Intern Procurement at Pathfinder — May 2026

Intern Procurement at Pathfinder — May 2026

Intern Procurement

Dar es-Salaam —

Job Purpose

A highly organized and proactive individual who is responsible for providing daily procurement support ensuring a smooth functioning of our country office procurement operations. A Procurement intern under supervision of a Procurement officer will be responsible to obtain pricing quotes, invoices, and delivery details. His or her responsibilities will also include generating purchase orders, processing invoices, and delivering as well as maintaining procurement records. He or she will often be involved in procurement process improvement and ensuring cost effectiveness.

Key Performance Areas

Major Activities / Responsibilities

Procurement Process

• Track requests from the Procurement plan shared by users and be pro-active to remind users to work on submission of their requests timely
• Generating purchase orders
• Track purchases and making sure deliveries are done in time
• Timely submission of invoices to finance
• Timely resolving of invoices with issues in order to pay suppliers on time
• Provide timely feedback to internal stakeholders and suppliers
• Provide Tender awards and rejection notification to suppliers
• All purchases should be negotiated to achieve value for money (savings)

Documents Maintenance

• Filing of procurement physical documents
• Receiving and archiving samples submitted by vendors

Internal Relationship building and Procurement Compliance

• Communicate / train stakeholders and raise awareness and understanding on the procurement policy specifically on the need of creating smart Purchasing requisition and get them approved before making purchasing enquiries to Procurement

Minimum Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Procurement and Supplies chain management or related field.

Competencies/Attributes:

Minimally Required Job-Specific Competencies:

• Purchase of Commodities: Foundational knowledge of the purchase of commodities, computer hardware and software, materials equipment, services and/or supplies.
• Procurement Process: Advanced knowledge of the procurement process.
• PC Applications: Foundational knowledge of purchasing applications.
• Vendor Relations Management: Ability to maintain relationships with vendors

Minimally Required Organizational Competencies:

• Languages: Proven ability to use local language and English language.
• Software Applications: Foundational knowledge of using MS Office software, including MS Word and MS Outlook.
• Communication: Advanced oral and written communication skills
• Customer Service: Advanced customer service skills.
• Proven ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and multi-task with minimal supervision.
• Self-Management and Teamwork: Ability to work independently or as a member of the team, ability to be detailed-oriented, and ability to manage stress effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Other Information:

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Pathfinder International provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regards to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all conditions of employment. Including recruiting hiring placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Safeguarding and Protection

Pathfinder is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the people we serve and our staff. We have zero tolerance foe any type of behavior that inflicts harm on children, young people, adults, our staff, and partners including sexual abuse, harassment, bullying, and exploitation. We do everything possible to ensure that we recruit only those whoa are suitable to work with for us and expect everyone we hire will abide by our safeguarding and related policies and will report and suspected or known violations. This job id subject to a range of vetting checks as legally permitted in the country where they are being hired.

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