Storekeeper SSA4
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Vacancy Announcement
WFP encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply.
WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Job Title: Storekeeper SSA4
Grade : Special Service Agreement SSA4
Type of contract: Special Service Agreement
Number of Post : 1
Duration: 6 months
Duty Station: Loikaw
Report to : Logistics Assistant
Date of Publication: 12 August 2022
Deadline of Application: 26 August 2022
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This post is opened for Myanmar Nationals Only.
Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.
Female applicants and qualified applicants are especially encouraged to apply
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Under the direct supervision of Logistics Assistant and the overall supervision by the Head of Field Office in Kayah Emergency Response, the incumbent will perform the following duties: –
- Receive all the WFP food and non-food commodities;
- Effectively 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.
- 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.
- 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 guidance and on-the-job training to warehouse staff to contribute to their development and high performance.
- Report on the quality, quantity of the received commodities and ensure that quantities dispatched as per consignor’s documents match with quantities received and endorse documents;
- Maintain clean and pest-free storing conditions;
- Ensure good warehousing practices;
- Supervise the off-loading and stacking of the commodities, follow up tracking of the commodities in pipeline and report the same to the appropriate personnel;
- Maintain records and/or ensure that assistants assigned to the various stores keep records of the food stuff offloaded/loaded at the warehouses, adhering to the WFP systems;
- Control incoming goods both food and non-food commodities by such methods as physical counts, random weight checks, rejection of any spoiled commodity, reconditioning of underweight bags, etc.;
- Sign waybills of received and dispatched cargo;
- Deliver goods on request against official and approved documentation;
- Keep updated records on stack cards, stock ledger and/or computer inventory lists;
- Make periodic physical inventory checks;
- Liaise with field monitors and others on matters pertaining to logistics;
- Report on and, in consultation with others, take appropriate action for the disposal of spoilt commodities;
- Supervise the Labors, transporters and labors management etc.;
- To operate Logistics LESS Online system for warehouse activities. (For food receiving, dispatching, handover to CPs and, etc.)
- Ensure prevention measure of COVID-19 at the warehouses such as (washing hand and social distance;
- Perform other related duties as required
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable.
Experience
Four or more years of progressively responsible work experience in the relative business stream.
Knowledge & Skills
- Experience using logistics databases to extract routine reports.
- Experience in managing warehouses with food and NFIs.
- Experience in managing inventories.
- Experience in processing invoices.
Language
General Service (Headquarters): Fluency (level C) in English language and language in use at the duty station and in the duty station’s language.
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. We are the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
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. At WFP, we are driven and defined by our mission to fight world hunger, save lives, feed people’s dreams of a brighter future, reduce risk and help enable people, communities and countries meet their own food and nutrition needs. WFP goes anywhere it’s needed and does what it takes to get the job done. You will find our people at the heart of every major humanitarian intervention around the world, providing the essential life-saving foundation required for those furthest behind. Each year, we reach an average of 80 million people with food assistance in around 80 countries. Delivering our mission requires deep respect for personal and cultural differences and close collaboration between every member of our global team. While the 16,000-people working for WFP reflect the rich diversity of the world in which we work, the vital importance of our shared mission underpins a remarkably close community of purpose.
The World Food Programme (WFP) is offering life-changing job opportunities you are unlikely to find in other organizations. Working at WFP will give you the opportunity to work beyond your expectations, to be enriched by truly meaningful work and deepen your professional expertise.
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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
