Chief - Market, Supply and Financing Centre (MSFC), P-5, FT, Supply Division, Copenhagen, Denmark

Contract

This is a P-5 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 10 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 199,453 USD and 249,960 USD.

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, health.

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

UNICEF recognizes that closing gaps in progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals so that no child or community is left behind requires equitable access to essential supplies and services for all children, including those who live in countries with special development situations, such as landlocked countries and Small Island Developing States. In collaboration with industry, Governments and partners, UNICEF works to create a global public good for children through its global leadership in market influencing, strategic procurement, global logistics and last-mile delivery, innovative financing to expand government fiscal space, health system strengthening and product innovation.

Recognizing fragility as one of the most significant challenges to children’s rights, UNICEF will make systems strengthening to leave no one behind a priority strategy. This will entail strengthening the components, functioning, responsiveness and accountability of systems, by ensuring access to timely, quality essential services and supplies, without discrimination. Priorities will include strengthening primary health-care systems to reach more children and families, especially in fragile settings; building countries’ capacities to operate effective supply chains, including budgeting for preparedness to mitigate health-system shocks from emerging diseases; promoting a whole-of-society approach to pandemic and epidemic preparedness.

Strategic office context:

In 2020, UNICEF in collaboration with governments and partners, procured a record $4.4 billion in supplies and services for children, including $ 1.8 billion procured on behalf of governments and partners.

The Markets, Supplier Financing Centre (MSFC):

• Advances UNICEF’s market influencing agenda across the portfolio of programme and emergency supplies in order to fulfil UNICEF’s programmatic commitments by coordinating efforts within SD and external partners
• Influences global and local markets by breaking down the market barriers that currently inhibit access to essential and strategic supplies.
• Devises market shaping frameworks, policies and strategies based on rigorous market research and analyses.
• Increases market information transparency through the creation and curation of market intelligence.
• Designs and deploys targeted financing and special contracting structures to unlock improved market outcomes.
• Support procurement centres in developing strategies that promote diversification of sourcing with a focus on expansion of local production
• Facilitates access to capital for suppliers in programme countries.
• Represent the organization in ACT-A and other multi-partner forums related to market shaping, introduction and scaling new products, with the angle of sustainable access to life-saving supplies, with a special focus on pandemic and emergency response.

How can you make a difference?

Under the broad supervision of the Director, accountable for overall leadership, strategic and managerial guidance on positive influencing market dynamics and new initiatives. Accountable for coordination, and management of related activities across the division and the organisation. Works with external partners as well as industry. Ensure all phases of the work are consistent with the organization’s goals, strategy, and priorities.

You will be accountable for:

• Effective leadership and managerial guidance and coordination provided to ensure the achievement of goals.
• Manage a team of experts to develop strategies that drive UNICEF's work to positively influence key supply markets and improve and sustain access to essential supplies.
• Lead the development of and provide advice to management on commercial terms relating to improved market dynamics (eg, price, competition, etc.) including as an input to procurement strategies and special contracts for key products, with health products as a priority.
• Support internal and external work on Bridge Financing and other Innovative Financing mechanisms with the objective of helping improve operational timeliness and/or market dynamics.
• Perform commercial and market analysis for key markets, and lead internal review to inform strategic market shaping interventions.
• Participate in high level meetings and think-tanks on market dynamics issues including with suppliers and partners.
• Lead effective advocacy, communication and networking achieved through partnership and collaboration, publication, knowledge leadership and transparency of information on strategic market and products as a public good
• Lead engagement with key partners on market dynamic issues including the World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, GAVI, GFATM, UNITAID, MSF, US Fund for UNICEF, and others.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Education

• Advanced University Degree, preferably in Health Economics, Economics, Business, Health Financing or related field.

First University Degree with three additional relevant years of experience in market shaping may be considered in lieu of Advanced University Degree.

Work Experience

• Ten years of relevant professional work experience including with market shaping, procurement of strategic health commodities, health economics, and health care product categories relevant to UNICEF’s Strategic Plan
• Experience in market analysis, pricing and/or commercial issue relating to health products in public or private sector, as well as ability to work on quantitative analytic approaches in products and markets, with a proven track record of applying this to shape procurement strategies and inform decision making.

Languages

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

The core competencies required for this post are:

• Builds and maintains partnerships (III)
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (III)
• Drive to achieve results for impact (III)
• Innovates and embraces change (III)
• Thinks and acts strategically (III)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (III)
• Works collaboratively with others (III)
• Nurtures, leads and manages people (III)

The functional competencies required for this post are:

• Formulating Strategies and Concepts (III)
• Entrepreneurial Thinking (III)
• Relating and Networking (III)
• Persuading and Influencing (III)
• Apply Technical Experience (III)

*Technical Knowledge*****:

a) Specific Technical Knowledge Required;

• Market analysis
• Innovative Financing
• Key Health & Nutrition products

b) Common Technical Knowledge Required;

• Public procurement or private sector acquisition/business models

  c) Technical Knowledge to be Acquired/Enhanced:

• UNICEF Financial Rules & Regulations

• UNICEF Mid-Term Strategic Plan (MTSP)
• UNICEF supply and procurement strategies and policies
• UNICEF programmatic goals, visions, positions, policies and strategies.
• Knowledge of global human rights issues, specifically relating to children and women, and the current UNCEF position and approaches.
• UNICEF policies and strategy to address on national and international issues, particularly relating to conflicts, natural disasters, and recovery.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

UNICEF is committed to achieving gender balance at P5 level by end 2021 and will prioritize eligible and suitable female candidates. Nationals of programme countries are particularly encouraged to apply.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.