Supply Chain Specialist (Governance & Partner Collaboration), P-3, Fixed Term, Post#96130, Copenhagen, Denmark

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each youngster, in every single place, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each youngster, Love.

Strategic Workplace Context and Objective for the Job

The elemental mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each youngster, in every single place, in the whole lot the group does — in packages, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing probably the most deprived and excluded kids and households, interprets this dedication to kids’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness implies that all kids have a possibility to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any youngster has an unequal probability in life — in its social, political, financial, civic, and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There may be rising proof that investing within the well being, training, and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all kids the chance to satisfy their potential but additionally will result in sustained development and stability of nations. That is why the concentrate on fairness is so very important. It accelerates progress in the direction of realizing the human rights of all kids, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Conference on the Rights of the Baby, whereas additionally supporting the equitable improvement of countries.

Strategic workplace context:

Strengthening the capability of UNICEF, governments, and different companions in designing, implementing, and monitoring resilient and sustainable provide chains is important in reaching equitable entry to lifesaving provides for youngsters, their households, and communities. As a part of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, UNICEF stays a dependable companion in supporting governments and companions to enhance their provide chains even in complicated fragile, and humanitarian contexts.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability of worldwide, regional, and nationwide provide chains to shocks and disruptions, and emphasised the necessity to spend money on stronger and extra resilient provide chain programs which can be agile sufficient to fulfill growing demand for important merchandise, vaccines, and providers. These shocks had been evident throughout many provide chains, with international immunization programmes seeing a drop in protection charges adopted by a protracted stagnation as immunization providers couldn’t be successfully delivered. There may be consensus on the significance and want to make sure nations have uninterrupted entry to vaccines and medical provides for which sturdy provide chains and associated processes are crucial. The coordination of inputs, actions and investments throughout provide chain stakeholders will be complicated in nations as many gamers present help in a number of areas which might result in duplication or sub-optimal use of assets. It’s due to this fact crucial that native coordinating our bodies are sturdy sufficient to play a coordination function successfully to make sure that provide chains ship provides the place they’re wanted.

Efficient in-country coordination and governance are important in making certain that nations are at all times able to obtain, customs clear, retailer, distribute and administer vaccines to focus on populations at service supply factors. The availability chain disruptions attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic additional emphasised the necessity for structured and efficient coordination mechanisms at nation stage to make sure that product availability and providers are maintained. Because the drive to go away nobody behind with immunization (and different major healthcare commodities) continues, strengthening of in-country coordination mechanisms by means of the management of Nationwide Logistics Working Teams (NLWGs) and Sub-Nationwide Logistics Working Teams (SNLWGs) stay crucial as new vaccines are launched, and chilly chain capability upgrades initiated. These coordination mechanisms have a crucial function in making certain that these provide chain interventions and investments aren’t duplicated however are as a substitute coordinated optimally to make sure provide chain efficiency and equitable distribution of the well being merchandise at nationwide and sub-national ranges. (S)NLWGs play a key function in figuring out useful resource wants in a complete method together with enabling the coordinated supply of technical help and capability constructing programmes.

UNICEF and different companions contribute to the efficiency of (S)NLWGs by taking part in advisory roles as key members of the NLWGs which generally comprise of the federal government, well being, and logistics professionals. UNICEF additionally offers technical help to the (S)NLWG management by means of capability constructing and technical help help. Extra importantly, UNICEF maintains illustration in working teams at nationwide and sub-national stage the place it offers the mandatory technical help together with identification and communication of upstream and downstream operational issues that want consideration, making certain the continued supply of provides to the final mile.

This place will proceed UNICEF’s efforts in strengthening in-country coordination mechanisms and technical working teams together with (S)NLWGs in nations. The incumbent can be key in making certain the equipping, capability constructing and strengthening of (S)NLWGs by.

1. Bettering nation capacities to formulate and replace immunization-related insurance policies, methods, drive improvements, and investments for international and nation programmatic influence.
2. Catalyzing set-up of recent and re-establishment of non-functional Nationwide and Sub-Nationwide Logistics Working Group (S)NLWGs)
3. Strengthening provide chain governance by bettering (S)NLWGs’ workforce (technical, management/administration and strategic), operational, strategic and institutional capabilities together with provide chain efficiency monitoring and acceptable response.
4. Rising authorities and companion use of information and different provide chain features’ programs to allow larger coordination to drive resolution making throughout key processes.

How will you make a distinction?

Underneath the supervision and steering of the Provide Chain Supervisor – Techniques Design & Innovation in SCSC, and carefully working with Well being Specialist Programme Group the incumbent will work in shut collaboration with the related UNICEF Provide Division Centres, Programme Group, Those who Ship (PtD) and different stakeholders to make sure the strengthening of in nation coordination mechanisms and (S)NLWGs as outlined above.

Abstract of key features/accountabilities:

• Utilizing findings from studying wants evaluation, Efficient Vaccine Administration (EVM) Assessments, Maturity Mannequin Assessments and so forth., and in coordination with iSC2 companions and UNICEF leads, contribute to the design and implementation of workforce improvement (corresponding to capability constructing interventions, professionalization initiatives, mentorship programmes, and so forth.) throughout end-to-end provide chain features together with (not restricted to) inventory administration, information management towers, forecasting and provide planning, in-country distribution, Chilly Chain Tools (CCE) efficiency monitoring, decommissioning and upkeep, adoption of digital analytics instruments and growing digital dexterity capabilities and so forth.
• As a part of the Steady Enchancment Plans (cIPs) and in coordination with related in-country companions (together with (S)NLWG members), contribute to improvement/updating and dissemination of a ‘starter pack’ to enhance the performance and institutionalize the setup and governance of NLWGs and SNLWGs by means of Nation Workplace Focal Factors. This can result in strengthened in-country companion coordination, useful resource mobilization, programme and funding alignment.
• Improvement and sharing of multi-country proof on NLWG/SNLWG-led provide chain interventions and sharing of experiences of collaboration with in-country ISC coordination and administration.
• In coordination with totally different international and regional companions (corresponding to ISC2, CoP, Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Community (VPPN), IAPHL, and Technet-21), group of studying and improvement actions on information use and information analytics, smooth abilities, digital dexterity, management and administration, forecasting, chilly chain stock evaluation, upkeep amongst different precedence areas of studying and improvement.
• Representing UNICEF within the Gavi Immunization Provide Chain Committee (iSC2)/BMGF conferences and different comparable boards to report progress and advance the group pursuits, affect/form the worldwide/regional agenda and align priorities and assets with different improvement companions to realize collective influence.
• Undertake lessons-learned critiques on profitable and unsuccessful deployment practices and expertise on the international stage, and guarantee they’re shared as acceptable to enhance system strengthening M&E operate.
• Guarantee collaboration and coordination of inputs throughout related SD centres and PG.
• Performing different ad-hoc provide chain strengthening associated actions as required or some other duties as requested by the supervisor.

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

Training:

• A accomplished Superior College Diploma (Grasp’s Diploma) in one of many a number of areas of Public Well being, Human Assets, Enterprise Administration, Logistics, Provide Chain Administration, Operations Analysis, Economics, Public Coverage, Engineering, Management, or different associated fields is required. A bachelor’s diploma mixed with a minimal of seven years of related work expertise can be thought of in lieu of the above.

Expertise:

• Minimal 5 years’ expertise in Organizational Improvement, Logistics/Provide Chain Administration, Worldwide Improvement ideally with sturdy expertise in Studying and Improvement, Capability Constructing or Human Useful resource Administration with no less than 4 years being in growing nations is required. Expertise in public well being provide chains in growing nations is taken into account an asset.
• Confirmed conceptual understanding of public well being provide chains together with immunization provide chains/programmes.
• Confirmed expertise working in public well being provide chains in LMICs particularly in capability improvement is a definite benefit.
• An excellent understanding of coordination mechanisms in nation significantly technical working teams or different coordinating our bodies 
• Sturdy sensible expertise producing and sharing of multi-country proof, enabling nation to nation exchanges, and facilitating collaboration amongst numerous stakeholders at international and nation stage.
• Creating, making use of/disseminating/ globally developed instruments, strategies, and coaching supplies to help NLWGs enhance their resolution making and native coordination efforts to enhance   provide chains significantly round information administration and demand planning. 
• Confirmed expertise working with growing nation governments is required. 
• Expertise in humanitarian help and improvement packages, and a mixture of area and regional or headquarters postings are advantageous. 
• Expertise working with UN companies, or some other worldwide group is a bonus. 

Language:

Fluency in English is required. Fluency in French is a definite benefit. 

Working information of one other UN language is advantageous. 

For each Baby, you reveal…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin the whole lot we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to realize outcomes for influence (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

Through the recruitment course of, we check candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges: competency framework here.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should mirror the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.
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 is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all kids. 

Remarks:

UNICEF’s lively dedication in the direction of variety and inclusion is crucial to ship the most effective outcomes for youngsters. For this place, all eligible and appropriate are inspired to use.

Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which can be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Do you have to be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. In any other case, the choice can be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will bear rigorous reference and background checks and can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply further info to conduct a background examine.

Authorities staff which can be thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the proper to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance will not be obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose.

Solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.