Warehouse Assistant

Contract

This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

UNAMA was established in 2002 as a Political/ Peacebuilding Mission, exceptionally) directed and supported by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). UNAMA’s current mandate comprises the following priorities: the provision of good offices; support for the organization of future elections; strengthening capacity in the protection and promotion of human rights including the protection of children affected by armed conflict and prevention of child recruitment; support for gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment; the coordination and facilitation of humanitarian assistance; and support for Afghanistan’s development and governance priorities, including the rule of law, transitional justice as an essential component of the ongoing peace process, budget execution and the fight against corruption throughout the country; The Security Council also recognized that the renewed mandate of UNAMA is in support of Afghanistan’s full assumption of leadership and ownership in the security, governance and development areas, consistent with the Transformation Decade (2015– 2024) and with the understandings reached between Afghanistan and the international community in the international conferences in Kabul (2010), London (2010 and 2014), Bonn (2011), Tokyo (2012), and Brussels (2016), and the NATO Summits held in Lisbon (2010), Chicago (2012), Wales (2014), Warsaw (2016) and Brussels (2017), Kabul (2018) and Geneva (2018 & 2020). The United Nations has been involved in the region since 1946 when Afghanistan joined the United Nations as a member state of the Organization.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Chief Centralized Warehousing or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer Warehouse Assistant will:

• Organize, schedule, and physically dispose of all hazardous materials, assets, written-off Properties, and commodities representing a risk to the mission environment in coordination with the Technical Units (TUs), Property Management Unit, Procurement, Finance, and the local property Survey Board.
• Coordinate with Procurement and Finance in the preparation of contracts and services, preparation of SOW and supporting documents for disposal of property through sale, trade-in, destruction, and transfer from mission to mission.
• Liaise with Technical Units to receive and dispose of written-off items as authorized by Chief Mission Support, Local Property Survey Board, or Headquarters Property Survey Board.
• Maintain accurate documentation of disposal of property for liquidation purposes.
• Upload disposal documents and complete notification in Umoja and update in PDU Share Point.
• Executes disposal agreements and performs quality control measures in accordance with international and local environmental standards.
• Responsible for receiving all written-off properties, scrap metal and other commodities to be disposed of after Board of Survey in collaboration with Claims, PMU and TUs of requested assets.
• Verify the accuracy of hand-over Vouchers prepared by the TUs, including the authorized memo in COMET.
• Sign the transfer document to acknowledge receipt of the items.
• Prepare Certificate of handover for gifts, property release vouchers for sales, disposal and removal certificates for destruction, and gate passes, and initiate disposal actions based on TUs' recommendations.
• Label clinical waste, and determine the best path for collection and disposal by incineration.
• Conduct a physical inventory of items in the custody of the PDU.
• Coordinate disposal activities with appropriate parties and transfer items to the contractor for disposal.
• Facilitate site visits by respective buyers for the sale of scrap metal.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Professionalism: Demonstrated effectiveness in the field of quality assurance, Statements of Work (SOW), plans, policies, procedures and programs; ability to provide technical and procedural advice on a broad range of food service-related issues. • Planning and Organizing: Demonstrated skills and ability to apply good judgment in the context of assignments given; effective organizational skills and ability to handle a large volume of work in an efficient and timely manner. • Client Orientation: Strong negotiating skills and ability to influence others to reach agreement. • Technological Awareness: Good computer skills, including ability design and operate common database software, spreadsheet and project management applications and to define and extract management information for logistics support. • Commitment to Continuous Learning: Initiative and willingness to learn new skills, and ability to adapt changes in work environment. • Communication: Proven communication (verbal, written and presentational) skills, including ability to prepare a range of reports and communications and conduct presentations by clearly formulating positions on issues, articulating options concisely conveying maximum necessary information, making and defending recommendations. • Teamwork: Good interpersonal skills; ability to establish and maintain effective working relations in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity and gender; ability to operate independently in an austere environment for protracted periods.

High school or equivalent diploma. Knowledge of the logistical aspect of warehousing and inventory management. • Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, and reporting skills. • Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing; • Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development; • Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel; • Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment; • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines; • Desirable: valid national driver’s license and proven ability to drive manual gear 4x4 over rough terrain; (if not applicable, delete) • Sound security awareness;

Afghanistan is a hardship duty station with a volatile security. Living and working conditions for UN volunteers in UNAMA are similar to the living conditions of all other internationally recruited staff members. UN volunteers are provided with safe accommodation in an extensive compound in Kabul with good infrastructure and amenities. UNAMA offices are located at the UNOCA compound on Jalalabad Road, at some distance from central Kabul. Generally speaking stringent security measures are in place throughout the country and UN volunteers as other UN staff, are quite limited to duty stations when it comes to movement. Walking is virtually not allowed. The movement is done inside the “green zone” (only) in armored vehicles driven by national qualified UN drivers. The single unit accommodation in UNOCA and other field locations are fully furnished; this includes, furniture, washing machine dryer, hot plate, iron and iron stand, microwave, plates, cups, spoons, cooking utensils, electric kettle. One bedsheet and pillow cover is provided. The monthly charge for UN provided accommodation is USD 300 which is deducted from the monthly Volunteer Living Allowance. Inside the UNOCA compound are two cafeterias, three restaurants, a Supermarket, and one vegetable shop which provide a variety of imported canned and frozen food on offer. There is also a social center, a gym hall and a small library with books and DVDs, run by the Welfare Office, within the same compound. The Volunteers are encouraged to bring their own towel and other personal accessories including toiletries and medicines which they may not find easily within the supermarkets inside the UNOCA Compound. Some degree of medical service is provided in all UNAMA duty stations. There is a UN clinic in UNAMA/UNOCA complex and access is granted in Kabul to other private international clinics (when and if needed). Contact with and outreach to the local community is usually limited. As mentioned, many places are offlimits. Bringing stock of books, DVDs/VCDs, computer games, etc., is highly recommended. Alcoholic beverages and prohibited dangerous drugs are absolutely not allowed in Afghanistan. Summer in Afghanistan is hot and dry but winter is the opposite – cold and wet. Therefore, both summer and winter clothing and comfortable boots with insulation are necessary. Afghanistan is a unique country and UNAMA is a unique UN mission. It requires more stamina, commitment, and flexibility than elsewhere to make life comfortable. Therefore, flexibility and the ability and willingness to live and work in hazardous and harsh conditions involving physical hardship and little comfort are essential. https://www.unv.org/