Location: Afar, Ethiopia
Organization: World Vision International
Deadline: February 8, 2026
Job Description
Employee Contract Type: Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)
To make sure the Nutrition & Therapeutic commodities are handled properly, safe storage condition and ensuring the transaction using bin cards, stock cards and inventory tools in close coordination with other TSFP field teams and a line manager
Major Roles and Responsibilities:
- Ensure proper handling of warehouse goods and properties with consistent management and use goods receiving notes, good issue and bin-card
- Handles Receiving and issue of commodities and other materials from store
- Ensure proper reconciliation of physical count with bin cards and stock cards and report the results to the commodity accountant/line manager regularly.
- Receive TSFP food commodities from central warehouses or transporters.
- Verify: Correct quantity (bags, cartons), Condition of commodities, Batch numbers / expiry dates, Shipping documents (GRN, Waybill, Dispatch Note), Immediately report any shortages, damages, or discrepancies, Ensure proper documentation during handover (sign, stamps, dates), Ensure clean, well‑ventilated, and pest‑free storage conditions.
- Stack commodities on: Pallets, Dunnage, Fire‑safe arrangements
- Follow FIFO (First In First Out) and FEFO (First Expiry First Out).
- Maintain: Stacking height limits, Aisle spacing, Proper labeling by batch and commodity type
- Conduct periodic fumigation and rodent control as needed.
- Prepare commodities for TSFP distribution days at: Health Posts, Outreach sites, FDPs
- Pre‑position supplies in coordination with TSFP Officer.
- Work with HEWs, TSFP Facilitators, and distribution teams to ensure: Correct ration size, Proper issuance to verified beneficiaries, Prevention of diversion and crowd issues
- Maintain accurate, up‑to‑date store records: Stock Cards (Ledger), Bin Card, Loss/Damage Reports, Monthly Stock Reports, Waybill Receipts and Dispatch Records, Commodity Movement Summary Sheets, Daily Stock Balance Sheets
- Ensure all documents are signed, stamped, and filed.
- Monitor daily stock balance and physical counts.
- Conduct weekly and monthly physical inventory.
- Report: Overages, Shortages, Losses, Damages, Pest issues
- Ensure full compliance with WFP commodity handling standards.
- Support audit teams, monitoring visits, and verification exercises.
- Monitor commodity condition (spoilage, moisture, expiry).
- Ensure proper warehouse cleanliness and safety: Fire extinguishers, Lockable doors, No smoking, Clear emergency exits
- Report any suspicious activities or security risks.
- Protect commodities from theft, diversion, and contamination.
- Work closely with: TSFP Officers, Nutrition Officers, Logistics teams, HEWs, Health Center/Woreda staff
- Communicate stock levels, replenishment needs, and distribution plans.
- Ensure timely availability of commodities at service delivery points.
Required Qualifications and Work Experience:
- Diploma/Degree in: Logistics, Supply Chain, Management, Accounting Or related fields, (Grade 10/12 complete + experience acceptable for field-level interventions.)
- 1–2 years of experience in warehouse/store management, preferably in:
- WFP programs
- CMAM/TSFP interventions
- Humanitarian organizations
- Experience with perishable/specialized food handling is an asset.
- Strong stock management and documentation skills.
- Ability to read and complete waybills, stock cards, and ledgers.
- Basic numeracy and Excel/data entry skills.
- Good physical strength and ability to handle lifting.
- Honest, attentive to detail, and accountable.
- Knowledge of warehouse safety and commodity handling procedures.
- Ability to work in remote and challenging environments.
World Vision is a child-focused organization that is committed to safeguarding all children as well as adult beneficiaries, and has zero tolerance for incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work.
Therefore, World Vision does not hire staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults, even if their role does not interact directly with them.
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Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only.