RSCE Procurement Assistant Jobs 2024 – Uganda NGO Jobs

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RSCE Procurement Assistant Jobs 2024 – Uganda NGO Jobs.

RSCE Uganda looking for “Procurement Assistant”.

Applicants with a High school diploma may apply on or before February 16, 2024.

The United Nations Regional Service Centre in Entebbe is United Nations Peacekeeping office based in Entebbe, Uganda that provides services, such as administrative, logistics and information and communications technology to various United Nations missions.

The RSCE has published a job vacancy announcement on February 12, 2024 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Procurement Assistant to be based in Entebbe, Uganda.

RSCE Job Vacancy 2024

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Procurement Assistant will be responsible for the following duties:

Review, record and prioritize purchasing requests, obtain additional information and/ or documentation as required, provide assistance to requisitioners in preparing scope of work and specifications of goods and services and how to develop the Source Selection Plan in order to ensure the implementation of Best Value for Money principle.
Prepare and finalize Source Selection Plan.
Research the market. Identify and recommend sources of procurement; post tender requirement in the UN Procurement Division website for Request for Proposals (RFPs) and Invitations to Bid (ITBs.)
Produce tender documents (e.g. Invitation to bids, Request for Proposals and Request for Quotations) based on the nature of the requirements and cost of procurement involved.
Submit upon initial screening technical proposals to the requisitioners or the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) for technical evaluation and follow up with them to expedite the process of technical evaluation.
Review technical evaluations received from requisitioning offices.
Prepare and analyze abstracts of offers and compile data contained in quotations, proposals and bids to determine which vendor could deliver the required goods/services at the best terms and lowest costs possible.
Prepare presentations for review and clearance by CPU and present to Local Committee on Contracts LCC and/or Headquarters Committee on Contracts (HCC) in respect of all proposed contract awards exceeding the Procurement unit’s authority and obtain recommendation for approval from the Contracts Committee (LCC and/or HCC).
Assist relevant officers in more complex, higher value purchasing operations.
Draft Service/Project Contracts, Lease Agreements, Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), Amendment to the Contract and BPAs, Prepare Statement of Awards; ensure that Contracts/BPAs are timely renewed.

Eligibility Criteria

Education:

High-school diploma or equivalent is required.

Work Experience:

A minimum of eight years of progressively responsible experience in procurement, contract management, contract administration or logistics and supply chain management or related area is required.
Three consecutive years of procurement experience in conducting international tender exercises to award contracts, in the most recent eight years is required.
Experience in the use of procurement information systems such as SAP is desirable.
Experience in handling complex, high-value contracts specialized in various categories of supplies and services is desirable.
Experience in public sector procurement processes and procedures is desirable.
Experience in the procurement process and procedures supporting the implementation of the programmes and operations of the United Nations field missions, the United Nations
Common System or other comparable international organization is desirable.
Experience in sourcing, cleaning and preparing data, selection and developing visualization/metrics in transportation, procurement, and/or supply chain management that enable easy communication/interpretation by the users is desirable.

Languages:

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations. For the position advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of French is desirable.