NO/FIN/18/10/2024 National Office – Procurement Officer needed at Legal Aid South Africa

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• To provide support services to ensure the most efficient, effective and economical procurement, while ensuring compliance with Basic Employment Equity (BEE) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) requirements.
• Procure goods and services as required.
• Create and generate purchase requisitions/orders/goods received notes (GRN).
• Assist with the tendering process.
• Ensure that all assets and risks are adequately insured.
• Manage insurance claims.
• Assist with travel bookings and managing the travel account.
• Manage transversal contracts.
• Arrange for courier services.
• Responsible for stationery/consumables.
• Assess the correctness of requests in respect of deviations, variations of contracts and use of consultants.
• Manage registers for deviations, variations of contracts, condonations, procurement less than R1,000,000.00.
• All other SCM functions.

COMPETENCIES (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ATTRIBUTES) REQUIRED

• National Senior/Matric certificate.
• A Degree/Diploma in finance or supply chain management.
• Two-three (2-3) years of relevant work experience within a procurement/financial environment, preferably public sector.
• Experience in eLAA, Syspro and Excel is strongly recommended.
• A sophisticated collaborative style is advantageous, together with good communication skills.