Logistics Assistant (Commodity Accounting)

POSTING DATES

From 17 December 2017 To 31 December 2017

CONTRACT TYPE & DURATION

Type: Service contract.

Duration: Six months.

ABOUT WFP

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.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Assist in ensuring that the highest standard of data quality are in place;

2. Assist in the identification and analysis of data quality issues and follow up till resolution;

3. Assist in the identification of bottlenecks preventing real time tracking and help in finding corrective measures;

4. Assist with the daily as well as weekly and monthly analysis on quality of data;

5. Report issues and status of data quality to the Unit Manager periodically;

6. Fix standards and targets for quality of data and monitor progresses; confer with Section Manager to define processes, policies and standards relating to data quality;

7. Assist in the development of data quality indicators;

8. Be an advocate for high quality data, developing relationships across multiple units to help address data issues;

9. Assist in the development and implementation of data collection systems and other strategies that optimize efficiency and data quality;

10. Locate and define new process improvement opportunities;

11. Execute data validation, data integrity, data profiling, data auditing, and data gap analyses;

12. Prepare compliance reports as needed by both internal or external requests;

13. Assist in the development of an overall data quality strategy;

14. Assist in the establishment of a data quality methodology, documenting a repeatable set of processes for determining, investigating and resolving data quality issues;

15. Ensure real time is maintained for all LESS transactions;

16. Liaise with LESS Local Process Experts.

17. Design and develop an interactive and automated dashboard for real time reporting on food activities in cooperation with the Unit Manager;

18. Develop and maintain an Incident Register with different data sources and access to multiple users;

19. Liaise with different units within Logistics to understand and respond to their reporting needs;

20. Extract and link data from different sources to provide periodical reports to the Unit Manager as well as ad-hoc reports requested by other units;

21. Collect, evaluate, analyze and interpret data for decision making and to improve business performance;

22. Assist with the analysis, streamlining and standardization of the data reporting process and continuously improve the system;

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area.

Experience: At least 4 years of responsible support experience including at least 1 year in the field of logistics, supply chain, shipping, finance, accounting, research/statistics, operation support or data analysis/management. Experience in SAP will be an added advantage.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Arabic.

SKILLS & PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Felicity with numbers & business statistics;

Ability to handle complex and high volume of data (millions of records) and complete data analysis and interpretation;

Advanced experience with MS Excel and MS Access;

Solid presentation, communication, and organizational skills;

Ability to work in a team environment;

Ability to learn quickly;

Strong attention to detail;

Take initiative to research and resolve issues;

Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously;

Willing to work extended hours when needed;

Maintain confidentiality. High level of integrity is required as the position involves handling sensitive data;

Experience using SAP, SQL and popular statistical analysis tools preferred.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Please upload your CV in English only.

Only shorlisted candidates shall be contacted.

Candidates must get an auto confirmation email once applying.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

HOW TO APPLY

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