Storekeeper, SC4, Cox's Bazar

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

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.

JOB PURPOSE

To handle receipt/dispatch and verification of commodities in order to maximise quality of warehouse operations and mitigate losses, and to support the best storage management practices in compliance with WFP warehouse standards and established guidelines

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Under the overall supervision of a Hub Manager and/or his/her designated, the Store Keeper will undertake the following duties

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Receive all the WFP food commodities;
• Report on the quality, quantity of the received commodities and ensure that quantities dispatched as per consignor’s documents match with quantities received and endorse documents;
• Maintain clean and pest-free storing conditions;
• Ensure good warehousing practices;
• Supervise the offloading and stacking of the commodities, follow up tracking of the commodities in pipeline and report the same to the appropriate personnel;
• Maintain records and/or ensure that assistants assigned to the various stores keep records of the food stuff offloaded/loaded at the warehouses, adhering to the WFP systems;
• Control incoming food commodities by such methods as physical counts, random weight checks, rejection/reporting of any spoiled commodity, reconditioning of underweight bags, etc;
• Deliver goods on request against official and approved documentation;
• Sign waybills of received and dispatched cargo
• Keep updated records on stock register / stack cards, and/or computer inventory lists;
• Maintain organized filing.
• Make periodic physical inventory checks;
• Assist in conducting monthly physical inventories.
• Managing all NFIs available in store with its updated record.
• Provide overall supervision and training of other tally clerks and casual labour;
• Handle operational advance if required.
• Record all food movements in WFP corporate system LESS.
• Co-ordinate with Cox’s Bazar / Country office when required.
• Maintain a healthy work environment for all staff members.
• Report on and, in consultation with others, take appropriate action for the disposal of spoilt commodities;
• Daily Stocks Movement Reports.
• All other assigned tasks.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Familiarity with the special context of refugee camps and makeshift sites in Cox’s Bazar.
• SAP knowledge would be an added value.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

At least three years of progressively responsible experience in the relevant field including at least one year in the field of transport/ commodity handling /warehousing.

• Experience using logistics databases to extract routine reports.
• Experience in managing warehouses with food and NFIs.
• Experience in managing inventories.
• Experience in processing invoices

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Graduation

Language: Fluency in oral and written English and Bangla required

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
•  Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
•  Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
•  Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.
   

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Contract Type             : Service Contract

Contract Duration      : 12 months

Duty Station                : Cox’s Bazar/Chittagong, Bangladesh

Nationality                  : Bangladeshi only

Monthly Net Salary    : BDT. 77,466 net

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Only candidates meeting the above requirements are requests to submit an online application by 2nd of June 2018

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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.