Procurement Associate

Female applicants and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

JOB TITLE: Procurement Associate
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term (FT)
GRADE/LEVEL: GS-6
UNIT/DIVISION: Supply Chain and Emergency Preparedness Response Unit
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Kathmandu, Nepal 
DURATION: 12 months (renewable)

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Minimum five years or more experience in public procurement of Food, Transport, Goods and Other Services.
• Knowledge of custom clearance process desirable
• Additional experience in finance/budget management, audit, logistics is desire

Knowledge & Skills:

• Demonstrated experience with local procurement of food commodities, engineering, transport, finance and other services
• Demonstrated knowledge of procurement processes and linkages with other operations (e.g. food/nutrition programme, engineering, logistics)
• Experience conducting supplier market research and coordinating with retailers, wholesalers and traders.
• Experience with UN or public procurement processes is desired.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area.
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station’s language, if different.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Tuesday, 23 November 2021

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please see the details of the ToR in the VA attachment/link.