Cold Chain Logistics Specialist P3, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 119,065 USD and 155,906 USD.

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For every child, Vaccine

Background & Justification

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Cold Chain Logistics Specialist reports to the Deputy Representative Operations and will work closely with the Chief of Health and the Supply and Logistics Specialist and is responsible for the implementation and strengthening vaccine management, EPI supplies and cold chain systems. In collaboration with UNICEF’s Health and Nutrition Programme team, national partners on immunization service supply chain management, the incumbent will provide technical support in defining supply requirements for vaccines and cold chain equipment and accessories for programming.

Key function, accountabilities, and related duties/tasks

Under the general guidance of the supervisor, the incumbent will undertake the following specific tasks:

1. Information Management, Reporting and Monitoring

• Elaboration of the proposal required for the cold chain equipment optimization platform (CCEOP) application.
• Responsibility for the maintenance of the vaccine database, with regular updates of the vaccine stock management tool (SMT) and use of the visibility of vaccines (VIVA) platform.
• Meet reporting obligations by ensuring the timely completion and monitoring of the effective vaccine management assessment (EVMA) recommendations and implementation of Supply Chain Continuous Improvement Plans (SCIP). Provide relevant inputs for the preparation of donor reports as per requirements and set timelines.
• Monitor implementation rates of key performance indicators and supply information/data from various systems and conduct root cause analysis of vaccine management and supply chain bottlenecks and challenges, with a view to drive improvements and ensure efficient and effective supply chains for children.

2. Immunization Supply Chain Service Delivery and Systems Strengthening

• Based on the updated cold chain inventory of the country, the incumbent will perform cold chain gap analysis and support EPI and UNICEF teams to identify the cold chain expansion and replacement requirements.
• Outsource maintenance services of the cold chain equipment to companies.
• Support the development of the CCEOP Operational Deployment Plan (ODP) and the elaboration of the CCEOP proposal to be submitted to GAVI IRC
• Support trainings on Effective Vaccine Management to EPI staff and support the national EPI team and partners to implement Effective Vaccine Management Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) towards better performance across the supply chain standards
• Assist national logisticians to conduct temperature mapping for each cold room at central level using the WHO tool (protocol, training, data analysis).
• Assist the country in the elaboration and submission of the applications for the introduction of new vaccines.
• Provide technical advice and support to the immunization team to strengthen routine immunization supply chain management.
• Provide regular feedback on vaccine stock and cold chain management to UNICEF programme and operations teams.
• Put in place a functional PUSH system for the distribution of vaccines and consumables from central, regional depots to health structures.
• Put in place tools for monitoring the distribution of vaccines in central, regional depots and health structures
• Provide input to the immunization programme action planning and advice on supply requirements for Annual Work Plans.
• Ensure appropriate planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the immunization supply chain operations, including establishment of performance indicators, and assessment of fit for purpose of products and services.
• Develop an immunization supply & logistics strategy based on risk assessment analysis and programme assumptions.
• Establish strong working relations with regional office cold chain logistics specialist, as well as Supply Division, to align with global and regional approaches and initiatives in supply chain management.

3. Technical and Advisory Support to the Ministry of Health and National Systems

• Participate in coordination, implementation and monitoring meetings with internal and external partners and establish close collaboration with Country Supply and Logistics Unit.
• Promote and drive immunization supply chain strengthening and change management initiatives with the government and partners, to ensure efficient and effective supply chains for children.
• Advisory support to the Ministry of Health and national systems in defining and determining supply solutions for children, such as use of procurement services; supply financing solutions; local market development; private sector engagement

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

• University Degree in Business Administration, Management, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement, Contract/Commercial Law, Health or related social science field.
• Certification in refrigeration and air-conditioning systems and experience in managing Immunization supply chain is an asset.
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in immunization/cold chain supply, logistics, procurement, contracting, administration and/or other directly related technical fields is required. Understanding of development and humanitarian work. Emergency experience in a fragile Country. Health supply chain management experience is essential.
• Knowledge of developing the Health System Strengthening (HSS) and Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform (CCEOP) requests as well as implementing the CCEOP operation deployment plan (ODP).
• Knowledge in installation, repair and maintenance of cold chain equipment especially the solar direct drive (SDD), temperature mapping of cold rooms and forecasting for vaccines and EPI supplies is a must.
• Fluency in English and French is required. Knowledge of Portuguese is highly desired.

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…

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

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 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.