Individual Consultancy: Sustainable Procurement Consultant, Vaccine Centre, UNICEF Supply Division, Home-based, 90 days within 5 months

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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

How can you make a difference?

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

UNICEF Supply Division, Vaccine Unit, procures vaccines and ancillary equipment to low- and middle-income countries globally. To support further development and implementation of sustainability actions in line with the UNICEF Supply Division Strategic Plan and Theory of Change, a Vaccine Centre (VC) specific strategy and execution plan will be developed. This work will be carried out in close collaboration with the Vaccine Centre sustainability leads and Supply Division sustainability focal points.

In support of procurement sustainability in VC, expertise in strategy development and project management is required. Experience addressing environmental, social and economic sustainability is recommended. Experience with sustainability implementation by/in (Pharma/Health Tech) industry is desirable.

Scope of Work:

The Vaccine Centre Sustainability Consultant will provide a consolidated view of information available and relevant to global vaccine procurement sustainability to inform development of a short and long-term strategy. The consultant will work closely with sustainability focal points to determine appropriate goals for the Centre around environmental, social and economic sustainability. Activities will be identified which expect to elicit greatest impact while maintaining overall health of a portfolio.

Activities and deliverables:

• Landscape analysis
  • Review global, United Nations and Supply Division sustainability resources.
  • Document strategic objectives and indicators relevant to vaccine procurement
  • Summarize social, environmental and economic sustainability data sources relevant to vaccines, including but not limited to products and manufacturing.
• Vaccine manufacture sustainability
  • Determine specific sustainability requests that should be included in tenders for manufacturer input. Where feasible include lessons learned from pharma industry and/or sustainability leaders in the manufacturing industry, e.g. via consultation.
  • Outline the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with tender decisions that may be based on sustainability metrics.
  • Work with VC colleagues to propose SD actions that will drive sustainability improvements while maintaining overall market health.
• VC Sustainability Strategy development
  • Draft a Vaccine Centre (VC) sustainability strategy, including short and long-term objectives and activities that align with SD Procurement Goals and SDGs.
  • Work with Strategic Partnerships and Knowledge Management Center (SPKC) and implementing Centres (procurement and operational) to define how Vaccine Centre sustainability activities can be measured and monitored. Develop a monitoring and evaluation framework.
• Information exchange and database logic flow
  • Integrate sustainability information into existing Vaccine Centre data systems.
  • Determine what information, if any, needs to link to the SD Sustainability knowledge portal.
• Internal collaboration
  • Liaise with Supply Division sustainability focal points that touch on vaccines, e.g. supply chain, devices, transport to map sustainability initiatives and linkages to the Vaccine Centre.
  • Develop a plan for cross-Centre collaboration.
• Action plan
  • Support the drafting of specific Sustainability project proposals that will be required to meet the strategic objectives.
  • Outline milestones, human resource requirements, budget and activities timeline.
• Help prepare presentations, proposals and/or recommendations to key stakeholders, as needed.

Payment based on deliverables (daily rate X workdays/deliverable), on certification of the Hiring Manager.

Work Assignment Overview

Tasks/Milestone 1: Landscape analysis

Deliverables/Outputs: Report

Timeline: Dec’22 – Jan ‘23

Tasks/Milestone 2: Vaccine manufacture sustainability

Deliverables/Outputs: Report

Timeline:Jan – March’23

Tasks/Milestone 3: VC Sustainability Strategy development

Deliverables/Outputs: Report

Timeline: Feb – April ‘23

Tasks/Milestone 4:Information exchange and database logic flow & Cross-Centre collaboration plan

Deliverables/Outputs: (sub)reports

Timeline: Dec ’22 – April ’23

Tasks/Milestone 5:VC sustainability procurement strategy & action plan

Deliverables/Outputs: Final Report & communication materials

Timeline: April ’23

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in global health, environmental science, procurement or related field is preferred. *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.

• Professional Experience: - Minimum five - ten years of relevant professional work experience in the following areas: project management and data analytics, strategy development (required), public health and pharmaceutical/vaccines industry (desired) (20) - Experience in supply chain, planning and implementing climate change, environmental and sustainability initiatives is desirable. (10) - Experience consolidating information across multiple resources, developing and evaluating quantitative models, and developing meaningful insights and recommendations based on the data (10) - Advanced ppt skills and ability to draft impactful materials for senior stakeholders with quick turnaround (15)

  Other Skills and Qualifications (10): - Ability to proactively capture information from multiple sources, engaged across an organization, and synthesize data into a framework for drawing insights, - Organized, self-motivated, excellent problem solver. - Knowledge of the environment in which UNICEF and the UN system operate -Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.

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

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

Core competencies skills 1. Drive to achieve results for impact 2. Innovates and embraces change 3. Thinks and acts strategically 4. Manages ambiguity and complexity 5. Works collaboratively with others 6. Build and maintain partnerships 7. Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

EVALUATION PROCESS:

Qualified candidates/companies are requested to submit:

1. Cover letter/proposal
2. Financial quote at a daily rate in US Dollars including all taxes
3. Highest Education Degree (scanned copy)
4. UN P11
5. Examples of previous, relevant work
6. At least 3 References from previous direct Supervisors ( email and phone contact if applicable)

Applications must be submitted through the UNICEF electronic application system by 20 November (23:55 CET). Please indicate your availability and daily rate to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a daily rate will not be considered.

UNICEF considers best value for money as a criteria for evaluating potential candidates. As a general principle, the fees payable to a consultant or individual contractor follow the “best value for money” principle, i.e., achieving the desired outcome at the lowest possible fee. Please note that consultants and individual contractors are responsible for assuming costs for obtaining visas and travel insurance.

Applications that meet minimum requirements will be assessed by the following breakdown: 70% Technical Proposal / 30% Financial Proposal.

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.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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 be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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:

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

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.