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Senior Supply Assistant (Procurement) GL5

 

Internal & External Vacancy Notice
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Title of the Position Senior Supply Assistant (Procurement) – GL5
Location Tunis, Tunisia
Type of contract/duration Temporary Appointment (Six Months Renewable)

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Libya is seeking dynamic, committed and qualified persons interested in an exciting career in humanitarian affairs.

BACKGROUND
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help stateless people. In more than six decades, the agency has helped tens of millions of people restart their lives. Today, a staff of some 7,190 people in more than 120 countries continues to help some 36.4 million persons.

1. Organizational Context
The Senior Supply Assistant (Procurement) supports procurement activities within the operation. The incumbent is supervised by a Supply Officer who provides regular guidance. S/he works independently on routine tasks while follows instructions of the supervisor on complex issues. The incumbent maintains regular working contacts on routine issues with other UNHCR offices, UN agencies, NGOs, government partners and commercial contractors. The duties of the incumbent are to support procurement activities by exercising efficiency in the procurement process.

2. Accountability
– UNHCR delivers timely and quality goods and services to persons of concern in compliance with supply chain rules, regulations and procedures.

3. Responsibilities
– Support purchasing activities and assist with planning and goods deliveries, and provide information on the status of requests and the availability of items in the supply chain.
– Provide reports and updates periodically and on request.
– Prepare procurement plans and ensure their implementation.
– Assist with commercial bid-tabulations from tenders and with the establishment of global framework agreements.
– Provide assistance to Field Offices and other customers on procurement related activities.
– Support the work of managers in a timely manner when responding to field requests for information and advice.
– Assist with the evaluation of purchase requisitions to ensure that specification, delivery dates and all other requirements are in order and in line with UNHCR financial and procurement rules and regulations.
– Process requests received for procurement of assigned goods/products.
– Prepare Purchase Orders for approval.
– Dispatch approved Purchase Orders, and follow-up with the delivery of ordered commodities and services.
– Assist with the preparation of proposal review to be presented to the Committee on Contracts.
– Maintain accurate data in all relevant business systems.
– Compile statistical information to identify trends and developments in procurement related matters that will assist in decision-making.
– Any other responsibility deemed necessary or as delegated by the supervisor in order to meet the level of service requires by the Organisation.

4. Authority
– Identify and assess vendors based on their capability for delivering commodities and services.
– Maintain vendor and item master databases.
– Recommend procurement methods to meet the demands in the most timely manner.

5. Essential Minimum Qualification and Professional Experience Required:
– Completion of secondary school education with post-secondary training/certificate in supply chain, procurement, logistics, business administration, commerce, economics or related field.
– Minimum 5 years of previous relevant job experience.
– Excellent knowledge of English and working knowledge of another UN language and /or local language.

6. Managerial Competencies/ Cross-Functional Competencies
– Managing Resources

7. Desirable qualifications & Competencies
– Arabic is desirable
– Completion of UNHCR learning programmes or specific training relevant to functions of the position such as the Supply Chain Learning Programme (SCLP).
– Computer skills (MS Office and PeopleSoft/MSRP).
– Analytical Thinking
– Planning and Organizing

Comment postuler :

• Interested and qualified applicants should send their English applications along with an updated UN Personal History Form (P.11) www.unhcr.org/recruit/p11new.doc, and an updated CV to [email protected].

• Please indicate the title and the position number in the subject of the email when you submit your application.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
• Only nationals can apply to this position.

Ville : Tunis
Nom / Entreprise : United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees

Email : [email protected]
Tel / Fax : 22 834 431
Adresse : 20,Rue des Lacs de Mazurie Les Berges du Lac I 1053 Tunis, Tunisia