SMALLHOLDER FARMERS FERTILIZER REVOLVING FUND OF MALAWI (SFFRFM)

Position: Logistics Clerk

Department: Logistics

Grade: F8

Location: SFFRFM regional offices in Chirimba (Blantyre), Kanengo (Lilongwe) and Luwinga (Mzuzu).

Reporting to: Logistics Supervisor

Responsible for: N/A

The Smallholder Farmers Fertilizer Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) was established in 1988 as a Trust under the Trustees Incorporation Act (Cap. 5:03) to procure, store, distribute and sell fertilizer to smallholder farmers across the country. The primary mandate of the Fund is to ensure that smallholder farmers have continuous access to affordable fertilizer at all times.

To effectively deliver on this mandate, the Fund is now inviting applications from suitably qualified and motivated candidates of Malawian origin to fill the following vacant positions:

LOGISTICS CLERK

Purpose of the Job

The Logistics Clerk is responsible for accurately recording and maintaining all revenue in SFFRFM.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

1. Assisting in checking all tally sheet entries in the warehouse and ensuring that the standard weights are within the acceptable range
2. Maintaining accurate and up to date opening and closing stock records in the warehouse on daily basis
3. Maintaining stock availability at all times at the main depot and all satellite depots
4. Carrying out depot inspection and cash collection and ensuring that that deposits are made at the nearest bank
5. Compiling weekly stock reconciliation reports
6. Management of depot assets.

Qualifications and Work Experience

The ideal candidate must have:

1. Advanced diploma in Logistics Management, Business Administration, Agriculture or Commerce from a reputable and a NCHE accredited university
2. Plus an MSCE with a credit in Mathematics and English
3. With three (5) years Warehouse and distribution experience.

Additional skills and abilities

1. Planning, coordination and negotiation skills
2. Ability to work under minimal supervision
3. Self-confident and strong networking skills
4. Self-starter, team player and people management skills
5. Ability to communicate effectively
6. Knowledge of ICT
7. Good knowledge of agricultural marketing, logistics and warehousing
8. Good knowledge of Malawi Government’s agricultural marketing policies and strategies, especially as they relate to the smallholder agriculture sub sector
9. Strong analytical skills
10. Strong Business Acumen
11. Numerate and capable of planning and supervising agricultural marketing production data gathering and analysis and interpret trends as well as recommend policy interventions
12. Clear understanding of the business and legal environment of the industry
13. Excellent oral and written communication skills
14. Exercising high degree of integrity, accountability and ownership in the performance of his/her duties
15. Be self-starter, effective team player and demonstrated verifiable result-oriented track record.

How to apply

Qualified and interested individuals should submit applications and detailed curriculum vitae with copies of certificates indicating their current postal and email addresses, telephone numbers and names of three (3) traceable referees in sealed envelopes clearly marking the position applying for not later than 16:00 hours Monday 16th November, 2026 to:

The Director of Human Resources and Administration

Smallholder Farmers Fertilizer Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM)

ULIMI House

P.O. Box 2505

BLANTYRE.

Or email: vacancies@sffrfm.org

Only shortlisted applicants will be acknowledged.

source: www.sffrfm.org