Vacancy Announcement No.

VA10/006 MYA 2010-01

World Food Programme, Myanmar

Vacancy Announcement
21 January 2010

Contract Type: Fixed Term (GS-6)

Post title: Sr. Logistics Assistant
Number of position: 1
Duty Station: Lashio
Report To: Head of Sub-Office Lashio
Deadline for application: 11 February 2010

Qualified women are especially encouraged to apply.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the overall supervision of Country Director and direct supervision of Head of Sub-office in
Lashio, the incumbent will responsible for supervision of WFP warehouse activities, organizing
transport of WFP food and non-food items, issuance of Landside Transport Instruction (LTI) and in
particular, the following specific duties;

 Review distribution plans received from programme unit and prepare monthly transport plan;
 Prepare LTIs relating to distribution plans and forward to Head of Sub-Office for approval;
 Transmit LTIs to transporters and warehouses at least 72 hours prior to the first loading dates;
 Monitor daily dispatch progress and through close collaboration with transporters and warehouse,
ensure delivery of all commoditites and the completion of LTIs on or before NLT dates specified in
the distribution plan;
 Monitor daily transporters performance and ensure that the warehouse receive adequate trucking
capacity as scheduled every morning by 10:00 am;
 Prepare consolidated LTI balances reports on daily basis and circulate to concerned Logistics and
Programme Officers;
 Initiate contact with transporters if problems occur due to late loading or wrong delivery and report
to Head of Sub-Offices accordingly;
 Liaise with Cooperating partners to ensure adherence to delivery locations and dates;
 Communicate to Cooperating Partners in case of delays in the dispatch plan and make necessary
changes in collaboration with Programme staff;
 Assist Logistics officer in contingency planning and Logistics preparedness reviews;
 Maintain a standardized filing system of all transport operation activities;
 On monthly basis conduct appraisals on commercial transporters determining their performance
during the preceding month and prepare on a monthly performance reports;
 Participate in the inspection and selection of potential commercial transporters for inclusion on the
approved shortlist;
 Assist in preparation of transport RFQs;
 Conduct transport market surveys at least 4 times per year;
 Supervise storekeeper(s) and ensure warehouse activities conform to WFP standards;
 Ensure the maintenance of quality and quantity of the food stored in the warehouse;
 Capture commodity movement and loss data in WFP corporate commodity tracking system
(COMPAS) and maintain proper filing system for all related documents;
 Perform any other relevant assignments as requested by the immediate supervisor and or the
Head of Logistics;

Qualification:

Education: University degree in any field. Preferably supplemented by technical or university

courses in a field related to WFP logistics/transport activities.

Experience: At least five years of practical commercial/professional experience in one or more of

the transportation and ancillary sectors: port operations, shipping, clearing and
forwarding, air operations, large scale road/rail transport and distribution
management.

Knowledge: Experience utilizing computers including word processing, spreadsheet and other
software packages.
Language: Must have good command in both oral and written English and Myanmar.

Please send applications to:
Human Resources Unit (Sr. Logistics Assistant, Lashio)
United Nations World Food Programme
3rd Floor, Inya Lake Hotel
37 Kaba Aye Pagoda Road
Yangon, Myanmar
P.O. Box 650
Email to: Myanmar.vacancy@wfp.org

Note: Candidates are also requested to mention in the applications if there is, blood/marriage
relationships with the existing WFP employees. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. Please do
not send original documents as they will not be returned.