Procurement Assistant

Supports OSESGY procurement officers with requisitions, tenders, bid analysis, purchase orders, supplier follow-up and contract records. The role helps acquire mission goods and services economically and on time while coordinating deliveries, inspections and procurement documentation.

Department: Procurement Unit

• Provide procurement, logistics and administrative support for acquiring mission goods and services
• Review and prioritise purchase requests and verify vendor and funding availability
• Monitor requisitions, supplier delivery, shipment, receipt and inspection of goods and services
• Prepare invitations to bid, requests for proposals and requests for quotation
• Analyse bids and proposals to identify suppliers offering suitable terms and value
• Finalise purchase orders and contracts and prepare submissions for Contracts Committee review
• Maintain procurement databases, files and contractual records
• Research suppliers, commodities and product specifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• CIPS Procurement Level 4 certificate
• Five years of progressively responsible procurement, administrative services or related experience, reduced to three years with a first-level university degree
• Experience using an ERP system such as SAP or Umoja
• English at UN Level III in reading, writing, listening and speaking
• Arabic at UN Level I in reading, writing, listening and speaking
• Authorisation to work for the United Nations at the duty station

• The position is temporarily available for 364 days
• This is a locally recruited General Service post