Storekeeper SC4 Berbera

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WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

Posting Dates

21st June 2023 4th July 2023

Organizational Background

The United Nations World Food Programme 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

The World Food Programme Somalia activities include food assistance for relief, school feeding, nutrition, and food for assets creation through the provision of in-kind and cash-based transfers and safety nets.

This position is open to qualified Somali candidates, female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.

Duties and Responsibilities

Effectively receive/dispatch commodities including transhipment (truck to truck) against official approved documentation (e.g. waybills and/or delivery notes) ensuring accuracy in the physical count of commodities including the quality in compliance with the established standards. Coordinate inland, overland, and local dispatches within the agreed timeline and report any exceptions to the supervisor. Prepare, verify, and sign off warehouse and transport documents, and maintain confidential files and accurate warehouse transaction records to ensure 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 the missing quantity and prepare warehouse loss reports recommending appropriate solutions, to enable informed decision-making. Manage Non-food items, issuance and receipt, inventory, and reporting of such items Implement appropriate measures to safeguard food and non-food commodities, to ensure quality control using standard preventive measures in line with WFP established procedures and authorization received from the supervisor. Monitor the 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. Support other areas of logistics operations including port operations when required by the supervisor. Provide guidance and on-the-job training to warehouse staff and contractors to contribute to their development and high performance. Any other task assigned by the supervisor

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary secondary training or certificate in the related functional field is desirable

Experience: Minimum 4 years of progressively responsible professional experience in Logistics Operations, storekeeping and warehouse management.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Somali is a requirement.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Experience in monitoring various aspects of Logistics Operations
• Experience in supporting warehouse management systems
• Experience in supporting inventory management systems
• Experience in data entry and extracting routine reports
• Hands-on logistics experience in the UN or INGOs is desirable.

Applications Instructions

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit online applications through E-Recruitment:

Applications that do not meet the above requirements will be disregarded. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

4th July 2023

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.