Compras Assistant, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Compras Assistant, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Country: Guatemala
City: Guatemala City
Office: FAO Guatemala City, Guatemala

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Shopping Assistant

Job announcement : 12/Jun/2025

Publication cancellation request : 26/Jun/2025, 21:59:00

Organizational Unit: FLGUA – FAO Representation in Guatemala

Type of post : Temporal work

Type of Request: NPP (National Project Personnel)

Grade Level: N/A

Main location : Guatemala-Guatemala City

Durability: 12 months (with the possibility of extension, including a 3-month service period)

Position Number: N/A

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The FAO sought that there was a diversity of genes, geography and linguistics between its personnel and its international consultants, in order to expect the best possible management at the Estados Miembros de la Organización in all regions.

The FAO is compromised with the history of diversity in its work based on gender, nationality, origin and culture.
Se alienta a las mujeres, los nacionales de Estados Miembros insuficientemente or no representados y las personas con discapacidades que posean las qualifications necesarias a presentar su solicitudes.
All people who work for FAO must fulfill the standards of integrity and professional conduct more strictly and defend the values ​​of FAO.
The FAO, as a specialized organism of the United Nations, applies a policy of tolerance of incompatible conduct with its status, its objects and its mandate, in particular sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual acoso, abuse of authority and discrimination.
All selected candidates are subject to rigorous reference and antecedent qualifications.
All requests are treated with the strictest confidentiality.
Organizational Mark

The Organization of National Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) and the Government of Guatemala subscribe to the National Program for the Country (MPP) 2022 – 2025, in addition, define the national priorities that the FAO will address through actions at the national level in the ambito of our respective strategic brands. These priorities hold as an object to guarantee the comparative data of the FAO to contribute to the consecución of the metas stablecidas en instruments de politica de Estado como el Plan Nacional de Desarrollo K’atún Nuestra Guatemala 2032 (CONADUR-SEGEPLAN, 2014), las Prioridades Nacionales de Desarrollo (SEGEPLAN, 2016), La Política General de Gobierno 2020-2024, así como al Marco de Cooperación de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo Sustenible de Guatemala y la Agenda 2030. El proyecto “Medios de vida resilientes de pequeños agricultores vulnerable en los paisajes mayas y el Corredor Seco Guatemala” -RELIVE- implemented alongside the Gobierno institutions of Guatemala, like its: MARN, MAGA, INAB and INSIVUMEH, based on the financing of the Green Climate Fund and the co-financial of the Agencia de Cooperación International de Corea (KOICA). This project will forge the average life of five thousand small producers in 29 municipalities in the departments of Petén, Chiquimula, Alta and Baja Verapaz, and avoid the emission of 1 million tons of CO2 in the neighborhood of six years, equivalent to 8% of the meta that Guatemala has compromised before the Climate Change Convention for 2030. The project will be implemented and will generate three key results:

Critical production systems are resilient to climate and improved farmers, ensuring food safety and adapting to life’s lifestyles;
The water resources at the level of the microcuencas are managed in a sustainable manner and are restored to the landscapes to guarantee a stable supply of water for agriculture under the conditions of sequía induced by the climatic change.
Local and national institutions adopt climate change adaptation mechanisms and have a strong capacity to apply them.
Jerarchical Dependence

The Sales Assistant is under the direct supervision of the National Operations Specialist with the guidance of the Assistant Representative (Program).

Specialization Camp

Appointed in administrative management responsible for the acquisition of goods and services, developing comparative documents, requirements, purchase orders, contributions, participating in sales committees, among others.

Tasks and responsibilities

Llevar a cabo the processes of acquisition of goods and services in compliance with the standards of the FAO manuals.
Review the approved requirements in the GRMS system and verify the completion of the respective annexes.
Prepare four comparisons with a minimum of 3 contributions
Please follow the instructions provided to guarantee the receipt of requested invitations to participate in the process of purchasing goods and services.
Notify officially of the award of goods and/or services to the participating providers, as well as to the directors of the award.
Guarantee the adequate supply of goods or services.
Participate as secretary(a) in the Local Compras Committee.
Issue purchase orders for each purchase process based on 3 submissions or solicitations, and following approval.
Carry out the integration process with the Acuerdo GRMS Cartas and carry out the corresponding framework for the contract of the organizations providing services for the Acuerdo Cartas by FAO Guatemala.
Update approved purchase orders; as well as the sequence of the details of the receipt of the cards for possible modifications.

Professional university in economic sciences and related areas
Five years of relevant experience in the area of ​​sales and contracting of goods and services.
Practical knowledge of the Spanish language
Nationality of Guatemala.
Fundamental Competencies of FAO

Please note the results
Teamwork
Communication
Establishment of effective relationships
Interchange of knowledge and improvement continues
Technical/functional skills

Effective management of computer programs, use of Microsoft Office, (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)
Skilled in the elaboration and editing of periodicals.
Selection criteria

Available for intermediate English language recognition (Level B)
Capacity to establish inter-institutional relations with the public, private, cooperation and civil society sectors
Prior experience working in international cooperation organizations, available in the United Nations System
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The FAO does not know what to do with the contracting process (solicitud, interview, communication).
Requests received upon receipt of the request from the request submission site will not be accepted.
The information that the FAO only considers the titles or academic credentials obtained in a teaching institution included in the Base of world data on higher education, which is a list maintained by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/UNESCO. The list can be viewed at: www.whed.net/
For further information visit the FAO website for employment: http://www.fao.org/employment/home/es/.
Please note that all candidates must adhere to the values ​​of the Organization of Compromise with FAO, respecting all of them and their integrity and transparency .

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

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