American Embassy Kigali ,Warehouseman Job Vacancies in Rwanda

Mission
Rwanda

Vacancy
Announcement No. 16-15 An Equal Opportunity Employer

Open
To:                                        
All Interested Candidates

Position:                                        
Warehouseman

Location:                                       
U.S. Embassy, Kigali

Opening
Date:                            
February 26, 2015

Closing
Date:                       
       
March 12, 2015

Work
Hours:                                
Full time, 40 hours per week

Basic Annual
Salary: *Ordinarily Resident (OR) RWF 2,564,556 (FSN-2); *Not-Ordinarily
Resident (NOR): USD 20,419 (FP-CC) Final step to be determined by Washington

The Embassy of the
United States of America in Kigali is recruiting for the position of Warehouseman. The
position is available to start immediately.

BASIC
FUNCTION OF POSITION

The position
performs various unskilled labor tasks including, but not limited to moving
furniture, and light-to-heavy objects, cleaning of warehouse and embassy
residences during make-readies, washing vehicles utilized by the Warehouse
staff, and setting up tents and other warehouse equipment.

A copy of the
complete position description listing all duties and responsibilities is
available in the Human Resources Office. (KigaliHRRecruitment@state.gov)

QUALIFICATIONS

All applicants MUST
address each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive
information supporting each item.

1. Completion
   of primary school is required.
2. Minimum
   six months of experience as unskilled laborer.
3. Kinyarwanda
   level III and English level II (speaking, reading, and writing) is
   required.*
1. Must
   have an understanding of basic receiving and warehouse techniques to
   prevent injury to people or damage to property. Must know the location of
   various supply items and be able to recognize them by sight and oral
   descriptions.
2. Must
   be able to lift 50lbs (approx. 25 kg.) *Qualifications will be tested.

SELECTION
PROCESS

When equally
qualified, U.S. Citizen Eligible Family Members (USEFMs) and U.S. Veterans will
be given preference. Therefore, it is essential that in the application the
candidate fully address the required qualifications above.

ADDITIONAL
SELECTION CRITERIA

1. 1.     
   Management
   will consider nepotism/conflict of interest, budget, and residency status
   in determining successful candidacy.
2. Current
   employees serving a probationary period are not eligible to apply.
3. Current
   Ordinarily Resident employees with an Overall Summary Rating of Needs
   Improvement or Unsatisfactory on their most recent Employee Performance
   Report are not eligible to apply.
4. Currently
   employed U.S. Citizen EFMs who hold a Family Member Appointment (FMA) are
   ineligible to apply for advertised positions within the first 90 calendar
   days of their employment.
5. Currently
   employed NORs hired under a Personal Services Agreement (PSA) are
   ineligible to apply for advertised positions within the first 90 calendar
   days of their employment unless currently hired into a position with a
   When Actually Employed (WAE) work schedule.

TO APPLY

Interested
candidates for this position must submit the following for consideration of the
application:

1. Universal
   Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff or Family Member
   (DS-174) is available at
   http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/136408.pdf
2. Candidates
   who claim U.S. Veterans preference must provide a copy of their Form
   DD-214 with their application. Candidates who claim conditional U.S.
   Veterans preference must submit documentation confirming eligibility for a
   conditional preference in hiring with their application. 

3. Any other
documentation (e.g., essays, certificates, awards) that addresses the
qualification requirements of the position as listed above.

SUBMIT
APPLICATION BY HAND TO:

Human Resources
Office,

Attn. Leandre
Niyonsenga

(PLEASE INDICATE VA
16-15, Warehouseman) American Embassy HR Office

2657 Avenue de la
Gendarmerie

Kigali, Rwanda

B.P. 28 Kigali

OR BY EMAIL
TO:

KigaliHRRecruitment@state.gov

(Please include
in the subject line): VA 16-15; Warehouseman

Point of
Contact

Leandre Niyonsenga,
HRS, Ext.: 2807

CLOSING DATE
FOR THIS POSITION 03/12/2015

An Equal Opportunity
Employer
The US Mission in Kigali provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable
treatment in employment to all people
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age disability,
political affiliation, marital status, or
sexual orientation. The Department of State also strives to achieve equal
employment opportunity in all personnel
operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs. The EEO complaint
procedure is not available to
individuals who believe they have been denied equal opportunity based upon
marital status or political affiliation.
Individuals with such complaints should avail themselves of the appropriate
grievance procedures, remedies for
prohibited personnel practices, and/or courts for relief.

PLEASE SHARE
WITH FAMILY MEMBERSAppendix
A

DEFINITIONS

1. Eligible Family Member (EFM):
An individual related to a U.S. Government employee in one of the following
ways:

• Spouse
  or same-sex domestic partner (as defined in 3 FAM 1610);
• Child,
  who is unmarried and under 21 years of age or, regardless of age, is
  incapable of self-support. The term shall include, in addition to natural
  offspring, stepchildren and adopted children and those under legal
  guardianship of the employee or the spouse when such children are
  expected to be under such legal guardianship until they reach 21 years of
  age and when dependent upon and normally residing with the guardian;
• Parent
  (including stepparents and legally adoptive parents) of the employee or
  of the
  spouse, when such parent is at least 51 percent dependent on the employee
  for support;
• Sister
  or brother (including stepsisters and stepbrothers, or adoptive sisters
  or brothers) of the employee, or of the spouse, when such sibling is at
  least 51 percent dependent on the employee for support, unmarried, and
  under 21 years of age, or regardless of age, incapable of self-support.

2. U.S. Citizen Eligible Family
Member (USEFM): For purposes of receiving a preference in
hiring for a qualified position, an EFM who meets the following criteria:

• U.S.
  Citizen; and,
• EFM
  (see above) at least 18 years old; and,
• Listed
  on the travel orders of a direct-hire Foreign, Civil, or uniformed
  service member assigned to or stationed abroad with a USG agency that is
  under COM authority, or at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan;
  and either:

1. Resides
   at the sponsoring employee’s or uniformed service member’s post of
   assignment abroad or at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan; or
2. Resides
   at an Involuntary Separate Maintenance Allowance (ISMA) location
   authorized under 3 FAM 3232.2.
3. 3.   
   Appointment Eligible Family Member (AEFM): EFM
   (see above) eligible for a Family Member Appointment for purposes of
   Mission employment:

• Is a
  U.S. citizen; and
• Spouse
  or same-sex domestic partner (as defined in 3 FAM 1610) or a child
  of the sponsoring employee who is unmarried and at least 18 years old;
  and
• Is
  listed on the travel orders or approved Form OF-126, Foreign
  Service Residence and Dependency Report, of a sponsoring employee, i.e.,
  a direct-hire Foreign Service, Civil Service, or uniformed service member
  who is permanently assigned to or stationed abroad at a U.S. mission, or
  at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), and who is under
  chief of mission authority; and
• Is
  residing at the sponsoring employee’s post of assignment abroad or, as
  appropriate, office of the American Institute in Taiwan.
• Does
  not receive a Foreign Service or Civil Service annuity

4. Member of Household (MOH):
An individual who accompanies a direct-hire Foreign, Civil, or uniformed
service member permanently assigned or stationed at a U.S. Foreign Service post
or establishment abroad, or at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan.
An MOH is:

• Not an
  EFM; and,
• Not on
  the travel orders of the sponsoring employee; and,
• Has
  been officially declared by the sponsoring USG employee to the COM as
  part of his/her household.

A MOH is under COM
authority and may include a parent, unmarried partner, other relative or adult
child who falls outside the Department’s current legal and statutory definition
of family member. A MOH does not have to be a U.S. Citizen.

5. Not Ordinarily Resident (NOR)
– An individual who:

• Is not
  a citizen of the host country; and,
• Does
  not ordinarily reside (OR,
  see below) in the host country; and,
• Is not
  subject to host country employment and tax laws; and,
• Has a
  U.S. Social Security Number (SSN).

NOR employees are
compensated under a GS or FS salary schedule, not under the LCP.

6. Ordinarily Resident (OR)
– A Foreign National or U.S. citizen who:

• Is
  locally resident; and,
• Has
  legal, permanent resident status within the host country; and,
• Is
  subject to host country employment and tax laws.

EFMs without U.S.
Social Security Numbers are also OR. All OR employees, including U.S. citizens,
are compensated in accordance with the Local Compensation Plan (LCP).

Drafted:
OKrunic
Cleared:
VDrilling
Cleared:
RSrinivasan
Approved:
MJRatcliffe
Distribution:
All Agencies
(STATE, USAID,
DAO, PC, CDC)