Food for the Hungry (FH/U) is a Christian international relief and development organization that has been working in Uganda since 1989. FH is currently operating programs in Asia, Latin America and Africa with support offices in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, United States of America and Japan. FH’s primary goal is to end all forms of poverty World-wide. FH promotes practice of performance, accountability, and risk management in line with FH’s “Transforming Field Experience (TFE)” re-imagination initiative. In Uganda, FH is operational in the Districts of Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Education; Food Security and Livelihoods; Health/Nutrition and Disaster Risk Reduction; with the Head office located in Kampala.
FH Culture:
All we do, and how we do it, seeks to promote God’s beauty, goodness, and truth in a broken world. As such, we are defined by our ability to make people’s lives measurably better; our ability to deliver impact is the measure of our collective success. For we know that we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has already prepared in advance for us to do. At Food for the Hungry, we operate under a set of values called Heartbeat Values.
External vacancy announcement
FH/Uganda is actively seeking for qualified candidates committed to its Heartbeat and Corporate Strategy to fill the career opening on a rolling basis;
Position Type: Full Time National Staff
Location: Kampala
Reports to: Procurement Officer
Contract Length: 6 months
Start Date: December 2022 (To be hired on rolling basis)

Position Summary:
Under the supervision of the Logistics Manager, the Logistics Graduate Trainee will conduct timely procurement of quality goods, services and works that comply with the required specifications while upholding Food for the Hungry’s procurement procedures and policies and maintaining high level of accountability and integrity. With support from the Logistics Manager, Regional Logistics Officer and Procurement Officer seek for procurement and logistical support for effective management of procurement needs
The job holder shall further support the functioning of administration in areas of inventory, assets management.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Key Result #1– Procurement Processing – 70%
Key Result #2 –Admin, Stakeholder and Performance Management- 30%
Job Level Specifications
• Vibrant personal relationship with Christ, understands and applies FH Foundational Principles and Vision and Mission
• Develops and maintains good working relationships with colleagues
Be highly proactive with personal initiative and drive, honest with a high level of integrity; a team-player with a positive attitude and good planning skills
• Possess the ability to handle multiple projects and work under minimal supervision.
• Excellent Computer skills in MS Office packages
• ERP systems especially procurement management modules
• A good command of both written and spoken English

Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s in any business related Degree ie Procurement, Logistics, or Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Business Science etc
• A relevant Post Graduate Qualification will be an added advantage
Minimum one year in a busy procurement and logistics department an INGO environment is required
• Good knowledge of donor requirements (DFID, USAID) contractual, procurement and reporting requirements required but Not a Must
Language
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
 

NOTE:
*Complete Job Descriptions are available by contacting [email protected] or [email protected]
Employment with FH offers an attractive package which includes; a good salary commensurate to one’s role, a good medical insurance package for staff and dependents, provident fund, GPA and provision for other statutory requirements.
FHU is an equal opportunity employer. All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by Clearly stating the position applied for in the Subject line and submitting only electronic copies in one pdf file not more than 25MB of an application letter, a detailed CV, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant testimonials/certificates, names/contact details of three referees, addressed to:
The Human Resources Manager, Food for the Hungry Uganda Email: [email protected] not later than Friday 25th November, 2022 at 4:30pm. Consider your application unsuccessful if you don’t hear from us by 20th December, 2022
Safeguarding & Protection Clause:
FH strives to provide an environment free from Sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment and Fraud in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against Sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment and Fraud. FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the FH Heartbeat, Anti -Fraud, Safeguarding and associated policies. Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.
Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Food for the Hungry Safeguarding, Anti-Fraud & HR policy. In line with this we will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of fraud, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By applying, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.