Temporary Procurement Support Staff (2Months)

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Description

Hello Hello!  Alight is recruiting Temporary Procurement Support Staff for our program in  Uganda to be based in  Kampala. You’re interested in joining us? Welcome, we’re happy you’re here! 

Alight (formerly American Refugee Committee) provides health care and clean water, shelter, protection, and economic opportunity to more than 3.5 million people in 20 countries each year. ALIGHT is and always has been about amazing global citizens taking action to change our world. Today, we’re facing challenging global humanitarian crises that require 21st Century solutions. But we’ve found that co-creating together with impassioned, dedicated people, limited only by their own imaginations, remains the key to designing new solutions that resonate. We still believe that Alight should exist, first and foremost, as a platform for realizing the goodwill of everyday people – people from Sweden to Somalia, Minnesota to Malaysia, and Uganda to the U.S.

When you join us, you’ll find…

A team with deep experience in co-designing solutions that create new value around the world. We know we need to always be better, and we believe in the power and abundance of everyday people, everywhere, to change the world with us.

A culture of radical accountability to our customers –as we help build a meaningful life for and with the displaced, we ask them what they want and then deliver on it.

An organization that refuses to settle for anything less than delivering human-worthy services.

If you believe in an abundant world full of amazing people who want to help; in the simple human justice to build a life; and in doing a better thing, then read on!

What we do in Uganda

Alight Uganda works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to refugees, displaced people and host communities – to better survive conflicts and crisis, and to rebuild lives of dignity, health, security and self-sufficiency. Alight has consistently operated in Uganda since 1994, and today has a strong and committed team of over three hundred personnel who include full time staff and temporary workers, and hundreds of community volunteers – implementing programs in Protection, GBV, Child Protection, Community Based Protection, Legal assistance, MHPSS, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Shelter and general Infrastructure, Clean Energy, and Livelihoods/Economic Resilience. Our work in Uganda currently covers six refugee settlements and five transit centres including border points and their generous Ugandan-host communities. And we are always looking to deepen our work and, jointly with our partners, offer lasting impact with and for the communities we serve!

About the Position

Objectives of the Assignment

• To set up a reliable list of pre-qualified suppliers for goods, services and works required by MUSHO project and other projects that will be operating in West Nile region of Uganda.
• To set up new framework agreements for commonly purchased goods and services required for West Nile region of Uganda.
• To renew existing framework agreements for supply of goods, services and works.

Deliverables

• An approved list of suppliers is set up for the West Nile region of Uganda.
• Framework agreements are set up for commonly purchased goods and services in the West Nile region.
• Existing framework agreements for Kampala are renewed.

Supervision

• The successfully onboarded Procurement staff will be supervised by the Head of Logistics and Supply Chain based at Kampala office.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Renewal of existing framework agreements
• Evaluation of received prequalification applications
• Hold debrief meeting with Procurement Committee to recommend suppliers for prequalification
• Complete supplier prequalification report and submit for approval
• Addition of suppliers to supplier list
• Send Requests for proposals/ quotations for goods and services to set up new framework agreements
• Bid opening
• Bid evaluation
• Procurement Committee report for approval
• Contract drafting, review and signing with suppliers

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Procurement and Logistics Management, Business Administration, or other relevant degree required. Professional certification such as CIPS is a plus.
• Minimum of 3 years’ work experience in procurement/purchasing management, logistics, administration, preferably with an international non-governmental organization.
• Hands-on experience in the supplier prequalification process.
• Proven experience in setting up framework agreements for strategic sourcing of commonly used goods and services.
• Knowledge of contract terms for purchasing goods and services.
• Proficient in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

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Benefits

Meet and interact with a borderless Team of 2,500 staff globally  that sees possibility, celebrates moments of abundance, shares new ideas, and strives to do a better thing every day.

Who We Are

We are on a journey to build Alight, a new platform of amazing people and organizations providing lifesaving services and creating breakthrough solutions for and with the displaced. WeAreAlight.org

Alight is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical  disability, or protected veteran status.  Alight complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.