Storekeeper (SC4) Qamishly

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

All applications should be received no later than the 20 of March 2022.

CONTRACT TYPE & DURATION

Contract Type: Service Contract – SC4

Duration: 12 months

Duty Station: Qamishly

Number of required employees: 1

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 lifetime. 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. In 2020, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger globally, including its work during the coronavirus pandemic.

In Syria, WFP provides food assistance to more than 4.6 million people each month. This includes families who require emergency assistance when affected by conflict and displacement and also those who need help to improve their nutrition and food security. WFP supports children across Syria with healthy meals and snacks at school, mothers with nutritious diets, and families and communities with sustainable livelihood projects.

Objectives:

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

Job holder report to the Warehouse Logistics Associate or the designate. Job holder is exposed to all phases of the warehouse operations and work with minimum supervision. He/She may provide supervision and on-the-job training to other warehouse staff

Supervision received:

This post is based in Qamishli and followed under the direct supervision of the Logistics Associate at Qamishli FO.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Effectively receive/dispatch commodities including transhipment (truck to truck) against official approved documentation (e.g. waybills and/or delivery notes) ensuring accuracy in physical count of commodities including the quality in compliance with the established standards.
• Prepare, verify and sign off warehouse and transport documents, and maintain confidential files and accurate warehouse transaction records to ensure immediate reporting on commodity movements in line with the corporate requirements.
• Conduct daily warehouse closing reconciliation and accurate inventory checks supporting internal control systems in compliance with the warehouse management requirements.
• Perform daily inspections and 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.
• Implement appropriate measures to safeguard food and non-food commodities, to ensure quality control using standard preventive measures in line with WFP established procedures and authorization received from the supervisor.
• 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 guidance and on-the-job training to warehouse staff to contribute to their development and high performance.
• Keep following up with the WFP learning system (Welearn).

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

Education:

Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable.

Experience:

At least three years of progressively responsible experience in a relevant area

Functional Capabilities & Skills Required to Deliver Outputs:

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

Language: Fluency in English and Arabic languages.