

    Information Management & Reporting:

    • Collates accurate and timely information and data to enable informed decision making on reporting within individual unit and consequently the greater humanitarian community.

    Market Analysis, Contracting and Operational Execution:

    • Ability to collect and collate necessary information to enable WFP to make informed operational decisions.

    Warehouse and Inventory Management:

    • Demonstrates ability to implement operational warehouse procedures and normative guidance in order to manage WFP’s warehouse, handle inventory effectively through corporate systems, and ensure loss mitigation.

    Technical Assistance and Coordination:

    • Demonstrates awareness of the importance of technical assistance and coordination with key stakeholders and an ability to carry out logistics activities, respecting individual mandates and programme priorities.

    Standard Minimum Qualifications
    Education:

    • Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable.

    Language:

    • Fluency (level C) in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station’s language, if different.

    Desired Experiences for Entry into the Role:

    • Experience using logistics databases 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.

    Terms and Conditions

    • Selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term contract with a probationary period of one year.
    • WFP offers an attractive compensation package.

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to World Food Programme (WFP) on career5.successfactors.eu to apply

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