Job Description

Title: Warehouse Officer

Company Name: Handicap International (humanity & Inclusion) in Bangladesh

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum Bachelor's degree, preferably Master's degree in Business Administration, Warehousing, Supply Chain, Engineering, or any other most relevant disciplines.
∎ Skills Required: Communication skill, Computer literacy, Flexibility and Adaptability, Organizational Skills, Reporting and Documentation, Teamwork skills

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Inventory or Store or Warehouse, Stock Management, Storage Management, Warehouse Management, Warehouse Operations
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

Job Context:
∎ HI has been working in Bangladesh since 1997, with a focus on creating sustainable changes in terms of ensuring the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities in society. HI is an independent and impartial aid organization working in situations of poverty, exclusion, conflict, and disaster throughout Bangladesh. With projects in different districts of the country, HI works not only with people with disabilities and other vulnerable populations, but also with their families, their communities, and local humanitarian actors in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions, promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights, and provide sustainability in its action. As one of the key organizations in the disability sector, HI has a wide range of projects which assist to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities and their issues in emergency and development contexts, building capacities of local stakeholders, and reducing the impact of natural and human-made disasters. Particularly in Cox`s Bazar district, HI is providing services in rehabilitation, MH/PSS, SRH, protection and inclusive education with an inclusion mainstreaming approach to refugees and host population affected by the forcibly displaced undocumented Myanmar nationals. HI`s multi-sectoral mobile units (MU) and static approach are currently working in 15 camps located in both Teknaf and Ukhiya Upazilas and surrounding host areas providing comprehensive services in physical rehabilitation, primary health care, protection, and MH/PSS.
∎ HI is currently implementing development and humanitarian response project in Kurigram, Sitakindu, and Cox`s Bazar district through 4 project offices (Kurigram, Sitakundu, Ukhiya, and Teknaf) and 2 coordination offices( Dhaka and Cox Bazar).
∎ Operational Thematic: Livelihood, Health and Rehabilitation, Protection, Inclusion, Education and Atlas Logistic
∎ Number of staff: Around 283 National staff and 10 international staff.
∎ HI is currently looking for a Warehouse Officer for its logistics department. The warehouse officer is responsible to manage the warehouse in Ukhiya including receiving, tagging, counting, cleaning, dispatching, reconciling quantity, archiving documents, reporting all items stored in the warehouse in compliance with HI warehousing procedures. The warehouse officer is responsible to provide accurate information and tools related to the warehouse with all internal parties such as procurement, technical, meal, and project teams.
∎ Job Location: Teknaf
∎ Report to: Area Supply Chain Manager
∎ Contract Length: 30th June 2022

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Responsibility 1: Ensuring the proper receipt and dispatch of goods
∎ Organize and plan before receiving supplier delivery with coordination with SC team members and dispatching of goods based on programme request
∎ Provide advance instructions to workers/ handlers on the proper way of manual loading and unloading operations.
∎ When receiving ensure the presence of a technical person, if pertinent, to verify model, specifica-tion of the goods. Also verify the quality and quantity of the goods
∎ Preparation of the receipt note and delivery note with relevant comments
∎ Update stock card, stock follow up, if pertinent and other necessary documents upon receiving and dispatching of goods
∎ On dispatch for distribution, include format of donation certificate and follow up to get one signed copy for the warehouse
∎ Responsibility 2: Storage area maintenance, safety and security
∎ Keep the storage area clean and maintain the goods at usable stage. Hire daily worker when neces-sary
∎ Maintain that only authorized persons can enter the storage area and users comply with security rules.
∎ At the end of the shift, ensure that all storage areas are secured with locks.
∎ Carry out security inspection after working hours periodically
∎ Identify necessary security risk and improvement and communicate with line manager and DAM the soonest
∎ Ensure personal protective equipment before handling the cargo.
∎ Immediately inform to line manager & DAM for any security information or incidents.
∎ Understand and ensure the application of HI's internal regulations, procedures and security rules.
∎ Responsibility 3: Human resources management
∎ Hire daily worker as per the need and supervise them in implementing the work.
∎ Prepare the daily worker contract and forward to line manager.
∎ Ensure induction to daily worker on HI rules and code of conducts.
∎ Follow up daily worker attendance and maintain daily worker database.
∎ Prepare daily worker payment documents
∎ Responsibility 4: Reporting, documentation, and internal activities
∎ Prepare weekly stock release updates and share them with the requester
∎ Assist to conduct training on safety and security, hygiene behavior, PPE to daily worker
∎ Maintain all stock related documents (stock card, bin card, reception note, donation certificate) up to date
∎ Prepare monthly internal stock report and send to line manager
∎ Reconcile between reception note, stock card, release note, donation certificate, distribution list, and stock report on a monthly basis
∎ Carry out overall stock inventory on a quarterly basis and report to line manager
∎ Assist ASCM while preparing reports for donors & audits.
∎ Objective 6: Ethics and Professional Practice
∎ Show professional ethics, respect, and promote Handicap International mandate
∎ Respect the Handicap International protection of children policy and protection of beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse policy and report to your line manager any non-respect of HI's policies amongst the teams or partners;
∎ Respect the Handicap International policy and mechanisms for the prevention of, and fight against, FRAUD and bribery and report to your line manager any non-respect of HI's policies amongst the teams or partners.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 25 years
∎ At least 02 years experience as an officer in warehouse management, preferably with NGO
∎ Knowledge of warehouse reporting
∎ Good organizing ability
∎ The ability to communicate both in Bangla and English is mandatory.
∎ Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility
∎ Autonomous but also a good team player
∎ Excellent computer skills including Ms. excel and words
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary:
∎ Tk. 55654 - 58993 (Monthly)
∎ Hardship Allowance will be added in addition to working in Cox`s Bazar District.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Tour allowance, Medical allowance, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 2

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 11 Dec 2021

Company Information:
∎ 29 Nov 2021
∎ Handicap International (humanity & Inclusion) in Bangladesh
∎ Address : House 3/A, Road 36, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ Web : https://hi.org/en/index
∎ Business : Business: Handicap International (HI) is an international aid organization specializing in the field of disability. Non-governmental, non-religious, non-political, and non-profit making works alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, whatever the context, assisting them and supporting them in their efforts to become self-reliant. Since its creation, the organization has set up programmes in approximately 60 countries and intervened in many emergencies. It operates as a federation made up of eight associations (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA) that provide human and financial resources, manage projects, and raise awareness of Handicap International`s actions and campaigns.

HI has been working in Bangladesh since 1997, with a focus on creating sustainable changes in terms of ensuring the rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities in society. HI promotes an inclusive approach by focusing on access to services for all whenever possible rather than developing specific actions for persons with disabilities. HI works with persons with disabilities and with their families, their communities, and society. The main office is based in Dhaka, and presently there are 4 project offices (Kurigram, Sitakundu, Ukhiya, and Teknaf) and 1 coordination office (Cox Bazar).

Presently HI Bangladesh is implementing projects on integrating disability in community-based disaster risk reduction and response; economic empowerment of extremely poor persons with disabilities; mainstreaming disability in livelihood interventions; support to refugees and surrounding communities, capacity building of professional associations; and support to Disabled People`s Organizations; among others.

Category: NGO/Development

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