Procurement Officer

Procurement Officer

Save The Children is a global non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring every child has the opportunity to grow up healthy, educated, and safe. With a presence in over 120 countries, we work tirelessly to provide children with a brighter future. Join us in making a lasting impact on the lives of the most vulnerable.

Working at Save the Children is more than just a job, it’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making Vanuatu and the world a better place for children and working with others who feel the same. Benefits include:

Where you come in:

Save the Children is forming a six-member Response and Recovery Team to support communities in Shefa Province affected by the 17 December earthquake through education, cash and voucher assistance, child protection, and psychosocial support. As the Procurement Officer, you will be responsible for planning, managing, implementing and monitoring the daily activities of the procurement function. A key component of the role is to ensure that the activities relating to the aftermath of the 17 December Earthquake are compliant with procurement processes, policies and procedures.

You will make an impact by:

· Procurement and Compliance: Act as the focal point for procurement, ensuring compliance with Save the Children policies, timely procurement planning, and adherence to value-for-money principles. Maintain up-to-date procurement trackers and documentation.

· Operational Oversight: Manage procurement processes, inventory, and logistics, including invoice processing and reconciliation. Support delivery of activities in alignment with plans and budgets while providing training and capacity building on procurement practices.

· Humanitarian and Emergency Response: Strengthen supply chain capacity for humanitarian responses, engage in emergency preparedness, and assist in response activities as required.

· Safety, Risk, and Child Safeguarding: Promote health, safety, and security; comply with child safeguarding policies; and uphold the highest behavioral standards to protect children’s rights.

Does this sound like you?

You have procurement and Operation management and coordination skills, strong understanding of program implementation, excited to learn, adhere to policies & guidelines and able to work in a flexible and high achieving team.

This role requires:

Desirable knowledge or experience

Sound interesting?

We’d love to hear from you. Please submit your resume and cover letter via link provided, by 24th January 2025. We welcome and thank all applications, however due to the anticipated volume of submissions, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organization. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy, PSEAH policy and Code of Conduct.

At Save the Children, we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society – in ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs – and reflects the communities we work in. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making Save the Children a great place to work.