Position title: Procurement Intern
Number of places: 02
Location: Douala
Main responsible: Purchasing Officer
Start date: August 01, 2022
Deadline for submitting applications: July 13, 2022
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation is a world leader in the fight against HIV and AIDS in children. It operates in 19 countries and more than 5,500 sites worldwide to prevent the vertical transmission of HIV to children and help those who are already infected. Today, thanks to the success of the work of the Foundation and its partners, pediatric AIDS has been virtually eliminated in the United States. With a global staff of more than 1,000 people, nine out of 10 of whom work in the field – the Foundation’s global mission is to implement programs for the prevention, care and treatment of HIV; advancing innovative research; and lead strategic and targeted global advocacy to bring about dramatic change in the lives of millions of women, children and families around the world. For more information, visit our website: www.pedaids.org.
With CDC/PEPFAR Cameroon funding for the Reach95 project, EGPAF is assisting the Ministry of Public Health and the Government of Cameroon to ensure that 95% of people living with HIV know their status, 95% of them are under antiretroviral treatment, and that 95% of them have a suppressed viral load. EGPAF also benefits from the support of other donors such as Unitaid to implement innovative approaches to early HIV diagnosis of HIV in infants and to catalyze pediatric TB services.
Purpose of the position
Elizabeth Glaser Foundation is recruiting interns in the purchasing department In order to provide administrative and logistical support to the department.
Key responsibilities
Attached to the purchasing and services department, you assist the team on a daily basis in various missions
- Assistance in setting up and consolidating the pre-qualification list of service providers
- Visit the field with the logistics teams to physically verify the existence and compliance of service providers
- Completion of the provider pre-qualification file
- Support the teams in the implementation of hotel assessments for the renewal of agreements.
- Logistics support to the purchasing and services department
- Reception and orientation of service providers during deliveries and filing of invoices
- Archiving and follow-up of files with the finance team
- Follow-up and tracking of the various invoices and payments made
- Filling in files for monitoring commitments and fund requests
- Depending on your autonomy, additional missions may be entrusted to you.
- Write activity and meeting reports
Required profile :
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, logistics and transport, purchasing
- Similar Professional Experience from 06 months to 01 year
- Excellent communication skills;
- Well-developed interpersonal skills;
- Working knowledge of English and French;
- Strong work ethic and ability and willingness to adapt quickly;
- Ability to work in a team and willingness to learn
Other
Problem Solving – Problem solving is a person’s ability to use critical thinking to identify and analyze problems, evaluate the relevance and accuracy of information, generate and evaluate alternative solutions, and make recommendations.
Purpose of the position
Elizabeth Glaser Foundation is recruiting Interns in the Procurement Department. With the goal of providing administrative and logistical support to the department.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Purchasing and Services Department, you will assist the team on a daily basis in various tasks:
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- Assisting in the set up and consolidation of the provider pre-qualification list.
- Make field trips with the logistics teams to physically verify the existence and compliance of providers
- Fill in the pre-qualification file of providers
- Accompany the teams in the implementation of hotel evaluations for the renewal of agreements.
- Logistical support to the purchasing and services department
- Reception and orientation of providers during deliveries and submission of invoices
- Archiving and follow-up of files with the finance team
- Follow-up and tracking of the different invoices and payments made
- Filling out files for the follow-up of commitments and requests for funds
- Depending on your autonomy, additional missions may be entrusted to you.
- Writing reports of activities and meetings
Profile requirements:
- Minimum degree in Procurement, Logistics and Transportation, Purchasing
- Similar professional experience of 06 months to 01 year
- Excellent communication skills;
- Well-developed interpersonal skills;
- Working knowledge of English/French;
- Strong work ethic and ability and willingness to adapt very fast;
- Able to work in team settings and willing to learn;
others
Problem Solving – Problem solving is a person’s ability to use critical thinking to identify and analyze problems, weigh relevance and accuracy of information, generate and evaluate alternative solutions, and makes recommendations.
Flexibility – Flexibility is a person’s ability to be open to change and new information and rapidly adapt to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.