Logistician

Contract

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1**. Purpose of the Position**

In the context of WHO South Sudan’s COVID-19 Incident Management System (IMS), the incumbent will support the logistics team from the WHO Country Office and South Sudan Ministry of Health in all relevant operational, supply and logistics matters, including identifying needs and gaps, and guiding access to common logistics facilities at country level. The incumbent will facilitate logistic matters associated with shipments of goods and distribution of supplies related to the cOVID-19 pandemic and any other emergency.

2. Background

The mission of WHO’s Health Emergencies Program (WHE) is to help coordinate action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies.

3. Planned timeline

6-months

4. Work to be performed

Under supervision of the Operations Support and Logistics Lead, and in close collaboration with other Incident Management Team (IMT) members, other technical programs, and relevant partners, the incumbent will:

• Provide logistical support to the COVID-19 team
• Link with the Task Force Logistics group (Logistics Cluster, WFP, UNICEF, MAF, etc.)
• Coordinate with the WHO warehouse for COVID-19 related supplies in Juba and field offices
• Coordinate with Ministry of Health, other UN Agencies and implementing partners on requests and distribution of all COVID-19 and other relevant supplies
• Follow-up with procurement unit locally on COVID-19 orders and requests.
• Follow-up with Nairobi on Supply Portal orders and requests.
• Perform any other incident-specific related duties, as required by the WHO COVID-19 incident manager.

5. Education

• Essential****: A bachelor’s degree in public or business administration, logistic management, logistics. engineering, pharmacy or engineering from an accredited/recognized institute.
• Desirable****: Professional certification/qualification in areas such as transport, distribution and supply chain management. Degree or training in information management systems and their application to logistic, transport or supply management and monitoring.

6. Experience

• Essential: At least 2 years’ experience in managing logistics operations and supply operations in international organizations/institutions, part of which in the field supporting emergency humanitarian operations.
• Desirable: Experience working with UN or INGOs in disease surveillance program in South Sudan. knowledge of import/export and customs administration

7. Other Skills (e.g. IT)

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

8. Competencies

• Communication and negotiation skills
• Strong command of English
• Teamwork skills
• Working under pressure

9. Technical Supervision

The incumbent will work under the supervision of:

First level supervisor

Timothy Orie Operations Support and Logistics Lead

oriet@who.int

Second level supervisor

COVID-19 incident manager Sacha BOOTSMA

bootsmas@who.int

10. Language requirements:

Good knowledge English. Knowledge of Arabic and local languages is an asset.

11. Place of assignment

Juba

12. Medical clearance

The selected candidate will be expected to provide a medical certificate of fitness for work.

13. Travel

Possible travel to the field when required.

Additional Information (For HR use only):

• This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
• A written test may be used as a form of screening.
• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
• Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual.
• Staff members in other duty stations are encouraged to apply.
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• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
• WHO has a mobility policy which can be found at the following link: http://www.who.int/employment/en/. Candidates appointed to an international post with WHO are subject to mobility and may be assigned to any activity or duty station of the Organization throughout the world.
• Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.