Procurement Assistant

Manages procurement and contract processes for UNESCO’s ICTP in Trieste, including bidding below USD 150,000, tender documentation, vendor negotiation and contract monitoring. The assistant also coordinates shipments, customs and protocol processes while maintaining records, reports, assets and inventory controls.

Department: Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics – Procurement Unit

• Conduct direct contracting and formal bidding processes
• Prepare purchase orders, RFQs, ITBs and RFPs
• Manage tender publication, clarification and evaluation
• Negotiate with vendors and issue compliant contracts
• Monitor contract execution and vendor performance
• Coordinate shipments, customs, inspection and asset recording

• Completed secondary, technical or vocational school
• Five years of procurement and contract-management experience
• Experience with procurements up to USD 150,000 for large works
• English and Italian

• Work arrangement: onsite.
• Contract duration: 1 year.