Location: UK (London-based 2-3 days per week)
Working Style: Hybrid
Salary: £41,365 – £50,664 per annum + benefits
Role Purpose:
The Supply Chain specialist will manage and secure the procurement and timely supply of Sexual and Reproductive Health Commodities on behalf of IPPF Member Associations (MA), including those affected by humanitarian crises. They will ensure that processing and operations administration is done in line with applicable internal and external standards and guidelines. They will lead on ensuring that applicable standards and guidelines are accurate and up to date. They will also represent the Supply Chain team in relevant humanitarian workgroups and platforms ensuring accurate and effective flow of information and communication between internal and external stakeholders.
Context of Role:
IPPF has started implementation of its renewed 6-year Strategy (2023-2028), which is focused around 4 pillars (Center care on people, Move the sexuality agenda, Solidarity for change and Nurture the federation). This strategy will ensure the Federation is well-positioned to respond with agility to the needs of women, girls, and all the people it serves. The supply chain team is an internal service delivery provider to MA’s and projects in the Federation focusing on delivering against the 1st pillar of the strategy, thus ensuring that IPPF MA’s timely receive their commodities to be able to execute their SRH services under different routes to market.
The Supply Chain Specialist is expected to closely work together with the MA’s and the regional Architects of Cooperation to ensure quantifications, procurements and supplies are done in line with the client requirements whilst meeting all applicable standards.
The Supply Chain team is continuously developing its framework of standardised processes, resulting in the internal dissemination of supply chain best practices to contribute to the target of widened access under the first pillar of the 6-year strategy. The Supply Chain Specialist will support the team in the development of this framework by providing feedback from their operational experiences. They will lead in the establishment of valuable networks for IPPFs humanitarian responses by agreeing and maintaining contracts with key partners, as well as leading in the development of a framework of humanitarian supply chain processes and policies.
About IPPF
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global sexual and reproductive health service provider and one of the leading advocates for universal access to sexual, reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all. We are a worldwide movement of 149 national organizations working with and for communities and individuals and, together, have delivered more than 1 billion cumulative services over the last 6 years.
We are now looking for people to join us and make our Come Together–Strategy 2028, a reality. Revolutionising IPPF, placing it in a stronger position to support SRHR for those who are left out, locked out or left behind. Come Together commits IPPF to shaping laws, policies and norms through feminist action and international solidarity; and to strengthen the federation adding new drive for real and lasting impact.
Action is urgent. We have delivered. We have stood for justice and equality. We commit to more daring and feminist action that secures choices about our bodies, sexual lives, and well-being. Everyone should enjoy a pleasure-filled and healthy sex life and a life free from violence, shame or criminalisation. We know love is love. And we come together in support of women, youth, and people who are marginalised and excluded. Through the care we deliver, the actions we take, and the solidarity we foster.
- IPPF is an equal-opportunity employer. As a leading global human rights organization focused on equality, empowerment, ending discrimination, and poverty eradication, we internally reflect social justice principles. We, as IPPF, strongly oppose racism in all its forms and resolutely go for a cultural change that will shift the existing imbalances in power and process.
- We are a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, intergenerational and diverse work environment. Applications are particularly encouraged from women, people living with HIV, people living with disability and people with diverse SOGIESC.
- IPPF is committed to the safety and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults and our safer recruitment and selection procedures reflect this commitment. We expect all employees, volunteers, contractors and partners to share this commitment, and anyone employed by IPPF agrees to sign up to our Code of Conduct and Safeguarding (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Policy.