Technical Specialist (Oxygen Systems Support) # 127500, P-3, TA (364 days), Copenhagen, Denmark

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

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each little one, all over the place, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means quit.

 

For each little one, well being.

The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each little one, all over the place, in every part the group does — in applications, 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 little one has an unequal likelihood 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 meet their potential but in addition will result in sustained progress and stability of nations. For this reason the deal with fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in 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 growth of countries.

Earlier than the onset of COVID-19, UNICEF had been investing in direction of bettering oxygen entry in low- and middle-income nations (LMICs). COVID-19 additional uncovered the huge oxygen hole that had existed for a few years in LMICs, together with restricted oxygen infrastructure/manufacturing capability, hospitals ill-equipped for oxygen provision and the shortage of skilled human assets – each biomedical workers to put in and preserve oxygen gear in addition to clinicians to offer protected oxygen remedy for sufferers. Within the final three years, COVID-19 has put extra in depth stress on present medical oxygen provide chains that noticed an exponential improve in demand for therapeutic oxygen and associated provides.

With a purpose to reply to the pressing wants for therapeutic oxygen in nations, UNICEF launched into a programme of labor to assist nations strengthen their medical oxygen ecosystems by offering a financing facility for procurement of recent medical oxygen sources (i.e., oxygen vegetation, concentrators, liquid medical oxygen), making a centralized procurement service and offering technical assist and instruments to help nations with forecasting oxygen wants, web site readiness, set up and upkeep.

As a part of this effort, UNICEF Provide Division developed the Plant-in-a-Field (PIB), a bundled oxygen manufacturing answer aimed for swift deployment to nations with restricted oxygen manufacturing capability or these confronted with a sudden surge in demand for oxygen. UNICEF secured PIB options by way of long run preparations with main producers, and these had been made obtainable to nations for ordering by way of UNICEF’s procurement providers. Up to now, UNICEF has procured greater than 130 PIBs for 50 nations. Roughly 30% of those PIBs are put in and commissioned and delivering oxygen to the hospitals, and the remaining 70% are at varied phases of implementation. UNICEF additionally established LTAs with distributors for the availability of Plant Restore and Biomedical Engineering Providers to additional assist implementation of oxygen programs.

UNICEF now should speed up the implementation of PIBs with sturdy technical assist and steerage to nations, in addition to set up new LTAs for PIB options in addition to Biomedical Engineering Providers.

 

Strategic workplace context:

The place is positioned with the Oxygen Crew of the Medical Machine Unit (MDU) throughout the Well being Know-how Centre (HTC). The core operate of the MDU is to make sure that the Medical Machine product portfolio procured and provided by UNICEF is protected, fit-for-purpose and meets the required high quality requirements.

To reply to the elevated demand from nations and companions looking for oxygen remedy options, HTC established a specialised Oxygen crew throughout the MDU for the procurement of oxygen remedy provides and options. This crew gives technical and industrial experience for the procurement of the Plant-in-a-box options, in addition to native procurement of medical fuel pipeline programs and different essential biomedical engineering providers for the implementation of PIBs.

 

How are you going to make a distinction?

Beneath the supervision and normal steerage of the P3 Technical Specialist, the Technical Specialist, Oxygen Techniques Assist applies specialised product data to offer technical help within the following areas: international tenders for PSA vegetation and different services and products associated to oxygen remedy, assist to nations at present procuring and putting in oxygen PIBs, assist to nations utilizing the LTAs for PSA plant repairs and biomedical engineering providers (particularly providers to implement medical fuel pipeline programs to strengthen oxygen distribution networks).

 

You may be accountable for: 

 

Technical assist as PIB implementation Focal Level for a number of nations:

• Complete technical help, together with observe up on web site evaluation and preparation, web site readiness, set up and commissioning
• Common standing updates to the broader PIB crew on the progress of technical help, together with challenges and beneficial options for profitable PIB implementation within the designated nations.

 

Nation assist for native procurement authorization:

• Enter to phrases of reference/solicitation paperwork
• Evaluation of technical proposals (e.g. Medical Fuel Piping Design and/or implementation)

 

Technical assist to nations utilizing the LTAs for PSA plant repairs and biomedical providers, together with Medical Fuel Pipeline Techniques:

• Evaluation Phrases of References to be despatched to LTA holders for requesting a quote
• Responses to clarifications requested by LTA holders
• Evaluation technical proposals
• Evaluation of the deliverables submitted by the LTA holders

 

Technical assist for oxygen tenders (PIB 1.5, LTAs for Biomedical Engineering Providers, and probably others), involving the next duties:

• Technical specs assessment
• Responses to clarifications requested by bidders
• Technical analysis of affords
• Desk assessment and verification of high quality requirements and regulatory necessities
• Preparation of requests for clarification for bidders through the technical analysis

 

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you should have…

 

Training

• College diploma in engineering (Biomedical/Electrical/Chemical/Mechanical/Civil), drugs, logistics, public well being, enterprise administration or associated self-discipline.  Superior college diploma (Masters) is most well-liked.

 

Work Expertise

• Minimal 5 years {of professional} and related work expertise in medical units and/or oxygen supply programs (ideally vegetation particularly)
• Familiarity and expertise working in LMICs is taken into account a robust asset
• Fingers-on expertise in implementation of oxygen supply programs together with PSA vegetation is taken into account a robust asset
• Expertise in producing detailed technical specs, steerage and SOPs to be used and upkeep of medical units and/or oxygen programs is taken into account a robust asset
• Familiarity and expertise working in UNICEF or different UN businesses is taken into account an asset
• Skilled data and understanding of public procurement ideas is an asset

 

Languages

Fluency in English is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

 

For each Baby, you show…

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: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

 The core competencies required for this publish are:

• Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness
• Works Collaboratively with others
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships
• Innovates and Embraces Change
• Thinks and Acts Strategically
• Drive to attain impactful outcomes
• Manages ambiguity and complexity

 

Required Practical and Technical competencies:

 

Practical:

• Downside fixing oriented
• Capable of work in a multi-cultural setting and set up harmonious and efficient working relationships
• Sturdy communication expertise
• Confirmed capability to work with collaborative groups throughout totally different places and with totally different technical expertise

 

Technical:

• Sturdy technical understanding of oxygen supply gear and programs
• Excessive stage of technical writing experience
• Excessive stage of analytical expertise and a spotlight to element
• Data of MS Workplace Suite
• Data of the setting through which UNICEF operates (i.e., international well being sector)

 

In the course of 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 range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.

We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental go away, 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 goals 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. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and shall 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 offer extra data to conduct a background examine.  

 

Remarks:

UNICEF solely considers larger academic {qualifications} obtained from an establishment accredited/acknowledged within the World Larger Training Database (WHED), a listing up to date by the Worldwide Affiliation of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Instructional, Scientific and Cultural Group (UNESCO). The checklist may be accessed at: http://www.whed.net/

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station, which shall 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). Authorities workers which might be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance will not be obtained, or essential inoculation necessities are usually not met, inside an affordable interval for any purpose.

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