Procurement Officer Ethiopia Jigjiga
Addis Ababa
- Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
- Location: Addis Ababa
- Grade: Mid level - Mid level
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Occupational Groups:
- Procurement
- Closing Date: 2025-09-07
Role and Responsibilities:
The purpose of the Procurement Technical Officer is to provide efficient, and timely procurement of goods, works and services for the NRC Jigjiga area office Programme in compliance with NRC's internal SOP’s, regulations, and donor requirements. The position sitting within the Jigjiga Area Office Procurement team is to support the whole NRC Somali region operations.
Generic responsibilities
- Ensure adherence to NRC policies, handbooks, guidelines, SOP’s, and donor requirement
- Implement delegated Procurement functions portfolio according to Plan of Action
- Conduct and follow up daily operational Procurement activities
- Support the administration of resources so that deliverables are achieved within set budgets, timelines, and standards
- Prepare and develop Procurement reports as required by Area/Country Office
- Support in development of SOPs as requested
- Ensure proper filing of all support documents in line with NRC SSD policy
- Promote and share ideas for improvement of the Procurement function
Specific responsibilities
- Day to day follow up and tracking of progress in CO Procurements
- Ensure capacity building of Procurement staff country wide and transfer of key skills.
- Ensure electronic records are maintained in a systematic manner in line with NRC’s standard procurement procedures, providing a clear auditable trail
- Source appropriate suppliers in the local and/or international market for the procurement of goods and/or services based on specifications provided by the requesters.
- Conduct regular market surveys and supplier pre-qualification for commonly procured goods and services, maintaining an up-to-date supplier database with key supplier information
- Establish and maintain good and professional working relationships with suppliers, service providers and contractors whilst strictly adhering to NRC’s anti-corruption guidelines, Conflict of Interest Policy, and NRC’s code of conduct
- Contribute and provide information to assist in the development of procurement related systems, procedures, and templates for all of NRC Ethiopia operations
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Geneva leads NRC’s representation with the IASC and UN agencies, and coordinates donor engagement with the UN and Swiss donors. NRC strives to assist and protect vulnerable and displaced people during crises, especially in situations of conflict. Established in 1946, NRC is an independent, humanitarian, non-profit, non-governmental organisation working in around 31 countries with approximately 14’000 staff. NRC employs a rights based approach, challenging those with responsibility to uphold the rights of displaced people set out within national and International Laws. NRC endeavors to secure the acceptance of local stakeholders for activities and is committed to the principles of humanity, neutrality, independence and impartiality.
NRC seeks to engage with all relevant actors in order to promote the full respect for the rights of displaced and vulnerable people; secure and maintain access for humanitarian operations and promote the achievement of durable solutions. NRC Geneva, with the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), are NRC’s primary presence in Geneva.
Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.