Location:

Islamabad, Pakistan
Salary:

$3,544 / YEAR
Job type:

FULL_TIME
Posted:

3 months ago
Category:

Documentation and Information Management
Deadline:

17/09/2025

JOB DESCRIPTION

View Vacancy – Store Porter, Grade – S2, Islamabad

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow. The FCDO operates an agile workforce and to facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time, as we may reasonably require.

Job Category

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)

Job Subcategory

Estates

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Note: All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the complete online application form including the employment, educational details, behavioural and technical/ professional skills questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the application forms only with all the required details and the shortlisting is not basis CV/ cover letter. Forms that are incomplete in any respect will not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.

Main purpose of job:

We reserve the right to review, revise or amend the roles and responsibilities from time to time reflecting the changing needs of business.

The Store Porter is an important role within the British High Commission, Islamabad.

We are having accommodation & furnishing items, home electronic appliance, HVAC/Power plants parts and construction materials at our stores. As a Store Porter, you will have to do issuance/return on on daily basis. The main responsibilities of this position include daily store issuance/return & keep all office record in files like issuance/return with project wise, managing tracking systems and acting as a liaison to other departments. The successful candidate will offer recommendations to ensure ideal levels of inventory in the stores.

This is a store Porter role that involves regular basis doing issuance/return and receiving new deliveries ,loading/unloading. You will have to maintain office files with project wise. As a Store Porter , you should have a solid knowledge of Good Customer relationship. You will be responsible for keeping the FCDO’s health & safety standard in all the stores.

You will work in the Technical Works Group (TWG) office of the British High Commission. TWG provides facilities management covering all domestic and commercial services the British High Commission. We are looking for a team player who is a confident, hardworking, honest having strong stores skills. The successful applicant should also have office administrative skills.

Roles and responsibilities that a jobholder will be expected to achieve:

Store Issuance/Return – Project wise
Liaise with supervisors and sections for compiling demands
Suggest solutions for continuous improvements
Keeping records of incoming and outgoing items, and maintaining accurate stock levels
Storing the various stock items in the most appropriate fashion, i.e. binning and/or racking them by the best methods and placing them in such a way that any item or material in the store can be located quickly and easily when it is required
Ensuring, when necessary, that items issued from the stores are packed or packaged appropriately so that they will not be damaged or caused to deteriorate while in transit to their destinations
Ensuring the Quality Control procedure after receiving material from the vendors.
Loading/Unloading along material movement
Performing other duties as assigned by the Line manager
Should be able to read and write to receive material delivery from suppliers
Do the inventory on the bins in the warehouse.
Assisting the store team in auctioning

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

Essential on arrival:

Should be able to do basic calculation and read and write basic English and Urdu
Should be aware of Store and warehouse procedures.

Language Requirements:

Language: English & Urdu
Level of language required: Intermediary

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

Desirable:

Matriculation with 3 year Experience & certification in H&S of stores and warehousing
Knowledge of construction material used in construction of buildings
Driving

Required behaviours

Delivering at Pace, Managing a Quality Service, Working Together

Application deadline

17 September 2025

Grade

Type of Position

Full-time, Permanent

Working hours per week

Region

South Asia & Afghanistan

Country/Territory

Pakistan

Location (City)

Islamabad

Type of Post

British High Commission

Number of vacancies

Salary Currency

PKR

Salary

PKR 83,811 per month

Type of Salary

monthly

Start Date

2 September 2025

Other benefits and conditions of employment

For BHC candidates, the Country Based Staff BHC Terms & Conditions will apply.

For other than BHC candidates the basic salary will be PKR 83,811 per month. This salary is non-negotiable.

Please note that the current salaries are being dollarized and processed in USD (using a fixed corporate exchange rate from November 2022) to provide cushion against the current external market conditions. This is a temporary measure and is subject to review at regular intervals. The payroll will revert to local currency processing once the external market conditions are normalised.

BHC offers a great benefits package that comprises of Annual Domiciliary cover and Medical Insurance Scheme which includes PKR 1,500,000 floater coverage per family for self, one spouse/long term partner and children under the age of 19 or under 23, if in full-time education and not gainfully employed. The Annual Domiciliary cover for day-to-day medical payments is upto PKR 200,000 per family (basis actual bills submission).

Additionally, The British High Commission contributes to a retirement provision in the form of a mandatory provident fund.

FCDO operates an agile workforce. To facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require. The BHC is recognised as a good employer, with a robust, fair and transparent performance management & appraisal system linked to increments and staff bonuses. We have a 5-day working week, plus annual leave, public holidays, maternity leave provision, special leave, paid sick leave provision; ample development opportunities, travel opportunities, a good organisational culture, and excellent work/life balance.

No relocation or any other related costs or assistance will be provided. FCDO does not pay for any travelling, accommodation & relocation expenses incurred and/or accept any financial risk, including cancellation or reschedule costs.

Around half of our work forces are women. We treat people with respect and equality and have a policy of zero tolerance for any form of discrimination, bullying, or harassment.

This is a good opportunity to be part of a strong, diverse team, working in the biggest network that FCDO has anywhere across the globe. We are aiming to make it the best.

Additional information

Note: All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the complete online application form including the employment and educational details, motivational segment and the behaviour-based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the application forms only for all the required details. Forms that are incomplete in any respect will not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.

To Apply:
Please note applications without (a) and (b) will not be considered.

a) Complete the Online Application Form
b) Complete the Experience, Professional Skills and Behaviour based Segments in the Online Application Form

Please ensure that your application is authentically written based on your own experiences. If AI tools are used, their usage must only be limited to specific tasks such as ensuring formatting consistency and keyword relevance. The core content, personal narratives, and responses to behaviour and skill-based questions must genuinely reflect your professional journey, experiences, and achievements. We place great importance on originality and individual effort throughout the application process. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification

To ensure a successful application it is important that you explain how you demonstrate behaviours and technical / professional skills, basis your experience. You are strongly advised to read the Success Profiles – Civil Service Frameworks, which provides a detailed guidance on how these behaviours are defined for each position.

Applicants are encouraged to use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) technique to prepare specific examples of when and how you have demonstrated these behaviours in your application, by evidencing a structured response, including your skills and experiences. You briefly describe the situation in which you demonstrated the behaviour, and then explain your task in addressing the situation, what action you took and the result of this.

Internal candidates applying for this position must have completed their probation and have prior approval from their line manager, else the application will not be considered.

We will accept only online applications by 17 September 2025 (latest by 23:55 hours PST).

Please note that all the applicants will be required to strictly adhere to the security guidelines for British High Commission

Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount.

Applicants who do not have the required qualification & experience should kindly abstain from applying, as their applications will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, and no telephone enquires will be dealt with. Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 12 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate.

The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative & the appointment of successful candidate will be subject to clearance of police and other checks including references, educational and professional.

We welcome all applications irrespective of age, race, colour, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, Caste or creed. We are also open to applications from people who want to work flexibly.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements

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