Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency.
PUI is implementing humanitarian activities in Nigeria since April 2016, supporting population with food security, nutrition and health project in Maiduguri and Borno State.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Store-keeper Assistant / Cargo Handler
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Supervision: Under the supervision of: Head of store-keeper
General Objective
- To address logistics needs of humanitarian actors working in North-East Nigeria, PUI is providing partners with a logistic platform.
- Under the direct supervision of the head of store-keeper, the store-keeper manages the receipt, storage, safe-keeping and delivery of food, goods, tools and equipment under its responsibility.
- He/she participates in the drafting and monitoring of all administrative documents related to stored items.
Responsibilities and Tasks
Maintenance of buildings, storage spaces and stored equipment:
- Monitor the storage facilities and infrastructure both from inside and outside: locate damages and propose the necessary repairs
- Ensure cleaning and regular disinfection of storage spaces
- Introduce protection against insects and pests inside the storage spaces and apply treatment upon the first sign of infection
- Ensure adequate ventilation of the spaces
- Ensure the equipment and machines are cleaned before returning to storage
- Monitor the quality of products at the time of receipt. Put aside non-compliant or infected products and report to his supervisor
- Regularly monitor the quality of products during storage. Pay special attention to expiration dates
- Monitor the temperature of the temperature controlled area and make sure the standards for drugs storage are met.
Management of receipt and delivery:
- In conjunction with the Head of store-keeper, make provisions for the staff and necessary equipment for loading / unloading
- Supervise the team of daily workers charged with storage activities
- Draft or complete dispatch and receipt documents in compliance with Premiere Urgence Internationale standards (delivery and release forms)
- Monitor incoming and outgoing equipment
- Fill and update stock cards
- Take the volume and the weight of the items stored
- Participate in monthly stored goods and equipment inventories and reconciliation with what should be in stock
- Ensure all items are well organised and correctly stored, well protected, fully identified and easily accessible (cleanliness, security, access, etc.).
- Monitor the kitting activities.
Drafting of reports and meetings:
- Participate in the drafting of inventory reports
- Attend to warehouse weekly meetings.
Participate in cargo deliveries:
- Cleans and desinfects regularly the interior of the truck. Keep all the needed tools inside the truck (scale , weight, visibility jacket etc.)
- Cleans the equipment and machines on a weekly basis.
- Uses the equipments provided by PUI cautiously and avoid breakages and damages.
- Loads and unloads cargo from the partner warehouse to the truck and from the truck to PUI warehouse/airport.
- Transports the cargo with care during offloading and unloading activities.
- Handles cargo with care and avoids any damages and breakages of the items.
- Protects the items during transportation.
- Organizes the items correctly in order to be able to easily offload and unload the cargo.
- Under the management of the Cargo Assistant, segregates the different cargo by destinations when needed in PUI warehouse.
- Record the weight and volume of the transported cargo.
- Verify that security rules are followed at the airport.
The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are not exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project needs.
Requirements
- Language skills: Fluent in English and Hausa
- Education degree: Secondary education
- Work experience: Previous experience in store-keeping activities is an asset
Other:
- Commitment to the NGO values and principles
- Previous experience working for an INGO an asset
- Good physical condition
- Capacity to work with a wide range of stakeholders, diplomatic and open-minded
- Good customer service skills
- Good management skills and capacities to organize team work
- Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation within a mission or the organization itself
- Ability to manage stress and pressure
- Understanding of storage procedures and documents
- Rigour
- Honesty
Application Closing Date
2nd February, 2018.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Note
- Due to the urgency to fill the post, recruitment will done on the rolling basis and PUI reserves the right to recruit before the deadline.
- If pre-selected you will be contacted shortly by the HR department.