Warehouse Assistant

Job Description

Title: Warehouse Assistant

Company Name: Relief International

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ At least a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Duty Station: Ukhia, Bangladesh
∎ Report To: Supply Chain and Warehouse Officer
∎ Expected Start Date: At Earliest
∎ Contract length: Up to 31st December, 2022 (With possibility of Extension subject to funding, program needs and performance of incumbent)
∎ Warehouse Assistant works under direct supervision of Supply Chain and Warehouse Officer, provides supply operational support to RI’s warehouse activities, including supply operations, stock keeping, warehouse management, transportation of goods, storing with proper documents.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ General Operations
∎ Be the warehouse focal person in RI warehouse related to storage and transportation support for ensuring smooth operation of Rohingya crisis response program.
∎ Manage and supervise the overall RI warehouse and repair/maintenance of the warehouse in Ukhiya.
∎ Play active role in the warehouse of the supply chain & operations team for achieving the goal of the warehouse related activities. Conduct regular coordination and communication among the supply chain & operations members and made the teamwork smooth.
∎ Responsible for ensuring the security of RI Warehouse in line with RI policy.
∎ Plan and prepare Purchase Requests for warehouse related cleaning materials, equipment, hire of trucks and fumigation services in time.
∎ Ensure that there is no unauthorized access to the warehouse area is smoke free.
∎ Assist Supply Chain & Operation Officer to maintain warehouse control and efficiency.
∎ Warehouse Management
∎ Identify the items entering and leaving and check the quality, quantity and documentation.
∎ Ensure the report any problems with quality, quantity or documentation immediately.
∎ Ensure the update of inventory report and supplementary documents (delivery notes, WBs etc) free on mistakes on a daily basis, submit weekly to the Supply Chain and Operation Officer, Senior Supply Chain and Operations Coordinator and Country Supply Chain and Operations Manager.
∎ Ensure that the stocks forms such as bin cards, stock cards, GIK waybills, GRNs, consumption reports etc. are kept up to date.
∎ Make sure that the monthly, quarterly and yearly inventory are done and send the reports to SSC&OC and Country Supply Chain and Operations Manager.
∎ Ensure storage facilities are free from rats, rodents and any other pests which may damage stock and periodically plan for fumigation of storage facilities.
∎ Ensure all requested materials to deliver SRF mentioned destination on time and update SRF file in box.
∎ Plan for disposal of expired/ infected products in collaboration with the Supply Chain and operation officer, Senior Supply Chain and Operations Coordinator, Roving, Country Supply Chain and Operations Manager, Health Manager and Hospital Program Team Lead.
∎ Check weekly that the store is clean, organized and is regularly ventilated
∎ Restrict entry into storage facilities and keep keys for the storage facilities.
∎ Monitor Stock Utilization
∎ Carry out monthly physical inventory of all items in stock and submit Inventory report to the Senior Supply Chain and Operations Coordinator, and Country Supply Chain and Operations Manager and Program Team Leads.
∎ Inform Senior Supply Chain and Operations Coordinator, Roving, Country Supply Chain and Operations Manager and Program teams in case of non-utilization/movement of the stock for 3 months and more.
∎ Monitor expirations dates and inform program teams to utilize the materials which expire in 6 months.
∎ GIK form approval & maintain report
∎ Take GIK approval from CD with all necessary documents and information.
∎ Reception and maintenance of GIK reports and supplementary documents in order and free of mistakes.
∎ Informing Country Supply Chain and Operations Manager and Senior Supply Chain and Operations Coordinator, Roving in case of price absence.
∎ Implement guidelines and rules and regulations management guidelines and standards
∎ Ensure that RI storage procedures are respected.
∎ Ensure internal guidelines, rules and regulations are known by his Supply Chain and Operations Assistant and respected.
∎ Ensure that storage standards are known by his team and respected. For instance, make sure that all requirement for food storage are fulfilled.

Additional Requirements:
∎ 1 year of previous experience in similar position / similar context a plus
∎ Able to prioritize, communicate effectively, and meet deadlines.
∎ Willingness to travel and work extensively – sometimes at short notice, in difficult places and under long hours
∎ Able to work independently and within a team, with minimum supervision
∎ Diligent in work processes.
∎ Familiarity and experience in MS Excel, Quick books software etc. is preferable.
∎ Good knowledge of English language will be considered an advantage.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance.
∎ Two festival bonuses in a year equivalent to one Gross salary.
∎ Severance (8.33% of the monthly Gross salary) goes with the monthly release of the salary.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 31 Jul 2022

Company Information:
∎ 20 Jul 2022
∎ Relief International
∎ Address : Bangladesh Country Office: Apt- D2, House- 39 (Sheltech Sunshine), Road-37, Gulshan-2, Dhaka- 1212 I Bangladesh.
∎ Web : www.ri.org
∎ Business : Relief International, headquartered in USA, is a leading international non-government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International (RI) has been working in Bangladesh since 2004, implementing programs covering emergency response, health, economic opportunity, trafficking in persons, gender equality and youth empowerment. RI has been present in Cox’s Bazar since 2014 where it was implementing a trafficking in persons project in Ukhiya and Teknaf supporting old caseload refugees as well as host communities prior to the large-scale influx. Since 2017, RI has scaled up its operations in Cox’s Bazar to support the emergency response by providing integrated, multi-sectoral programming for refugee and host communities, covering health services, including a 132 bed COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Center in Ukhiya, child protection, SGBV, complimentary food and livelihoods opportunities to support social cohesion. Relief International is currently implementing a large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, WFP, USAID.RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.


Category: NGO/Development

: Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.RI Bangladesh has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards Safeguarding. All employees are expected to abide by the Code of Conduct, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) ,Child Protection Policy and Human Trafficking Policy of Relief International.You may check our website at www.ri.org to know about our organization.