Logistics Assistant , GS-5, FT, Global Transport Centre, UNICEF Supply Division, Copenhagen #102961

UNICEF works in 190 international locations and territories to guard the rights of each youngster. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to enhance the lives of kids and their households. Defending youngsters’s rights all through their lives requires a worldwide presence, aiming to provide outcomes and perceive their results. UNICEF believes all youngsters have a proper to outlive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the advantage of a greater world.

For each youngster, dedication

UNICEF’s Provide Operate is dedicated to making sure equitable and inclusive entry to important provides and companies for each youngster. To assist the Provide Operate in reaching outcomes for each youngster and adolescent, eight strategic areas have been recognized and are key priorities: (in) emergency preparedness and response; (ii) strategic procurement and supply; (iii) market influencing and product innovation (iv) financing partnerships and options; (v) techniques strengthening; (vi) digitalization of the provision chain; (vii) strategic partnerships; and (viii) individuals and tradition. Lately, Provide Division has elevated Sustainability to a cross-cutting precedence, with the intention to additional make investments on this space. All methods observe a results-based strategy and reaching key outcomes and focused outputs can have vital affect on the UNICEF SP Objective and Outcome Areas. This publish is within the Service Supply Unit, within the International Transport Centre.

The Service Supply Unit inside GTC is answerable for the freight forwarding contracts, sea and air service relationships and in nation logistics. Whereas managing the contracts for UNICEF’s international Delivery and Freight Forwarding necessities, actions vary from efficiency administration, freight administration, freight calculation instruments and management of SD transport processes and procedures to make sure well timed and efficient supply of UNICEF provides.

The incumbent will help in monitoring actions associated to the worldwide freight forwarding contracts, information monitoring, charges administration, service collaboration to make sure well timed and cost-effective actions, and assist the end-to-end technique implementation with the general objective of assembly the wants and necessities of UNICEF assisted applications and Procurement Service prospects.

How are you going to make a distinction?

Below the overall supervision of the Delivery Specialist, set up, coordinate, and monitor actions associated to worldwide transportation of products to make sure well timed and cost-effective motion of provides to UNICEF-assisted applications and Procurement Service Clients. 

 

• Plan and execute outbound and inbound shipments, utilizing multimodal transportation (air, sea, street) from and to UNICEF warehouses, native hubs, and from suppliers in accordance with established procedures, guidelines and laws.
• Present recommendation to prospects concerning modal choice, most acceptable route to make sure financial and environment friendly transportation, considering time and temperature delicate, and unsafe nature of the products, price, transit time and safety.
• Work intently with UNICEF’s Contractors for Worldwide Transport Companies (Freight Forwarders) to make sure compliance with Phrases of the Settlement and UN Rules.
• Coordinate with contractors for worldwide transport companies and different stakeholders’ potential choices for consolidation of shipments, considering programme precedence, warehouse capability, buy order supply dates and particular requests from Subject places of work & Procurement Service Clients.
• Develop potential choices for optimized air cargo load plans for air charters and industrial flights.
• Take care of particular preparations for transporting delicate cargo, reminiscent of vaccines, prescribed drugs, harmful items, and medical provides, together with real-time monitoring of such shipments.
• Monitor ongoing shipments, anticipating issues and proactively taking preventive and corrective actions.
• Deal with routine questions and issues and preserve open communication with different UNICEF facilities/places of work all through the transport/supply cycle.
• Deal with transport incidents and coordinate concerned actors to make sure most mitigation of antagonistic results to all events.
• Help with the planning and coordination of complicated transport operations, involving emergency operations, giant cargo volumes, a number of shipments, and delicate cargo.
• Acquiring, checking, and getting ready transport documentation (reminiscent of, invoices, hazmat declarations, cert of origin, cert of conformity, and many others.) to satisfy customs necessities, packing specs, and compliance with different international locations’ laws and monetary regimes.
• Use IT techniques to handle and monitor cargo standing, supply occasions, transportation budgets, and different transport-related information.
• Preserve communication and management by way of all phases of the transportation, together with submitting of transport data, and the technology of routine and statistical stories.
• Preserve international consignee grasp file by way of related additions, deletions, and modifications.
• Carry out different associated duties as required.

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have…

Necessities:

 

• Completion of secondary schooling, a technical or vocational certificates in logistics & transport, freight forwarding, or associated subject.
• 5 years of expertise in worldwide transportation utilizing a number of modes of transport (air, sea, street), cargo operations, industrial freight forwarding, Information of provide chain, logistics and/or freight forwarding companies.
• Proficiency within the Microsoft Suite of Merchandise (together with Microsoft 365 applications and apps).
• Fluency in English.
• Legitimate work allow and residency in Denmark on the time of submitting the appliance. Observe that the chosen candidate is answerable for acquiring any required extension of their residency allow as an extension can’t be depending on an employment with UNICEF.

Desirables: 

 

• Expertise working with ERPs
• Proficiency in one other UN language (Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese language, Arabic).
• Superior expertise in information dealing with and reporting (information of PowerBI or different enterprise intelligence purposes a bonus)
• Expertise in contract administration or comparable
• Information in Transport Administration Methods and EDI integrations
• Information of Sustainable logistic resolution

For each Baby, you show…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAs) and our core competencies as follows:

Core competencies expertise

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness
• Drive to realize outcomes for affect
• Innovates and embraces change
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Works collaboratively with others

To view our competency framework, please click on here

 

UNICEF is dedicated to range and inclusion inside its workforce, and encourages all candidates, no matter gender, nationality, non secular and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals dwelling with disabilities, to use to develop into part of the group.

 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict youngster safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can subsequently bear rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply further data to conduct a background verify.

UNICEF is dedicated to range and inclusion inside its workforce and encourages certified feminine and male candidates from all nationwide, non secular and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals dwelling with disabilities, to use to develop into part of our organisation.

Remarks:

The cut-off date of this place is 22 November 2023.

Please notice that we could make the most of the applicant pool for this place to determine candidates for comparable upcoming vacancies on the identical degree and inside the identical useful space.

 

Please be told that every one purposes to UNICEF are dealt with by way of UNICEF’s on-line recruiting system. You possibly can apply to the above place by creating your profile, and utility at our web site: https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/itemizing/

Kindly notice that every one purposes must be in English and that purposes outdoors of the web recruiting system won’t be accepted. Kindly additionally notice that range and gender steadiness are elements within the choice course of.

NB:

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Appointments might also be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Authorities staff which can be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is just not obtained, or needed inoculation necessities are usually not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any motive.

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