With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Back ground
World Vision Uganda (WVU) is a Christian relief, development and advocacy non-government organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in 43 districts and have 48 Area Programmes implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with these beneficiaries. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for a qualified and passionate individual willing to share in our vision and join the team in the following roles.
Position: Supply Chain Officer (2 Positions) – ECHO Project and National Office
Report to: Consortium Manager Education and Supply Chain Coordinator
Location: Arua District (1) and Kampala District (1)
Advert Start Date: 16th May 2022
Advert End Date: 24th May 2022

Purpose of the position:
To provide Support World Vision Uganda budget management through acquisition of quality goods and services in a timely manner at the lowest possible cost in accordance to Supply Chain Management policy and other guidelines to promote child well-being aspirations in line with Our Promise 2030

Key Outputs/Responsibilities.
• Support the project procurement planning processes in line with the budgets for approval and implementation
• Undertake acquisition processes of goods and services in conformity with the existing policies for the benefit of the users, children and their communities
Conduct strategic sourcing with negotiated pre priced framework contracts for goods and services in accordance to the set goals
• Upload all contracts into Provision and conduction all procurements in Provision.
• Provide capacity building Provision users.
• To develop, manage Supplier database and supplier’s relationships. Perform Supplier development and conduct annual vendor audit.
• Contribute to the preparation and submission of timely, accurate and relevant Monthly,
• Quarterly and Annual reports.

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree of Procurement and Supply Chain Management or CIPs.
• At least 5 years relevant technical and business work experience in supply chain management
• Knowledge of generic Supply Chain management systems and forms
• Strong sense of personal integrity and commitment.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and time management skills
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Team spirit and problem solving abilities.
• Analytical skills
• Customer care skills
• Negotiation skills
• Excellent communication skills.

Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only