Addis Ababa
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Procurement and Contracting Specialist GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement ‘#086/2023’ GIZ Country Office  The Procurement unit at the GIZ Country office Ethiopia and Djibouti is looking to expand with an additional team member. As a member of our team, the successful candidate will be positioned within the Customs clearance unit. The main focus is on supporting the portfolio, as well as international staff, with international import/export of goods, vehicles and personal belongings. The position also offers the successful candidate a possibility to engage in a very diverse environment of contract conclusion (Procurement of Goods, Services, Finaning Contracts, Construction Contracts etc) and acts as an advisor to the GIZ projects. Responsibilities and Duties  The Procurement and Contracting Specialist performs and ensures the following tasks: Procurement/Contract servicesadvise clients and performs CO process steps for international procurement processes. gets familiar and holding basic knowledge on local procurement processes of any kind. advises and performs CO processes for service contracts, financing contracts and other forms of contracts Administrative servicesadvise GIZ Staff in question about customs issues relating to private goods and registration and insurance of private cars advise GIZ staff as regards outward journeys as part of the GIZ office’s service package customs declaration processes vehicle registration processesinforming projects and programmes on time about the status of procurement, vehicle and customs matters, particularly in the event of delays purchasing materials and equipment for the GIZ office and GIZ projects/programmes in accordance with GIZ PuR, monitoring of ship consignments, monitoring and clearing of goods, coordinates and organizes the collection of goods, prepares permits and payment requests, processing preclearance Vehicle registrationorganizes any registration, tax, GPS and insurance for project and private vehicles and in cooperation with the client. documents completed registrations and monitors the status of vehicle registration (official and private vehicles) facilitates the return of numberplates to the relevant ministrynotifies responsible clients of the need for initial registration and insurance, and assists them in gathering the documents required, if necessaryprocesses accident insurance claims against local and German insurance companies in cooperation with Head Office