Activation Date: 27 January, 2025 Announced Date: 27 January, 2025 Expire Date: 02 February, 2025
Job Location: | Kabul |
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Nationality: | National |
Category: | Inventory |
Employment Type: | Full Time |
Salary: | GS6 |
Vacancy Number: | 23737 |
No. Of Jobs: | 1 |
City: | Kabul |
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Organization: | United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) |
Years of Experience: | Minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience in warehouse management, logistics or related field in an international organization, the private or public sector, preferably in health sector. |
Contract Duration: | 1 Year with Possibility for extension |
Gender: | Male/Female |
Education: | Completed Secondary Level Education required. University Degree in Development, Business Administration, finance, economics and/ or management is desirable. |
Close date: | 2025-02-02 |
About United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):
The Position:
In order to create a society where every pregnancy is desired, every delivery is safe, and every young person’s potential is realized, UNFPA is the principal UN organization. The three transformative outcomes of UNFPA’s new strategic plan (2022–2025) are to eliminate gender-based violence and harmful practices, stop unnecessary maternal deaths, and address unmet family planning needs.
We want ethical and committed employees who will bravely and resolutely defend these international norms and standards in a world when fundamental human rights are at jeopardy.
UNFPA is looking for people who can inspire, transform, and produce high-impact, long-lasting outcomes. We require employees who are great at managing the resources entrusted to them, transparent, and dedicated to delivering program results of the highest caliber.
Job Description: Goal of the Job:
The Warehouse Associate helps to develop the country office’s capability for managing program supplies in support of UNFPA’s strategic direction at the country office level. They are especially in charge of all downstream supply chain operations, which include:
● Assist in the distribution of UNFPA program supplies and track the outcomes of their implementation (primarily humanitarian and RHCS).
Make that the logistics of UNFPA program supplies are implemented, coordinated, and tracked correctly.
Responsibilities:
Support the delivery of UNFPA programme supplies and safeguarding of UNFPA programme supplies in Kabul UNFPA warehouse , including implementation of last mile assurance (LMA).
Ensuring adequate inventory storage and safeguarding conditions are maintained at all times.
Coordinating and executing all steps necessary for incoming/outgoing shipments.
- Ensure all IPs receiving UNFPA’s program supplies has valid IP agreements and set clear rules of engagement for our Implementing Partners (IPs) in safeguarding, managing, and using programme supplies.
- Assist in developing Supply Chain (SC) Maps of the LMA process, providing an initial level of visibility on the key components, at the national, sub-national, and local levels, of the SCs through which UNFPA-donated programme supplies are managed and distributed.
- Assist SCM Capacity Assessments to identify the IP’s strengths and weaknesses (in the areas of SCM policies, procedures, systems, controls, and physical, financial, and human resources) and required risk mitigation actions, including capacity-building efforts and/or oversight mechanisms.
- Assist in conducting SCM risk assessment to measure the risk that UNFPA-donated programme supplies are not properly safeguarded and managed by the IPs to whom they have been entrusted or are not reaching the intended beneficiaries.
- Assist preparation of Program Supply Report as per frequency to be determined based
- on the SC risk level and value of supplies.
- Support performing necessary assurance activities of program supplies.
Ensure proper implementation, coordination and tracking of logistics activities of UNFPA
programme supplies:
- Complete all field office pre-shipment coordination activities (e.g., warehouse readiness checks, notifying IPs, obtaining customs clearance documentation, authorizing shipments).
- Ensure timely maintenance of the CO Tracking System data requiring field office input (e.g. shipment documents received date, goods arrived date).
- Ensure timely completion of customs clearance procedures; Organization of shipments, customs clearance arrangements, preparation of official documents for UNFPA shipments (received/sent), Preparation of all necessary documentation, import permission, exemption and implementation of follow-up actions.
- Coordinate and execute all steps necessary to successfully receive and inspect incoming shipments.
- Initiate and document any communications in regard to discrepancies, damages or other issues identified during the receiving and inspection process.
- Provide assistance in preparing delivery slips and coordinate the preparation of the shipments with the warehouse focal points or managers, as appropriate
- Supervise and follow up delivery of the commodities and supplies to either UNFPA or IP
Warehouses. Liaise with shipping agents on vessels and air schedule and coordinate logistics involved in repackaging and shipping of RH commodities;.
- Coordinate distribution of RH commodities and medical equipment with local health authorities e.g. Warehouse Associate and programme coordinators.
- Ensure the appropriate delivery documents are promptly completed, signed and properly filed.
- Perform in country inventory stock counts and reconciliations on quarterly basis.
- Perform monthly stock counts and keep records and documents up to date with information of current stock.
- Coordinate safe disposal of expired and damaged goods.
- Serve as the office point of contact for all cases involving inventory write-offs.
- Support the process of assessment warehouse, spot checks and audit of programme supplies.
- Ensures that inventory certification and independent verifications are timely prepared and maintained.
- Manages/Monitor stores, warehouse of all commodities, supplies, consumables per
- project; and ensures Quality and Quantity control measures are in place.
- Ensure all the inventory movement (Receive/handover/write-off) are recorded in the
- Warehouse stock records.
- Monitors the status of ordered commodities, incoming shipments, both from local and international, in close coordination with the CO Logistics & Supply Chain Management Unit.
- Reviews, verifies and submits bills and/or invoices related to forwarding, warehousing,
Other:
Assistance in the provision of other administrative support:
- Assist in ERP Quantum functions assigned.
- Assists on Administration and Procurement activities of the country office.
- Assists programme team to guestimate/quantification decision making on commodities by providing inventory information.
- Maintain higher sensitivity while working with children, people living with disability, LGBTIQ + and the members of vulnerable and excluded groups.
- Perform any other activity as required to assure the success of the team.
Job Requirements:
Qualifications and Education:
- Completion of Secondary Level Education is required.
- Bachelor’s degree in administration, economics, business management or related degree is preferable.
- Formal recognized training and/or local or international certification in logistics and/or procurement is an asset.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience in warehouse management, logistics or related field in an international organization, the private or public sector, preferably in health sector.
- Knowledge of good storage and distribution practices established by the World Health Organization is desirable.
- A valid driving license (preferably for both manual and automatic transmission) will be an added advantage.
- Experience with specialized inventory management software desirable.
- Excellent skills in MS Office packages, databases, and the Internet.
- Familiarity/Experience in the use of Google Scripts (or JavaScript in general) for data management is highly desirable.
- Strong interpersonal, planning, and organizational skills.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong analytical and data interpretation skills
Languages:
Fluency in English is required, and knowledge of the local languages (Dari, Pashto) is an asset.
Required Competencies:
Values:
• Exemplifying integrity,
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA
and the UN system,
• Embracing cultural diversity,
• Embracing change.
Functional Competencies:
- Logistics Support
- Managing data
- Managing documents, correspondence and reports
- Managing information and workflows
- Planning, organizing and multi-tasking
- Managing financial processes
- Delivering results-based programmes
Core Competencies:
• Achieving results,
• Being accountable,
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
• Thinking analytically and strategically,
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,
• Communicating for impact
Submission Guideline:
Compensation and Benefits
This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance, pension, dependency allowances, annual/sick leave and other benefits as applicable.
Disclaimer
UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Fraudulent notices, letters or offers may be submitted to the UNFPA fraud hotline http://www.unfpa.org/help/hotline.cfm
In accordance with the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, persons applying to posts in the international Professional category, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.
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