Internship
Opportunity
ACTED
Kenya
Department: Logistics
Position: Logistics Intern
Direct
hierarchy: Logistics manager
Contract
duration: 3 months
Location: Nairobi, with 20% travel to field offices
Starting
date: December 2016
ACTED
is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable
populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide.
Their
interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and
development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global
and local, and adapted to each context.
Position
Profile: The Logistics Intern’s main
responsibilities are to support the Logistics team with routine duties;
Assist the Logistics department in ensuring that all purchases are made in a
timely and transparent manner, that ACTED procurement policies and procedures
are followed at an optimal quality/price, and that all procurement procedures
are properly implemented;
Responsibilities:
IT
and project management
·
Assist the IT officer and the
Logistics Manager on the IT workload.
·
Assist the IT officer and the Logistics
Manager on the ongoing project related to new technologies implementation.
·
Assist for the setup, manage and
ensure effective use of the entire and IT systems in the mission
·
Assist in maintaining and updating
(where necessary) the IT policy
·
Maintain control mechanisms on all IT
equipment (e.g. limits on installation of software, limits or tracking of
printing)
·
Assist in providing computer support
and training to ACTED staff when necessary.
·
Replace the cartridge as needed.
Regional
coordination meeting (RCM)
·
Support in the organization of
ACTED’s regional coordination meeting for early 2017;
·
Assist in the transportation and the
accommodation in Nairobi
·
Assist in the procurements related to
the regional coordination meeting
·
Delivering purchase orders to
suppliers, collecting items purchased and ensuring their quality and
specifications.
·
In charge of the stock management
related to the RCM.
Any
other duty as may be requested by the Logistics Manager/Officer
Required
Profile
·
A Degree in purchases & supplies
management, Logistics from a recognized Institution
·
Strong team player of high integrity,
pleasant personality, ability to work under least supervision and meet strict
deadlines.
·
Diploma/Bachelor’s in Information
technology, computer science is a plus
·
Excellent planning, coordination, and
reporting skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised
of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities;
·
Good public Relations with strong
negotiation skills.
·
Computer literate and with excellent IT
Knowledge.
·
Excellent interpersonal skills and
demonstrated ability to establish effective work relations at all levels,
·
Excellent communication skills,
strong analytical and conceptual skills.
·
Being conversant in Somali language
will be considered an advantage.
Application
Procedure
Qualified
persons with the required skills are invited to submit their applications
accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae detailing three work related referees
and contacts to kenya.jobs@acted.org and received on or before 5.00PM on 2nd
December 2016
Please
note that only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ACTED
will at no stage of recruitment process request candidate to make payments of
any kind
ACTED is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.
