Logistics & Administration Assistant Job – Food for the Hungry (FH/U)

Job Title: Logistics & Administration Assistant (5 Job Opportunities)

Organisation: Food for the Hungry (FH/U)

Duty Station: Adjumani, Kitgum, Namutumba, Kween and Amudat, Uganda

Reports to: Finance & Administration Officer

 

About US:

Food for the Hungry (FH/U) is a Christian international relief and development organization that has been working in Uganda since 1989. FH is currently operating programs in Asia, Latin America and Africa with support offices in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, United States of America and Japan. FH’s primary goal is to end all forms of poverty World-wide. In Uganda, FH is operational in the Districts of Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kole, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Education; Food Security and Livelihoods; Health/Nutrition and Disaster Risk Reduction; with the Head office located in Kampala.

 

Job Summary: Under the supervision of the Regional Logistics Officer, the Logistics &Admin Assistant will conduct timely procurement of quality goods, services and works that comply with the required specifications while upholding Food for the Hungry’s procurement procedures and policies and maintaining high level of accountability and integrity. With support from the Regional Logistics Officer, seek for procurement and logistical support for effective management of program procurement needs. The job holder shall further support the functioning of administration in areas of inventory, fleet, assets management.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Procurement Process 50%
• Stakeholder Relationship and Performance Management 10%
• Administration (Inventory, Fleet and Asset Management) 40%

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelors in any business-related degree, – Procurement, Logistics or Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Business Sciences, etc. a relevant Post Graduate qualification will be an added advantage.
• At least three years in a busy procurement and logistics department in an INGO environment is required,
• Good knowledge of donor requirements (DFID, USAID) contractual, procurement and reporting requirements required,
• Familiarity with areas of operation is an added advantage.

 

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by Clearly stating the position applied for in the Subject line and submitting only electronic copies in one pdf file not more than 25MB of an application letter, a detailed CV, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant testimonials/certificates, names/contact details of three referees, addressed to:

 

The Human Resources Manager, Food for the Hungry Uganda Email: recruitment-fhuganda@fh.org

 

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Food for the Hungry Safeguarding, Anti-Fraud & HR policy. In line with this we will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of fraud, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By applying, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

 

Consider your application unsuccessful if you don’t hear from us by 20th December, 2022

 

Deadline: Friday 25^th November 2022 at 4:30pm