UN World Food Programme (WFP) Careers – Senior Logistics Associate (Commodity Accounting)

Organization: United Nations
World Food Programme (WFP)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Position Grade: SC7
Reports to: Logistics
Officer
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 Senior
Logistics Associate (Commodity Accounting) will support the United Nations
World Food Programme (WFP) by taking full responsibility for technical,
specialised work including planning, organisation and coordination and setting
objectives for all assistance modalities for both WFP and logistics common
services. The job holder deals with issues that are often undefined and involve
areas of uncertainty and complex inter-relationships. The instructions received
are broad and the job holder consistently demonstrates a high degree of
responsibility and initiative to independently manage activities and respond to
queries. The incumbent will motivate and develop a team of support staff and/or
are responsible for specialised support service(s) where the work is undertaken
with the help of specially designed techniques, methods and processes. The
Senior Logistics Associate (Commodity Accounting) will provide a range of
specialised support functions and/or lead a team performing standard
logistics/supply chain processes and activities to enable effective delivery of
goods and services for all delivery modalities.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • The incumbent provides commodity
    accounting support to WFP supply chain operations and activities, following
    standard processes and contributing, directly or indirectly, to the
    effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries.
  • Keenly monitors inventory management
    processes to track trends and account for the inventory status from source
    to beneficiary.
  • Offers support to the World Food Programme (WFP) field operational
    staff for commodity accounting data quality and integrity.
  • The jobholder identifies, resolves and/or
    provides solutions and recommendations on queries/requests for commodity
    accounting support using Logistics Execution Support System (LESS) to
    ensure timely and accurate resolution of queries with excellent client
    service mind-set.
  • Identifies and provides leadership in
    continuous LESS data verification and reconciliation to ensure excellent
    data quality required for real time reports.
  • Performs research, collects data and
    conducts analysis, produces reports (e.g. LESS performance monitoring,
    Standard Project Reports [SPRs], physical inventory and other requisite
    tracking reports).
  • Keenly monitors the activities of LESS
    users in the country, provides practical advice,  guides and trains as necessary, to
    ensure goals and objectives are delivered to agreed standards and
    deadlines for the all the commodity accounting activities.
  • Acts as a focal person for LESS
    operations, administration and reporting issues with the Regional office
    in Nairobi (RBN)) and Headquarters in Rome.
  • Performs any other duties as deemed
    necessary.



Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the United Nations
    UN World Food Programme (WFP) Senior Logistics Associate (Commodity
    Accounting) job should hold a University degree with experience in any of
    the following; – in statistics, economics, business administration,
    transport/freight forwarding/customs clearing and logistics/supply chain
    management.
  • A minimum of five years of progressively
    responsible experience in supply chain industry.
  • Computer literacy skills i.e. working
    knowledge and experience using MS Office applications is a must.
  • Previous experience in coordinating with
    transportation providers and third parties.
  • Prior exposure and experience in leading a
    team of national staff.
  • Previous experience assisting in project
    management.
  • Prior experience in preparing and managing
    budgets.
Functional Capabilities:
  • Supply Chain Management and
    Optimization:
    Demonstrates ability to design basic supply chain
    networks, including appropriately assessing and escalating challenges to
    ensure that WFP is able to provide consistent and uninterrupted service to
    its beneficiaries and partners.
  • Planning, Project & Resource
    Management:
    Collects and analyses relevant technical data from
    diverse sources to forecast operational needs under various scenarios and
    makes evidence-based proposals.
  • Information Management & Reporting:
    Liaises with internal and external stakeholders to consolidate preliminary
    data analysis, draft reports and disseminate information that represents
    concerns and trends.
  • Market Analysis, Contracting and
    Operational Execution:
    Demonstrates ability to collect market
    information and process and analyse proposals in line with WFP standard
    rules and regulations in order to deliver efficiently.
  • 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 abilities to provide basic technical advice and maintain
    effective (inclusive, collaborative, unified) logistics coordination
    mechanisms with humanitarian partners and other relevant stakeholders.
How to Apply:
All candidates who desire to join the United Nations World Food
Programme (WFP) are encouraged to submit their applications online at the link
below.
Deadline: 10th September 2017
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