4 Fresher UN Storekeeper Job Positions – United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

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Job
Title:              Storekeeper
(4 Fresher Job Positions) 
Organization: United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Duty Station: 
Uganda
Reports to:
Warehouse Management Assistant/Associate
About US:
The UN World Food Programme
(WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency against world hunger. It is the
largest and longest serving humanitarian agency in Uganda. Currently WFP
focuses on three priority areas: Saving lives in Emergencies; Building
Resilience through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving Nutrition &
Mother-and Child Health; and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to Access Markets.
WFP has operations in various parts of the Country.
Job Summary:   The Storekeeper will responsible for all
phases of the warehouse operations and work with minimum supervision. They may
provide supervision and on-the-job training to other warehouse staff. The
incumbent will handle receipt/dispatch and verification of commodities in order
to maximise quality of warehouse operations and mitigate losses, and to support
the best storage management practices in compliance with WFP warehouse
standards and established guidelines.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
·        
Provide
overall supervision and training of Tally Clerks and casual labourers;
·        
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.
·        
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.
·        
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
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.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
·        
The
ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme (WFP)
Storekeeper job placement should hold a Bachelor’s degree obtained from a
recognised education institution in any of the following areas: Logistics and
Transport, Supplies Management, Business Administration, Procurement,
Engineering or any other related area;
·        
At least
two (2) years of professional working experience in logistics in a fast paced
environment in the areas of maintaining a logistics database, running queries
on on-going shipments, pipeline information, insurance claims, inventory
management, service provider contracts administration and execution,
compilation of contract documentation and budget monitoring and reporting;
·        
Proficiency
in the local dialects of Luo, Acholi and Langi is desirable.
·        
Experience
using logistics databases to extract routine reports.
·        
Experience
in managing warehouses with food and NFIs.
·        
Experience
in managing inventories.
·        
Experience
in processing invoices.
Competencies:
·        
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.



How to Apply:
All candidates who
desire to join the United Nations World Food Programme are encouraged to submit
their applications online at the link below.
Deadline: 29th November 2018
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