Entry Level Procurement & Logistics Officer NGO Careers – Protecting Families Against HIV/AIDS (PREFA)

Job Title:        Procurement & Logistics Officer
Organisation: Protecting
Families Against HIV/AIDS (PREFA)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Director –
Finance and Administration
About Us:
Protecting Families Against HIV/AIDS (PREFA) is an indigenous
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that was formed to contribute to Uganda’s
efforts in enhancing access to quality HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment,
and support services to families with a historical focus on Elimination of
Mother-to-Child Transmission (eMTCT) of HIV.
Job Summary: The Procurement
& Logistics Officer will oversee the procurement and logistics function by
ensuring effective and efficient functioning of procurement and disposal
activities of PREFA and availability of required resources for program
implementation and administrative services.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
Procurement Management:
  • Ensure PREFA procurement policies and
    procedures are adhered to, participate in the review of procurement
    policies and procedures.
  • Plan for required resources and organize
    for their availability.
  • Oversee the process of supplier
    pre-Qualification and prepare bid documents.
  • Procure equipment, goods and services.
  • Regularly review specifications, terms of
    reference and provide timely guidance and feedback to users.
  • Review purchase requisitions, request for
    quotations, and summarize supplier quotations/proposals.
  • Prepare Local Purchase Orders for approved
    procurement decisions within the defined threshold and implement
    compliance with the Procurement Committee award decisions, terms and
    conditions of tender.
  • Follow-up of the awarded local purchases
    and delivery of goods and services.
  • Work in liaison with user departments and
    stores on the delivery of goods.
  • Manage leases, contracts and agreements
    for services and goods.
  • Prepare vendor payments and review
    administration staff requisitions to ensure they are properly documented
    and authorized.
  • Update and maintain a procurement tracker.
Logistics Management:
  • Actively participate in developing, review
    and updating operational procedures for PREFA.
  • Develop tools for monitoring of the
    utilization of the organizational facilities and resources.
Asset Management:
  • Maintain an inventory tracker; ensure all
    bought items are engraved and properly registered in the tracker, asset
    category are recorded in the asset register with the required information.
  • Maintain an asset allocation and movement
    tracking tool that ensures issued assets to staff and supported
    districts/sites are accurately recorded, and records well kept.
  • Verify assets and office equipment on a
    quarterly basis to ensure all resources are in good order, and optimally
    utilized.
  • Maintain comprehensive insurance for
    assets and equipment in accordance with the set policies.
Fleet Management & Supervision:
  • Guide implementation of the organisation’s
    travel policy/guidelines, vehicle usage and code of conduct to promote
    efficient utilization of the organisation’s fleet of vehicles.
  • Review the travel reports drawn from the
    fleet system by the administrative assistant, carry out investigations and
    report to management.
  • Monitor the vehicle repair log that is
    maintained by the senior driver to capture basic checks and faults on a
    monthly basis. 
  • Draw a weekly vehicle timetable to
    adequately prepare transport booking for program teams and office running.
  • Review checks on completion of repairs
    done by the Senior Driver before recommending payments for vehicle
    maintenance.
  • Analyze vehicle status reports and cost
    upkeep, provide recommendations on vehicle disposal and replacement.
Stores Supervision:
  • Supervise the stores function; ensure
    timely receipt of ordered goods and transport bookings for dispatch of
    items to sites.
  • Work closely on incoming and outgoing
    supplies, investigate any discrepancies and report to top management.
  • Guide periodic inventory counts; verify
    monthly stock counts against stock cards and report any variance to
    Director Finance and Administration.
  • Review Goods outward forms to monitor
    dispatched goods and acknowledgement of receipt of goods by the
    districts/sites, and to ensure documents are returned on time, duly signed
    and excess supplies are returned to stores and logged correctly.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the PREFA
    Procurement & Logistics Officer job placement should preferably hold a
    Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Procurement and Logistics or
    any other business related field. A Master’s degree in management is an
    added advantage.
  • A minimum of two years’ experience in the
    field of Procurement and logistics management with demonstrable knowledge
    of Public Procurement Laws of Uganda PPDA guidelines and regulations, and
    donor guidelines.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal
    skills
  • Good writing skills
  • Keen attention to detail
  • Good computer skills with proficiency in
    Microsoft applications.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates should send a current detailed CV, application
letter, copies of testimonials and certificates; and three professional
references with telephone and email contacts to:
The Executive Director,
Protecting Families Against HIV/AIDS (PREFA),
Plot 71, Lithuli Avanue Bugolobi,
P.O. Box 25769, Kampala, Uganda.
Deadline: 5th July 2017
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