The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
The World Food Programme Somalia activities include food assistance for relief, emergency school feeding, nutrition and food assistance for assets creation through provision of in-kind and cash-based transfers.
This position is open to qualified Somali candidates with candidates with good knowledge of the local area. Female candidates in particular, are encouraged to apply.
Duties and Responsibilities for the Storekeeper Job
- Under the direct supervision of Logistics Officer and overall supervision of Logistics Officer/Head of Area Office, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:
- Coordinate, receive and dispatch commodities against approved documentation ensuring accuracy in physical count of commodities;
- Review, verify and sign off warehouse and transport documents,and ensure accurate maintenance of confidential file and warehouse transactions records to enable immediate reporting on commodity movements;
- Supervise daily warehouse closing reconciliation and accurate inventory checks supporting internal control systems in compliance with the warehouse management requirements;
- Perform daily inspections, 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;
- Conduct regular physical stock inventory exercise, to ensure compliance with IPSAS and standard business requirements;
- Implement appropriate measures to safeguard food and non-food commodities, to ensure quality control using standard preventive measures in line with WFP established procedures;
- 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 supervision, guidance and on-the-job training to warehouse staff supporting their development and high performance;
- Perform any other duties as assigned.
Storekeeper Job Qualifications
- Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable.
- Four years of progressive responsible support experience including at least one year in logistics, administration, accounting, statistics or another related field.
Language:
Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Somali is a requirement.
Knowledge:
- Experience using logistics databases to monitor ongoing shipments, pipeline information, insurance claims and food stock.
- Experience analyzing data (on commodities, funds, etc.) and drafting reports.
- Experience in measuring service providers’ performance against set KPIs.
- Experience in assisting the preparation of contract documentation.
- Experience in providing technical business support in corporate systems.
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