Job Title: Logistics and Administrative Assistant Uganda – 5 Positions
Organisation: Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Generic responsibilities
- Management of Logistics and Administration staff assigned to him or her.
- Implement plan of action for delegated portfolio of Logistics and Procurement
- Day to day follow up the progress in Procurements and other Logistics tasks.
- Ensure compliance with NRC policies CC tools, handbooks, and guidelines.
- Promote and share ideas for technical improvement.
- Prepare periodic progress reports and other documents.
Specific responsibilities
- Provide administrative and front-desk support, including receptionist duties, and support in bookings and reservations arrangement for staff, including hotel and flight bookings, meetings, and official events as required.
- Maintain proper filing and record keeping as per the guidelines set by the management at the country office.
- Liaise with procurement officer to receive copies of purchase orders, coordinate with suppliers to plan, and receive supplies, verify, prepare Goods Received Notes (GRN), collect relevant documentation, collating and organizing documents in accordance with the NRC procurement checklist.
- Control and manage stores in compliance with NRC stock control policies, ensuring complete, accurate, and well-organized stores documentation for audit and compliance purposes.
- Oversee receipt, storage, handling, and distribution of materials and supplies, supervising packing, loading, and unloading while maintaining warehouse cleanliness, safety, orderliness, and controlled access.
- Ensure accurate and timely stock tracking, including proper recording of all stock movements on stock cards and systems, and issuing items according to FIFO and FEFO principles.
- Maintain accurate stock reporting and accountability, including preparation of periodic stock reports, and immediate reporting of any losses, damages, or discrepancies.
- Coordinate with program staff to ensure store requisitions are approved in accordance with the authorization matrix. Prepare waybills and maintain copies of deliveries on file.
- Ensure custody of office and motor vehicle keys, issues keys as agreed with management and maintain a register/log of all keys issued and returned.
- Ensures safe custody, proper use and maintenance of office supplies, utilities, and equipment, and assesses and advises on needs for repair and/or replacement and initiates/follows up procurement or replacement.
- Ensure vehicles and motorbikes are properly equipped with all required documents and safety equipment, maintain accurate filing of vehicle records and reports, and prepare requisitions for vehicle and motorbike spare parts as needed.
- Closely monitor fueling of vehicles and motorbikes and provide monthly fuel analysis and consumption report for payment if requested by the line manager.
- Plan and monitor transport of staff and material/equipment according to demands and procedures. And ensure timely reporting of eventualities like accidents and breakdowns.
- Assists in ensuring NRC assets and inventory are properly documented, movements are monitored and recorded, and assets are maintained & support physical asset varication.
- Provide monthly reports on stock, fleet, administration and posted on time on O365 for line Manager review.
- Perform any other duties as may from time to time be requested by the Supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Diploma in Business Administration or Procurement and Logistics or equivalent relevant field
- At least 2 years’ working experience in handling logistics and administrative work in busy humanitarian/recovery context.
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Must be fluent in English, both written and verbal
- Understanding of the operational context in Southwest and Midwestern Uganda will be an added advantage.
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
- Valid driving license.
Personal Qualities
- Able to work with minimum supervision.
- Good Negotiation and Coordination skills
- Good Interpersonal skills
- Previous experience of working in complex and volatile contexts.
Behavioral competencies
- Handling insecure environments
- Managing resources to optimize results.
- Empowering and building trust
- Managing performance and development
- Planning and delivering results.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested Ugandan applicants should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 25th December 2025
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Level of Education: associate degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24