Contract

This is a P-2 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 2 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 87,702 USD and 119,122 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. Therefore, 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.

How can you make a difference?

You will work closely with the Expanded Programme on Immunization to build staff capacity in logistics and vaccine management through innovative and effective strategies, with the aim of leaving no one behind and improving immunization coverage.

Under the supervision of health specialist, you will:

• Lead on UNICEF country office’s support on COVID-19 vaccine cold chain / logistics and in-country supply chain readiness and support the implementation of supply chain related activities in WCAR as an active member of the Supply chain, logistics and vaccine forecasting working group and through national immunization COVID-19 Vaccine National Committee.
• Coordinate the National Supply / Cold Chain Logistics, in collaboration with all relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the supply of both Vaccine and Device Supply chain / Cold chain / In-country logistics readiness and implementation activities.
• Share regular COVID-19 vaccine supply and logistics activities updates including progress, challenges and recommendations with the CO team and WCARO team within Health/Immunization and Supply Management.
• Ensure that all supply chain challenges, and risks are shared with the management and adequate solutions are timely implemented.

Your main responsibilities will be:

We seek a strong self-motivated Immunization logistic officer who can work with and across diverse teams, represent UNICEF in the Supply Chain, Logistics and Vaccine Forecasting Working Groups of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Readiness and Delivery, which main responsibility is to ensure the rapid delivery of vaccine and associated supplies/equipment.

• Responsible for facilitating the rapid delivery of vaccine and associated supplies/equipment at national level and the deployment to vaccination centers / target groups.
• Conduct a supply chain assessment to identify the strengths and weaknesses to adequately store, deploy the vaccine and dispose the waste considering to the specific of cold chain complexity.
• Enhance national awareness and readiness on the COVID-19 vaccine deployment and the required supply chain and logistics interventions
• Contribute to develop an implementation & monitoring framework to guide COVID-19 vaccine National Committee on supply chain / cold chain and logistics matters and ensure close monitoring of the planning and the implementation phases
• Prepare the country for the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines and rapid delivery to the central vaccine store/Hub
• Prepare the country for the arrival and rapid delivery of any bundled cold-chain equipment and devices
• Support the modelling / conception of deployment strategy from central level to the periphery, identify and fulfil the supply chain gaps
• Update guidance and tools (incl. waste collection and treatment) to support the adequate implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination strategy
• Support the country to ensure a close supervision and monitoring of supply chain and logistics interventions.
• Identify and document enabling factors, challenges and lessons learnt from the vaccine deployment activities

Description of assignment

The key sets of tasks are outlined below. The immunization logistic office should prepare a detailed action plan to ensure that different elements are moving forward consistently. Some solutions may need iteration as feedback is gathered following implementation.

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

• A University Degree in one or more of the following areas: Supply Chain Management, Cold chain / Logistics or equivalent.
• Minimum of two years of progressively responsible relevant work experience in Immunization logistics and Supply Chain management in a developing country is required.
• Experience working in the UN system agency or organization is an asset. Familiarity with emergency response is an asset.

• Fluency in written and spoken Spanish, French and/or English is required with professional proficiency level.

• Demonstrated experience in communication, knowledge management or document management

• Good written and communication skills.
• Excellent working with people skills.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. 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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable are encouraged to apply.

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

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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