About Organisation:

Co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, Humanity & Inclusion (the new name of Handicap International) is a 40-year-old independent and impartial organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.

We work alongside people with disabilities and individuals experiencing extreme hardship, acting and bearing witness to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

HI in Uganda is currently implementing development and humanitarian interventions in six sectors/thematic areas: Livelihood, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), Physical and Functional Rehabilitation, Inclusive Education, Inclusive Health, and Inclusive Humanitarian Action (IHA) to improve access and quality of services to the most vulnerable people including persons with disabilities promoting a more inclusive and harmonious society.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsibility 1: Defines the Purchasing section of the StratOp and directs its action plan

RISKS: produces and updates the risk map for his or her area of responsibility and proposes and implements corrective mitigation measures;

INCIDENTS: drafts the incident reports for his or her area of responsibility;

INDICATORS: produces, compiles and analyses the data in the procurement dashboard for his or her geographical area;

Responsibility 2: Deploys HI’s Standards and contributes to it Expertise and Accountability within his or her remit

STANDARDS: ensures compliance with and application of HI standards for his or her entire professional field with regard to policy, processes and tools;

INTERNAL CONTROL: supervises internal control in his or her fields of activity.

ACCOUNTABILITY: guarantees compliance with and the application of internal rules and the rules of institutional donors in his or her fields of activity

Responsibility 3: Operational implementation of logistics

Design phase – Resources planning:

Helps establish the project’s purchasing schedule;

Launch phase – Procurement planning: Helps define the programme’s purchasing strategy

Implementation phase – Coordination: Helps adjust the purchasing plan after every project review;

Closure phase: Contributes to the preparation of financial reports.

Responsibility 4: Facilitation of the profession sector

Participates in the facilitation of the organisation’s profession sector (community of practice)

Responsibility 5: Emergency Preparedness and Response Responsibilities

contributes to the program’s emergency preparedness actions and, during an emergency, adapts his/her work modality to contribute to HI’s effective humanitarian response

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in either procurement, Logistics and Or Supply Chain Management

Experience:

• At least three (3) years’ working experience in a similar role in a non -governmental organisation

Skills:

• Must be proficient at purchasing and procurement management, maintenance, safety and transport management.
• Must be able to practice supply planning, and emergency procurement
• An excellent team player

• Defines the Purchasing section of the StratOp and directs its action plan
• Produces and updates the risk map for his or her area of responsibility and proposes and implements corrective mitigation measures;
• Drafts the incident reports for his or her area of responsibility;
• Produces, compiles and analyses the data in the procurement dashboard for his or her geographical area;
• Deploys HI’s Standards and contributes to it Expertise and Accountability within his or her remit
• Ensures compliance with and application of HI standards for his or her entire professional field with regard to policy, processes and tools;
• Supervises internal control in his or her fields of activity.
• Guarantees compliance with and the application of internal rules and the rules of institutional donors in his or her fields of activity
• Operational implementation of logistics
• Helps establish the project’s purchasing schedule;
• Helps define the programme’s purchasing strategy
• Helps adjust the purchasing plan after every project review;
• Contributes to the preparation of financial reports.
• Participates in the facilitation of the organisation’s profession sector (community of practice)
• Contributes to the program’s emergency preparedness actions and, during an emergency, adapts his/her work modality to contribute to HI’s effective humanitarian response

• Proficient at purchasing and procurement management, maintenance, safety and transport management.
• Able to practice supply planning, and emergency procurement
• An excellent team player

• Bachelor’s degree in either procurement, Logistics and Or Supply Chain Management