Procurement Officer at American University of Nigeria (AUN)

Location: Maiduguri or Yola
Department: Atiku Center
Nature of Employment: Project Assignment
Supervisor: Report to the Project Director

Position Background

• The Procurement Officer will be responsible for Project procurements, review overall procurement processes, tracking procurements of goods and services through the procurement cycle and ensure adequate competition is achieved for procurements.

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintain comprehensive procurement files, including solicitations, proposals, evaluations, award documents, official contracts and correspondence on all procurements, following policies and local law.
• Supervise and verify the procurement of materials according to the or needs of the project.
• Design and prepare Terms of Reference and/or technical specifications for procurements, in collaboration with the project team. Ensure presentation of sufficient selection that meets requirements of quality assurance, delivery, and transparency.
• Liaise with Procurement committee to process procurements according to AUN/Project’s respective procurement rules and regulations.
• Develop and provide regular procurement mentoring and trainings to project staff to support project implementation.
• Compile and review budgets, solicited quotations, negotiations, and analysis to recommend vendors for delivery of goods and services.
• Verify to ensure deliveries are complete and done in a timely manner.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• BSc./BA in Purchase & Supply, Economics, Business Admin or relevant Social Science field.
• A minimum of 3-5 years of work experience is required with three years of experience directly relevant to procurement.
• INGO Work experience or donor-funded project is desirable.
• Demonstrated capacity to handle high-priority procurements.
• Excellent timekeeping skills and ability to independently manage deadline-oriented tasks.
• Advanced knowledge of Spoken and Written English required

Description of Benefits

• Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience and job classification as approved by the Project.