Medair is an international humanitarian organization established in 1988. Medair has been operating in Afghanistan since 1996 with programs mainly in the Health, Water & Sanitation, and Livelihoods sectors with significant reconstruction activities in remote areas. Current projects are Water & Sanitation, Food Security, & Disaster Risk Reduction.

An Integrated Emergency Response: Medair aims to respond to high levels of food insecurity, malnutrition, and morbidity in Tirinkot district.  The project intends to improve and extend WASH services including water supply infrastructure and hygiene practices to improve outcomes for vulnerable families.

An Integrated Emergency Response: Medair aims to respond to high levels of food insecurity, malnutrition, and morbidity in Uruzgan, which has been significantly affected by drought and conflict conditions. Building upon Medair’s decades of experience in the Central Highlands and Kandahar, the project intends to improve and extend utilisation of lifesaving preventive and curative nutrition and health services by mothers, PLWs and children U5; to increase access to clean water, to reduce vulnerability to water-related and other preventable diseases, and to improve and increase food security for the most vulnerable families through food voucher distributions.

• 1) Efficient handling of inbound/outbound stock
• Facilitate receiving goods into stock and release of goods from stock, including supervising casual labourers when relevant.
• Review inbound and outbound shipment paperwork to verify accuracy, compliance and Medair’s expectations, and store electronic versions of documents.
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• 2) Stewardship of goods kept in the store:
• Keep stock and bin cards accurate and up-to-date.
• Make sure the space is efficiently utilized, without any congestion and goods organised to facilitate implementation of FIFO/FEFO principles.
• Responsible for both safety and security of the warehouse: fire safety, locking of gates, removal of trip hazards and harzardous materials, protection of goods from water and heat.
• Ensure accuracy of periodic inventory counts of weekly and monthly physical inventories, uploading monthly stock reports and sharing links with the PM, PC, SLO.PSO
• Monitor, record, and appropriately flag expiration dates to budget holders.

• 3) Facility maintenance and generator tracking:
• When required, assist in updating the generators schedule.
• Update the generator usage sheet and notify the line manager whenever the generators need to be serviced.
• Issue fuel voucher to the guards when they refuel the generators from the fuel tanks and notify the line manager when the fuel tanks to be refilled. Track fuel usage, including spending on fuel PRs, and facilitate the creation of new PRs when needed.
• Assist with facility maintenance works, including guiding and supervising technicians working on construction, electrical maintenance, etc.
• 4) Perform any other duties to support logistics functions as assigned by the line manager.

Education

• Diploma in BBA
• Bachelor’s in medicine/Logistics/Pharmacy

Relevant experience

• 2 years working in warehousing,
• at least 1 year in pharmacy.

Languages

• Fluent Pashto oral and written skills
• Good English oral and written skills

Computer

• Ease with MS Excel and MS Word
• Online warehousing data base

Organizational capacity

• Ability to prioritise and multi-task
• Ability to perform the duty in efficient way

Team building

• Leadership skills and team player
• Ability to assist his/her teams when needed

Adaptability

• Ability to work under time pressure
• Ability to work in cross-cultural context
• Keen to learn and develop new skills / take on new responsibilities

Problem solving & initiative

• Prompt to take initiative
• Gives rational recommendations for decision-making
• Solution-oriented

Character

• Honest and conscientious
• Dedicated with strong attention to detail
• Accountable, high work-ethic

Communication skills

• Maintains perfect communication with line manager and other team-members
• Willingness to listen

Interested applicants should apply and forward their applications through the online JOB APPLICATION FORM which could be found under the submission email. The link should be copied, pasted and opened in a new page.

Note: Please indicate the position tittle and vacancy number in your application letter. Applications received after the closing date or without the exact position title and vacancy number will not be given consideration. After submitting the online application, if some applicants do not immediately receive an automatic email from Medair, they shouldn't worry about their submission. When you open the link. please use the dropdown menu and choose the tittle of the position.

Note: 

Medair will provide the following benefits for the selected candidate:

• Competitive salary 
• Employment benefits such as (medical, transportation, economic hardship, food, Mahram and accommodation for non-residents)
• Annual leave, sick leave, maternity leave, and other types of leave as per Medair policy