Storekeeper at Médecins Sans Frontières August 2024
INTRODUCTION:
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters, and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender, or political affiliation. MSF is therefore guided by the principles of neutrality and impartiality. These principles must apply to all MSF staff.
Title: STOREKEEPER
Direct Reports: WAREHOUSE MANAGER
Location: DAR ES SALAAM
FOR NATIONAL STAFF ONLY
Required Criteria:
Minimum Educational Qualification:
· Literacy essential
· Desirable diploma in social sciences and warehouse management-related studies
Experience:
· Previous experience as storekeeper desirable
Languages:
• English and Swahili (fluent, oral & written) required
Objectives of the position:
Executing the stock management activities (receipt, storage, and issuance to projects or other departments of medical supplies, food items, spare parts, tools, equipment, and/ or other logistics materials), according to the line manager’s instructions and MSF standards and protocols, to ensure the overall functioning of MSF activities.
Main Purpose
- • Make sure cleanness in and around, plus arrangement of the warehouse is maintained according to MSF standards.
- • Ensure that all Internal requests have been picked and documentation is ready for delivery to the requestor.
- • All cargo is properly picked, packed, and loaded properly in the movement to avoid any damages that could arise.
- • Labelling of products and stacking is done properly according to MSF standards; Following signs e.g, this side up, fragile, flammable e.t.c
- • Picking documents are prepared in time to avoid delays.
- • Supervise the daily workers when they are called upon for support; ensuring that their working gear is maintained clean, they are equipped with operational tools(stationery), and report any incident related to the work to the line manager.
- • Ensure the daily workers are supervised all the time they are performing their duties and are out of the warehouse during the breaks (tea break and lunch hours), also the daily workers register before they start their work.
- • Ensure that the working tools and equipment are in good working condition, if not report to the line manager and/or functional manager those that are not working.
- • Proper physical reception of cargo especially the number of parcels, damaged parcels missing parcels, etc. is done immediately upon arrival.
- • Implementing the guidelines and SOPs in place.
Main Responsibilities:
- · Supervising materials and goods orders and dispatch to ensure its rational use.
- · Receiving orders and deliveries, identifying and reporting potential discrepancies against cargo manifest or others. Stores materials per the system in force to ensure continuous availability.
- · Updating and/or creating stock cards for all stock items immediately after reception of goods. Checking the received cold boxes and controlling the cold chain-monitoring card
- · Storing materials by the system in force to ensure continuous availability ensuring that all items are well organized and correctly stored, well protected, fully identified, and easily accessible (cleanliness, security, access, etc.).
- · Monitoring the store temperature and ensuring Cold Chain items are stored at an adequate temperature. Keeping a special control of “sensitive” goods: numbers of lots, expiry dates, packaging and special storage conditions
- · Preparing orders on time before sending goods, and packs (according to transport means) weighing and labeling freight with corresponding shipping number, destination, number of shipping units, waybill number, weight, and mode of transport by the line manager’s instructions
- · In conjunction with the line manager, performing physical stock counts following the frequency previously defined. Following up stock levels with regards to alarm thresholds, stock out, and expiry dates.
- · Controlling warehouse limited access to authorized personnel and ensuring doors and other exits are secured. Immediately informing the line manager of any problems arising in the course of the work, particularly with regard to damage, loss, attempted break-ins or theft in the warehouse
Main Competencies:
- • Desirable ability to do basic repairs.
- • Results and Quality Orientation
- • Teamwork and Cooperation
- • Behavioural Flexibility
- • Commitment to MSF Principles
- • Service Orientation
- • Stress Management
Women, people living with a disability, or any person feeling like being part of a minority is encouraged to apply.
APPLICATION DETAILS
All interested candidates shall submit their motivation letter, CV, and copy of relevant professional certificates no later than Monday, August 26th, 2024 at 4:00 pm. Please quote the job title on the email subject “STOREKEEPER”
Please send your application to the email address MSFCH-Tanzania-Recruitment@geneva.msf.org. The applications can also be sent to P.O.Box 83 or can also be submitted at MSF offices situated in Nduta Refugees Camp, Kibondo District or at Plot N° 74, House 22, UPOROTO Street, URSINO Estate South, Dar se Salaam.or at MSF office situated in Liwale, Lindi.
The protection of your data is important to MSF. By submitting your application, you consent to MSF using your data only for the recruitment process to have all the information and documents necessary to proceed with the recruitment, validation of your application and selection of the most suitable candidate. Your data will be treated confidentially. Only people part of the recruitment process have access to your data. MSF does not sell your data under any circumstances. If you have any questions or requests, you can contact msfch-tanzania-hrmanager@geneva.msf.org
ONLY SHORT-LISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED
