Supply & Logistics Officer, (NOA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia #126705 (Opens for Malaysians only)

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived youngsters. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each youngster, all over the place, every single day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each youngster, hope

Along with the Malaysian authorities and others who’re really keen about youngster rights, UNICEF works in Malaysia to make sure each youngster has the chance to develop wholesome and blissful; reside safely; and obtain their full potential.

With the Conference on the Rights of the Baby, the Sustainable Growth Targets, and the twelfth Malaysia plan as our guides, we endeavor to vary minds, change insurance policies, and in flip change the lives of all youngsters in Malaysia.

https://www.unicef.org/malaysia/

How will you make a distinction?

The Provide and Logistic Officer experiences to the Head of Operations or Provide and Logistics Supervisor/Specialist as per the Nation Workplace set-up for supervision and steering. The Provide and Logistics officer supplies technical and operational assist as per the Nation Workplace (CO) set-up, and is answerable for managing the provision chains of a small sized nation workplace, or parts of the provision chains of a bigger provide operation. The availability chain operations embrace planning, procurement, contracting, customs clearance, warehousing, in nation transport and distribution, in addition to monitoring of provides, companies and building works. The incumbent helps administration collaboration with programmes in defining provide interventions to fulfill programmatic wants and obtain outcomes for youngsters, and supplies technical and advisory assist to governments, nationwide techniques and companions on provide chain administration.

Abstract of key features/accountabilities:
1. Supervision of provide group
2. Provide Chain service supply and emergency response
3. Collaboration with programme and implementing companions
4. Technical, advisory assist to authorities/nationwide techniques
5. Innovation, merchandise and markets
 
1. Supervision of the provision group
  • Preparation of the annual work plan for the Provide group; help in figuring out priorities/targets and efficiency measurements and monitoring work progress to make sure that outcomes are achieved in line with schedule and efficiency requirements.
  • Supervise and coach group members, guarantee well timed efficiency administration of employees. In collaboration with Provide Division, Regional Workplace and the worldwide provide group, guarantee data sharing and studying is prioritized with a purpose to repeatedly construct capability of people and the group.
  • In session with supervisor, guarantee institution and upkeep of operational capability to deal with CO provide chains, together with staffing (acceptable staffing construction, well timed recruitment, readability of roles and tasks) and contracting of third social gathering companies if relevant (e.g. customs clearance, warehousing, transport, distribution)
2. Provide chain service supply and emergency response
  • In session with supervisor, present enter to the Nation Programme Motion Planning and recommendation on Provide necessities for the Plan of Operations and Annual Work Plans. Take part within the planning, implementation, monitoring and analysis of the provision chain operations, together with institution of efficiency indicators, and evaluation of match for goal of services.
  • Monitor and assessment provide spend and draft procurement methods primarily based on class administration with a purpose to give attention to strategic, important provides and companies that contribute to outcomes for youngsters, and assist the institution of long run agreements (LTAs) the place related. Keep highest degree of integrity, moral requirements and accountability within the procurement of products, contracting of companies and building work.
  • Monitor progress of offshore and/or regional procurement and take motion to make sure well timed customs clearance of provides getting into the nation. Keep acceptable warehousing, stock administration and in-country transport in assist of the nation programme implementation. Hold stakeholders/companions knowledgeable on the progress. Implement acceptable vendor administration practices e.g. provide efficiency evaluations.
  • Analyze provide dashboards, implementation charges of key efficiency indicators and provide info/knowledge from varied techniques and conduct root trigger evaluation of provide chain bottlenecks and challenges, with a view to drive enhancements and guarantee environment friendly and efficient provide chains for youngsters.
  • Take part within the growth of an emergency provide & logistics technique primarily based on threat evaluation evaluation and Programme assumptions. Guarantee an emergency provide and logistics preparedness motion plan for the CO is established according to Core Commitments for Youngsters in Humanitarian Motion (CCC), and carried out (institution of related LTAs and body agreements for emergency response, prepositioning of inventory, and coaching of employees within the nation workplace).
  • Construct robust working relations with Regional Chiefs of Provide/Regional Chief of Operations, in addition to Provide Division, to align with international and regional approaches and initiatives in provide chain administration.
3. Collaboration with programme and implementing companions
  • In collaboration with supervisor, develop shut collaboration with programme sections by means of involvement in programme design, planning, and preparation for implementation of provide elements in addition to monitoring and analysis. Set up accountability framework with programmes, for supply of outcomes for youngsters.
  • Put together provide documentation to facilitate enter to donor dialogue, and assist growth of provide elements of proposals to donors together with budgeting and use of modern financing mechanisms for provides, companies and building works.
  • Help evaluation of and collaboration with implementing companions together with civil society, institution of Programme Cooperation Agreements (PCAs), and monitoring of provide elements below Harmonized Strategy to Money Transfers (HACT).
  • Take part in occasions/conferences that construct partnerships and collaborative relations with Authorities, UN organizations and bilateral counterparts in provide and logistics actions together with harmonized and collaborative procurement.
4. Technical and advisory assist to authorities/nationwide techniques
  • Present enter to selling of provide chain strengthening and alter administration initiatives with governments and companions, to make sure environment friendly and efficient provide chains for youngsters.
  • Present enter to capability growth initiatives within the space of provide chains for youngsters, in shut collaboration with supervisor and programme colleagues. Help provide elements of well being techniques strengthening as could be related within the nation context.
  • Put together related provide experiences to facilitate advisory assist to Governments/nationwide techniques in defining and figuring out provide options for youngsters, reminiscent of use of procurement companies; provide financing options; native market growth; non-public sector engagement.
5. Innovation, merchandise and markets
  • Contribute to pilots and assist the precise roll-out of recent services, in shut collaboration with supervisor and Provide Division.
  • Help initiatives for promote vital pondering, modern approaches and good practices on provide chain administration throughout the group in addition to with externals to make sure efficient and environment friendly provide chains for youngsters.
  • Additional to evaluation of provide spend and associated procurement methods, assist initiatives to make sure native market growth the place related.

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you’ll have…

  • A college diploma is required in Enterprise Administration, Administration, Economics, Provide Chain Administration, Logistics, Procurement, Contract/Industrial Regulation, Worldwide Growth, Well being or associated social science area.
  • A minimal of 1 (1) yr of related skilled expertise on the nationwide and worldwide ranges, in provide, logistics, procurement,
    contracting, administration and/or different directly-related technical fields is required.
  • Understanding of growth and humanitarian work.
  • Emergency expertise a bonus.
  • Well being provide chain administration expertise a bonus.
  • Fluency in English is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or an area language is an asset.

Expertise

  • Good analytical ability and negotiating expertise.
  • Capacity to obviously and concisely specific concepts and ideas in written and oral type.
  • Capacity to handle and monitor the efficient use of monetary and materials sources.
  • Capacity to work in a multicultural surroundings and set up harmonious working relationships, each inside and outdoors the organisation.
  • Quick learner, adapts and responds to vary, tolerates ambiguity.
  • Fundamental data of newest developments and expertise in provide chain administration.
  • Fundamental understanding of provide chain processes, from programme wants evaluation, by means of planning, procurement and contracting, logistics and supply, monitoring and analysis.
  • Fundamental data and understanding of UNICEF programmes, public procurement ideas, monetary and authorized points of provide chain points, ethics and threat administration of provide chain operations.

For each Baby, you exhibit…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every part we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values
(https://www.unicef.org/careers/get-prepared#Values)

Click on here to be taught extra about UNICEF’s compensation, advantages and wellbeing. (https://www.unicef.org/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing)

Click on here to be taught extra about UNICEF’s wage scale & construction. (https://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/salaries_allowances/salaries/malaysia.htm)

Click on here to be taught extra about UNICEF’s job classes (GS/NO/IP). (https://www.unicef.org/careers/unicef-job-categories)

 

UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…

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

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

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should replicate the range of these youngsters. 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 every 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 youngsters. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra info to conduct a background examine.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s energetic dedication in direction of range and inclusion is vital to ship one of the best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate candidate are inspired to use.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which might be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Authorities staff which might be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the best to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or crucial inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an affordable interval for any purpose.

Solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.

Marketed: 03 Nov 2023 Singapore Normal Time
Deadline: 16 Nov 2023 Singapore Normal Time

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