Procurement Officer, Multicities

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

- Liaison with all staff and program teams to ensure adequate support of program implementation.

- In particular ensuring office and accommodation facilities and travel is well organized, coordinated and efficient

- Managing all procurement for the office as well as any procurement escalated from field bases, according to established procurement procedures and maintaining diligent filed paper and electronic records of all procurement.

- Managing and tracking all vehicles on the fleet, including movement planning, day-to-day allocation, log book control, reporting, rental contracts, staff (driver) management, duty drivers and driver shifts, and the monitoring of fuel consumption

- Oversight of onward transport of any freight or purchased goods to field bases, including trucking contracts, record keeping (waybills), and any related liaison with government and other agencies

- Maintaining up-to-date control of all assets including tracking donor, value, and location, managing staff issue, and recording all asset movements and disposals

- Managing all contracts and leases. Pro-active reporting on a regular basis to monitor all aspects of

- office administration

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

- Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

- Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same

- Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others

- Future orientated, thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters

- Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

- Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

- Honest, encourages openness and transparency

- commitment to Save the Children Values

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

- Graduation or equivalent

- Demonstrated 4-5 years of overall work experience; and at least 3 years of specific development sector experience

- Coordination, leadership and organization skills

- Excellent Team-player

- Strong computer skills, especially MS Excel (Advanced)

- Demonstrated ability to work in insecure environments

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