Deadline: 28 December 2015
World Food Programme (WFP) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Logistics Assistant in Homs, Syria. The duration for the post is of 6 months.
The WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Logistics Assistant will perform the following functions-
- Receive transport requests (LTIs) and check for correctness.
- Receive truck details from transporters and check for correctness.
- Liaise with transporters to coordinate dispatches and receipts of food and/or NFIs.
- Liaise with partners to ensure readiness to receive food.
- Liaise with authorities to secure facilitation letters.
- Ensure return of waybills as per the standard operating procedure.
- Provide real-time updates to the supervisor on the status of all transportation requests.
- Prepare and submit daily reports on all trucks delivered.
- Immediately report any problems encountered to the direct manager.
- Supervise packaging activities, and ensure service provider adheres to WFP’s standard requirements.
- Ensure that all reporting formats are completed on a daily basis.
- Coordinate with service provider to ensure sufficient production and controls are in place.
- Notify Logistics Officer of any upcoming shortfalls of raw commodities.
- Ensure sufficient packaging materials are available for packaging requirements.
- Ensure random checks are in place for checking weights on cartons and bagged rations.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable.
- Experience using corporate systems 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 doc
- Experience in providing technical business support in corporate systems.
- At least four years of progressively responsible support experience including at least two years in the field of finance, accounting, transport, insurance, statistics, operations, administrative services or other related field.
- Experience utilizing computers including word processing, spreadsheet and other software packages.
- Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Arabic.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit WFP.
