National Project Personnel – Procurement Assistant Job at Food and Agriculture Organization
National Project Personnel – Procurement Assistant Job at Food and Agriculture Organization… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at NICOL.
Descriptions;
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates to “let there be bread”. It was founded in October 1945.
Responsibilities:
- Execute day-to-day work of the administration, finance and procurement/logistics of the FAO Representation, and the projects;
- Establish an inventory of project assets, and to ensure project assets are properly registered, insured, used, maintained and safeguarded;
- Review and certify all administrative and financial; documentation submitted to the FAO Representative for approval, for accuracy, appropriateness, correctness and compliance with the approved budget, FAO rules and regulations, as well as donor requirements;
- Identify opportunities for improvements and streamlining of financial controls and procurement procedures, and monitoring of expenditures under project budget lines to effectively support project activities;
- Monitor actions related to recruitment and payment of consultants, contractors, and implementing partners in financial, and procurement matters;
- Identify level of resources (staff and system support) required to process transactions and meet all accounting and reporting requirements;
- Ensure that project budgets and budget revisions are prepared in a timely and orderly manner, so as to meet the project cycles and timelines as well as the needs of the FAO
- Representation, and the donor agency;
- Prepare administrative and financial documents such as purchase requisitions and orders, payment requests, letters of agreement, contracts etc;
- Provide guidance to and supervise work of staff involved in activities concerned with premises, security and other administrative services;
- Assist with recruitment of new personnel, and to provide guidance to staff on matters related to staff recruitment, maintenance and separation;
- Assist in securing accreditation of internationally recruited staff, and provide guidance to national and international staff on protocol issues;
- Prepare travel requests and authorizations;
Minimum Requirements:
- University degree in a procurement, business or public administration, finance, accounting, economics, finance, auditing or related fields
- At least three (3) years of relevant work experience in administration support work including at least 2 years of experience in procurement, finance and administration in big development projects.
- Fluent English and Kiswahili.
- National of Tanzania.
How to Apply
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Application Deadline: 10th March 2022.
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