CARE Malawi
CARE International is a leading development organization dedicated to save lives, fight poverty and achieve social justice with a special emphasis on women and girls. CARE International is a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty. We are known everywhere for our unshakable commitment to the dignity of people. CARE International and partners contribute to the empowerment of the most marginalized and vulnerable rural women and girls to exercise their rights.
CARE Malawi has secured funding from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, locally titled ‘Tiwoloka’. The funding runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. CARE Malawi will implement the project in partnership with the Forum for African Women Educationists in
Malawi (FAWEMA) and Water Aid.
Therefore, CARE Malawi seeks to recruit well qualified persons to fill the following vacant positions within its USDA funded McGovern dole Food for Education program i.e. Tiwoloka Project in Malawi:
LOGISTICS AND COMMODITY SPECIALIST
Position Description
Logistics & Commodity Specialist will be responsible for the day-to-day management USDA imported and locally procured food, from the arrival of food to its final distribution, including receipt, handling, storage, transport, loss management and reporting, as well as oversight of the warehouse coordinator and warehouse assistant. He/she is responsible for the management of food pipelines, distribution plans, claims, data
entry and payment requests for the transportation and storage of food
products, monitoring and reporting.
Specific duties and responsibilities include the following:
- Analyze commodity pipeline to ensure sufficient stock availability across the country warehouse for smooth distribution and alert management of any deficiencies noticed.
- Ensure timely submission of the commodity call forward information to Deputy Chief of Party – Commodities & School Feeding /designate for donor approval. Arrange with CARE selected in country freight
forwarders/C&F agent for smooth arrival and customs clearance of the commodities. - Prepare procurement plan for local commodities with liaison with School Feeding – Local & Region Procurement Specialist. Conduct market survey and select vendors for procurement of USDA donated commodities as well as the locally procured commodities.
- Ensure all port service providers are in place, orient them for smooth commodity discharge and receiving, survey work and transportation
from the Cross-border Port to the respective warehouses for storage and onward transportation to the schools. - Provide technical assistance to country office for developing
agreements and/or Scope of work and contracting the service providers i.e. Clearing & Forwarding agent, independent surveyor, fumigation company and transporter/s. - Establish a commodity requirement plan for all targeted schools.
- Secure numbers of students from each district for all schools through an official request letter.
- Verify and check with the school feeding team to ensure correctness.
- Conduct logistics assessment to set up the warehouses at strategic location for timely commodity receipt and final delivery to the respective destination/s schools as deemed appropriate and necessary or under emergency situations such as road inaccessibility, etc.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain/Logistics, Business Management.
- Minimum 5 years’ relevant work experience, preferably in an International Non-Government Organization (INGO.) and having experience in USDA commodity handling and school feeding program is a plus.
- Ability to manage the logistic and commodity technical function and implement procedures and processes, with minimal supervision.
- Knowledge of port operation and USDA rules and regulations is desirable.
- Proven understanding of working with an International Non-Government Organization (INGO).
- Excellent written and verbal skills in both local language and English and good numerical skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in software package including Ms Offices
Method Of Application
Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and experience and possess the required competencies should send their application letters with detailed CVs through email to [email protected] addressed to the attention of:
The Country Director
CARE Malawi
P/Bag A89
LILONGWE
The closing date for receipt of applications is November 8th, 2024. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
CARE has zero tolerance to sexual exploitation and abuse and has a Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Policy which outlines expected behaviors and responsibilities of all staff and CARE related personnel (consultants, vendors, partners, project participants, etc.).All potential candidates will be required to complete a Self-Declaration Form and those successful will be expected to sign up to the Code of Behavior contained in the PSEA Policy.