Community in Action Against Poverty (CAAP) is a non-profit Local organization focusing on Humanitarian, development, justice and peace building works, that aims to save lives, strengthening local economies, building resilient communities and promote justice, accountable and democratic governance, to ensure stable and inclusive Somali region in Somali region and Ethiopia at large.

Job Purpose Summary:

Under the supervision of the Logistics Officer, the Commodity Accountant will execute commodity accounting (CA) tasks to ensure accurate and timely inventory management

Responsibilities:

• Work on data inputs in Food Commodities systems, ensuring it is accurate and liabilities and assets are accounted for at any given point in time.
• Serve as focal point for food commodities data entry and deliver on timely reporting concern transitions.
• Be the focal point for the specific assigned Zone and prepare system inputs for Physical
• Inventories, including verification and reconciliation in the system before the closure deadline.
• Be responsible for monitoring commodity accounting activities in specific assigned Zone and ensure stock data is accurate.
• Follow up on waybill confirmation and inclusion of data in Food Commodities Tracking systems
• Collate data and contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reports of Logistics activities, to contribute to building consistency of information related to food distributions and Inventory records.
• Monitor data quality and take corrective actions to rectify wrongly captured data and ensure downtime is kept to a minimum.
• Deliver on data analysis and reporting on stock movements and follow-up in case of misalignments.
• Comply with all relevant CAAP policies and procedures with respect to child safeguarding, safety and security, code of conduct, equal opportunities, and other relevant policies.

Department: Logistics

Direct Hierarchy: Logistics Officer

Starting date: ASAP

Contract duration: 1 year

Career Level: Mid-Level (3-5 years’ experience)

Job Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Degree in Logistics, procurement, Food Science, management and Business/Public Administration or related subject
• Significant prior NGO experience in logistics management, within a complex/large emergency
  Technical experience/training in specific areas of logistics e.g. fleet mechanics, IT/communications networks
• Substantial experience in all technical areas of logistics operations including procurement, transport/distribution, warehousing and stock management, fleet management, asset management, communications, and security
• Experience of developing / implementing a complex supply chain to support different types of programmes, and coordinating resources to meet the programme objectives
• Proven track-record in managing and supervising others in logistics, including training and capacity building
• Excellent planning, management, and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks, and responsibilities
• Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English, Somali, and Amharic, with experience in managing multicultural teams