Warehouse Assistant – RMI ACWA Project

Warehouse Assistant - RMI ACWA Project


  • Job Identification
    22303
  • Posting Date
    2024-11-20, 03:31 p.m.
  • Apply Before
    2024-12-05, 07:59 a.m.
  • Job Schedule
    Full time
  • Locations





    Majuro, Marshall Islands





  • Agency
    UNDP
  • Grade
    NPSA-5
  • Vacancy Type
    National Personnel Service Agreement
  • Practice Area
    Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery
  • Bureau
    Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
  • Contract Duration
    1 Year with Possibility for extension
  • Education & Work Experience
    Bachelor’s Degree – 2 12 months(s) expertise OR High School certificate- 5 12 months(s) expertise
  • Required Languages
    English
  • Desired Languages
    Marshallese
  • Vacancy Timeline
    2 Weeks

  • Job Description

    Background

     
    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core ideas at UNDP:  we worth variety as an expression of the multiplicity of countries and cultures the place we function, we foster inclusion as a manner of guaranteeing all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we guarantee fairness and equity in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ method to our variety efforts means growing illustration of underserved populations. People who establish as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly inspired to apply. Learn extra about working at UNDP together with our values and inspiring stories.

     
    UNDP doesn’t tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any type of harassment, together with sexual harassment, and discrimination. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, bear rigorous reference and background checks.

    The mission “Addressing Climate Vulnerability in the Water Sector (ACWA) in the Marshall Islands)” applied by the Government of the Republic of Marshall Islands (GoRMI) in collaboration with UNDP grew to become operational in January 2020 with the target to handle anticipated impacts of local weather change on water safety on Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI).

    RMI is a small island creating state within the Pacific.  The nation is a big-ocean state, with a complete land space of solely 182 km², unfold throughout over 2 million km² of ocean.  There are 24 inhabited atolls and islands, that are principally distant and lie merely 2 m above sea stage on common.  There aren’t any rivers, streams or lakes in RMI and the variety of small floor ponds may be very restricted.

    GoRMI, with the help of UNDP, has developed a mission on adaptation to local weather change impacts to water provide in RMI. The mission is co-financed by GoRMI and Green Climate Fund (GCF).  The mission will construct resilience to the impacts of local weather change on water provide, significantly in 24 atolls and islands which can be extremely susceptible to drought. The mission will put money into bettering water safety, water resilience and water governance by:

    • Water Security – Improving family and group rainwater harvesting and storage constructions to extend resilience of water provide in 77 rural communities within the outer islands and atolls accounting for about 28% of RMI’s inhabitants, together with 7,630 (49%) ladies, at the moment in danger.
    • Water Resilience – Securing groundwater sources from contamination as a consequence of inundation brought on by wave overtopping of seawater.
    • Water Governance – Strengthening the technical capacities of nationwide and subnational establishments and key stakeholders to built-in local weather change dangers into water governance processes in order that administration of local weather change dangers are coordinated, efficient, participatory, equitable, and sustained over the lengthy-time period when dangers are anticipated to worsen.

    The mission aligns with GoRMI’s key local weather change insurance policies and methods and has been developed by intensive session with authorities, Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) and beneficiary communities. The proposed mission is aligned with RMI’s NDC and nation work programme to the GCF.  The NDA has issued a letter of no-objection and the proposed mission is aligned with the work programme of the AE (UNDP) chosen by the NDA.

    1. This GCF mission shall be executed by UNDP, in shut partnership with the GoRMI, given UNDP’s intensive expertise in implementing local weather change adaptation tasks globally. The mission implementation is being led by a group primarily based in Majuro, RMI and Suva, Fiji.

     
    Duties and Responsibilities
     
    Scope of Work 

    Under the steerage and direct supervision of the Project Manager (PM), the Warehouse Assistant is accountable for aiding Warehouse Associate for offering assist to ACWA mission implementation, particularly logistic, warehouse and provide chain administration, by working intently with the ACWA Project Management Unit (PMU) together with Procurement Associate, Finance and Administrative Officer, Project Associate and different PMU group and counterpart.

    Summary of Key Functions:

    • Provide help to strategic integration of provide chain administration into the ACWA mission implementation.
    • Support environment friendly provide chain administration, together with storage and distribution of commodities procured for the Programmes
    • Ensure the warehouse is satisfactorily managed and shares are safely saved
    • Conducts native procurement of products and providers by way of the canvassing course of throughout the micro buying threshold
    • Assist logistical association for transportation of fabric to focus on Atolls and Islands.

    Key Function #1 – Provide help to strategic integration of provide chain administration into the ACWA mission implementation.

    • Assist the PM in compiling and summarizing info and date for the aim of planning, formulating, monitoring of the mission procurement and logistics;
    • Support enough planning and collaboration with PMU and freight clearing brokers for receipt of products, materials and instruments for water infrastructure and different merchandise.
    • Receiving items on the warehouse, together with entry of amount and high quality management of all shipments arriving below UNDP contracts and confirming the great receipt by issuing certificates of receipt.
    • Support coordinate ACWA Project Management Unit (PMU) and related stakeholders to assist mission implementation of mission actions as outlined within the Funding Proposal. 

    Key Function #2 – Support environment friendly provide chain administration, together with storage and distribution of commodities procured for the ACWA mission.

    • Provide assist to Inventory administration by well timed entry of information into stock administration system and month-to-month reporting.
    • Monitoring of inventory ranges and advising on low inventory ranges to keep away from inventory-out or expiries.
    •  Assist in implementing safeguarding measures to guard inventories from loss and injury as per the UNDP company rules.
    • Packing, re-packing and dispatching prescribed drugs and well being merchandise to the focused 24 Atolls and Islands in accordance with the endorsed Water Investment Plan, with intently coordination with ACWA Technical Team
    • Liaises with the freight forwarder nominated by UNDP for choose up and transport consignments to the supported international locations.
    • To make sure the inventory report from Sub-receipt Support and put together the dispatch plan as per the endorsed Water Investment Plan (WIP)

    Key Function #3 – Provide assist in guaranteeing the warehouse is satisfactorily managed and shares are safely saved.

    • Monitoring of warehouse upkeep and security examine on a month-to-month foundation to make sure warehouse is in compliance with the UNDP warehouse commonplace. 
    • Providing month-to-month stocktake stories for the warehouse shares on discrepancies, close to expiry and broken objects.
    • Maintain a secure and clear house and surroundings for the storage of prescribed drugs and well being merchandise. 
    • Support some other crucial works requested by PM

    Key Function #4 – Conducts native procurement of products and providers by way of the canvassing course of throughout the Micro-purchasing threshold.

    • Identify items and providers to obtain for the warehouse.
    • Initiating and finishing Micro-canvassing course of below the UNDP Procurement tips and insurance policies, request to boost LPO/ PO and ensures objects are obtained in a well timed method and initiating cost course of.

    Key Function #5 – Assist logistical association for transportation of fabric to focus on Atolls and Islands

    • Assist ACWA PMU to plan and manage supply mission to move mission materials to the 24 Atolls and Islands.
    • Liaise with transport companies for reserving, coordination and securing the house to load the mission materials on the vessel
    • Provide assist to make sure enough monitoring of stocktake and stock correctly carried out pre and submit motion of fabric from warehouse
    • Coordinate ACWA PMU for supply mission and get on the vessel with the fabric for monitoring and oversight of supply mission till the fabric to be safely saved at storage facility/warehouse at neighboring 24 Atolls and IslandsScope of Work
      Under the steerage and direct supervision of the Project Manager (PM), the Warehouse Assistant is accountable for aiding Warehouse Associate for offering assist to ACWA mission implementation, particularly logistic, warehouse and provide chain administration, by working intently with the ACWA Project Management Unit (PMU) together with Procurement Associate, Finance and Administrative Officer, Project Associate and different PMU group and counterpart.

    Summary of Key Functions:

    • Provide help to strategic integration of provide chain administration into the ACWA mission implementation.
    • Support environment friendly provide chain administration, together with storage and distribution of commodities procured for the Programmes
    • Ensure the warehouse is satisfactorily managed and shares are safely saved
    • Conducts native procurement of products and providers by way of the canvassing course of throughout the micro buying threshold
    • Assist logistical association for transportation of fabric to focus on Atolls and Islands.

    Key Function #1 – Provide help to strategic integration of provide chain administration into the ACWA mission implementation.

    • Assist the PM in compiling and summarizing info and date for the aim of planning, formulating, monitoring of the mission procurement and logistics;
    • Support enough planning and collaboration with PMU and freight clearing brokers for receipt of products, materials and instruments for water infrastructure and different merchandise.
    • Receiving items on the warehouse, together with entry of amount and high quality management of all shipments arriving below UNDP contracts and confirming the great receipt by issuing certificates of receipt.
    • Support coordinate ACWA Project Management Unit (PMU) and related stakeholders to assist mission implementation of mission actions as outlined within the Funding Proposal. 

    Key Function #2 – Support environment friendly provide chain administration, together with storage and distribution of commodities procured for the ACWA mission.

    • Provide assist to Inventory administration by well timed entry of information into stock administration system and month-to-month reporting.
    • Monitoring of inventory ranges and advising on low inventory ranges to keep away from inventory-out or expiries.
    •  Assist in implementing safeguarding measures to guard inventories from loss and injury as per the UNDP company rules.
    • Packing, re-packing and dispatching prescribed drugs and well being merchandise to the focused 24 Atolls and Islands in accordance with the endorsed Water Investment Plan, with intently coordination with ACWA Technical Team
    • Liaises with the freight forwarder nominated by UNDP for choose up and transport consignments to the supported international locations.
    • To make sure the inventory report from Sub-receipt Support and put together the dispatch plan as per the endorsed Water Investment Plan (WIP)

    Key Function #3 – Provide assist in guaranteeing the warehouse is satisfactorily managed and shares are safely saved.

    • Monitoring of warehouse upkeep and security examine on a month-to-month foundation to make sure warehouse is in compliance with the UNDP warehouse commonplace. 
    • Providing month-to-month stocktake stories for the warehouse shares on discrepancies, close to expiry and broken objects.
    • Maintain a secure and clear house and surroundings for the storage of prescribed drugs and well being merchandise. 
    • Support some other crucial works requested by PM

    Key Function #4 – Conducts native procurement of products and providers by way of the canvassing course of throughout the Micro-purchasing threshold.

    • Identify items and providers to obtain for the warehouse.
    • Initiating and finishing Micro-canvassing course of below the UNDP Procurement tips and insurance policies, request to boost LPO/ PO and ensures objects are obtained in a well timed method and initiating cost course of.

    Key Function #5 – Assist logistical association for transportation of fabric to focus on Atolls and Islands

    • Assist ACWA PMU to plan and manage supply mission to move mission materials to the 24 Atolls and Islands.
    • Liaise with transport companies for reserving, coordination and securing the house to load the mission materials on the vessel
    • Provide assist to make sure enough monitoring of stocktake and stock correctly carried out pre and submit motion of fabric from warehouse
    • Coordinate ACWA PMU for supply mission and get on the vessel with the fabric for monitoring and oversight of supply mission till the fabric to be safely saved at storage facility/warehouse at neighboring 24 Atolls and Islands

     

     
    Competencies

     
    Core Competencies   
    Achieve Results:  LEVEL 1: Plans and screens personal work, pays consideration to particulars, delivers high quality work by deadline 
    Think Innovatively:  LEVEL 1: Open to inventive concepts/recognized dangers, is pragmatic drawback solver, makes enhancements 
    Learn Continuously:  LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares information, learns from errors, asks for suggestions 
    Adapt with Agility:  LEVEL 1: Adapts to vary, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is versatile 
    Act with Determination:  LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, capable of ship calmly in face of adversity, assured 
    Engage and Partner:  LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding in direction of others, varieties constructive relationships 
    Enable Diversity and Inclusion:  LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect variations, conscious of unconscious bias, confront discrimination 
    Cross Functional & Technical Competencies
     
    Thematic Area  Name  Definition 
    Business Direction & Strategy  Strategic Thinking 
    • Ability to develop efficient methods and prioritized plans in step with UNDP’s targets, primarily based on the systemic evaluation of challenges, potential dangers and alternatives, linking the imaginative and prescient to actuality on the bottom, and creating tangible options 
    • Ability to leverage studying from quite a lot of sources to anticipate and reply to future traits; to display foresight with the intention to mannequin what future developments and doable methods ahead appear to be for UNDP 
    Business Direction & Strategy  System Thinking 

    Ability to make use of goal drawback evaluation and judgement to grasp how interrelated parts coexist inside an total course of or system, and to contemplate how altering one factor can impression on different elements of the system 

    Business Direction & Strategy 

    Effective 

    Decision Making 

    Ability to take choices in a well timed and environment friendly method in step with one’s authority, space of experience and sources 

    Business Direction & Strategy  Negotiation and Influence 

    Ability to achieve an understanding, persuade others, resolve factors of distinction, acquire benefit within the final result of dialogue, negotiates mutually acceptable options by compromise and creates ‘win-win’ conditions 

    Business 

    Development 

    Collective 

    Intelligence 

    Design 

    Ability to bringing collectively numerous teams of individuals, information, info or concepts, and know-how to design providers or options 

    Business 

    Development 

    UNDP 

    Representation 

    Ability to symbolize UNDP and productively share UNDP information and actions; advocate for UNDP, its values, mission and work with numerous constituencies 

    2030 Agenda: Planet       

    Nature, Climate and Energy 

    Water     Governance:     Integrated     Water     Resource Management 

    2030 Agenda: Planet 

    Nature, Climate and Energy 

    Climate Change Adaptation: Water Management 


     
    Required Skills and Experience 

     
    Education:
    • Completed Secondary Education is required OR A acknowledged college diploma (Bachelor’s diploma) in Social Science, Education, Environmental Management or some other associated discipline shall be given due consideration, however not a requirement.
    Experience:
    • Minimum of 5 years of related skilled work expertise associated to supporting mission implementation and administration, logistic, procurement, and any operation associated works with a Secondary college training, OR 2 years with Bachelor’s diploma of related skilled work expertise associated to supporting mission implementation and administration, logistic, procurement, and any operation associated works with a Secondary college training.
    • Computer information of MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point.
    • Previous expertise with a multilateral or worldwide group
    • Procurement and logistical works for distant areas
    • Experience in supporting mission implementation and administration and logistics and warehouse association.

    Language:

    • Fluency in English (oral and written) is a requirement while proficiency within the Marshallese language is strongly fascinating.

     

    Disclaimer

     

     
    Under US immigration regulation, acceptance of a employees place with UNDP, a world group, could have vital implications for US Permanent Residents. UNDP advises candidates for all skilled stage posts that they need to relinquish their US Permanent Resident standing and settle for a G-4 visa, or have submitted a legitimate software for US citizenship previous to graduation of employment. 

     
    UNDP is just not able to offer recommendation or help on making use of for US citizenship and due to this fact candidates are suggested to hunt the recommendation of competent immigration attorneys concerning any functions.

     
    Applicant details about UNDP rosters

     
    Note: UNDP reserves the best to pick a number of candidates from this emptiness announcement.  We may additionally retain functions and take into account candidates making use of to this submit for different related positions with UNDP on the similar grade stage and with related job description, expertise and academic necessities.

     
    Non-discrimination

     
    UNDP has a zero-tolerance coverage in direction of sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas.  

     
    UNDP is an equal alternative and inclusive employer that doesn’t discriminate primarily based on race, intercourse, gender id, faith, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, incapacity, being pregnant, age, language, social origin or different standing. 

     
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