- Job Title: Logistics Assistant
Grade: SC5
Type of contract: Service Contract - Duration: 12 months
Duty Station: Cox’s Bazar - Number of Positions: 1
Date of Publication: 27 May 2025
Deadline of Application: 9 June 2025
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The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
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WHY JOIN WFP?
- WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
- WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
- WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
- A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
- We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):
Under the overall supervision of a logistics officer, and/or his/her designated, the storekeeper will undertake the following duties:
1. Provide support to logistics operations and activities by adhering to standard processes, ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries, either directly or indirectly.
2. Facilitate timely ordering, handling, storage, and delivery of commodities and supplies to authorized partners and destinations.
3. Respond to technical queries and support requests by following established processes, seeking guidance as necessary, and ensuring timely and accurate resolutions with a strong focus on client service.
4. Assist in monitoring inventory management processes to identify trends and ensure accurate accounting of inventory status from source to beneficiary, with a particular focus on cooperating partners.
5. Contribute to maintaining data quality and integrity in commodity accounting systems within WFP and among cooperating partners.
6. Support assessments of cooperating partners’ capacity and provide technical guidance to enhance their warehouse management and commodity accounting capabilities.
7. Process and document logistics operations (e.g., partner assessments, monitoring reports, progress updates, and physical inventory reports), and escalate operational issues as needed for resolution.
8. Offer regular technical guidance to cooperating partners’ staff, ensuring they complete tasks in compliance with Field Level Agreement (FLA) standards and deadlines.
9. Monitor the condition of cooperating partners’ warehouses and commodities, providing guidance for efficient space utilization and organized storage practices aligned with WFP warehouse standards.
10. Coordinate with internal teams and stakeholders—including C&F agents, transporters, and cooperating or retail partners—to manage the handling, transportation, storage, and delivery of goods.
11. Lead and oversee capacity-building initiatives for WFP Cox’s Bazar cooperating partners.
12. Support regular logistics operations in Cox’s Bazar, including tracking commodity movements in the corporate system, processing invoices, conducting assessments, and managing warehouse operations.
13. Perform any other tasks as assigned.
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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
Education: Completion of University Degree (Bachelors) in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Economics, Business Administration or any relevant subject.
Experience: At least 5 years of work experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Procurement or any related experience.
Language: Fluency in spoken and written in both English and Bangla language.
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Knowledge & Skills:
• Good Knowledge of MS-Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Database, SAP based software etc.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• A Team player, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Good at coordination and communicating precisely & clearly.
• Ability to maintain an effective working relationship with all contacts both inside and outside the organisation.
• Flexibility & ability to handle workload with optimistic approach.
