Logistics Officer (Cold Chain) (COVAX), P-2, Transport Centre (TC), UNICEF Supply Division

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 103,732 USD and 140,894 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, Deliver

Supplies are essential to fulfil children’s rights. Supporting child survival and development programmes around the world, UNICEF-procured supplies are critical in providing for children’s health, education and protecting them from abuse, exploitation, and neglect.

UNICEF procures and supplies over 5,000 products to address the needs of children.

In 2017, UNICEF procured $3.46 billion worth of supplies and services from all over the world, ensuring high quality and good value through fair and open procurement.

As well as supporting UNICEF’s ongoing programmatic activities, the Supply function provides rapid supply response to emergencies.

UNICEF also procures and supplies essential commodities on behalf of governments and other partners in their efforts. These procurement services can also include in-country logistics, capacity building, and project management.

Ensuring the global availability of essential supplies through influencing markets for lifesaving commodities such as vaccines, essential medicines and health products, and implementing a range of supply chain models to ensure these supplies are delivered to children, are two overarching focuses.

How can you make a difference?

Supply Division’s (SD) key priorities for 2018-2021 are providing timely and effective service delivery, including for emergencies, programmes and procurement services partners, creating healthy markets and sustainable national supply chain systems, and providing supply financing solutions. To support and accelerate the achievement of results, the SD Office Management Plan (OMP) contains strategies on the Science of Delivery, Products & Markets, Services, Humanitarian Development Continuum, National System Strengthening, Financing and Domestic Resource Mobilization, Monitoring, the Supply Community, Optimizing UNICEF Supply, and Strengthening Organizational Excellence. All strategies follow a results-based approach and achieving key results and targeted outputs will have significant impact on the UNICEF Strategic Plan Goal and Result Areas.

This post administratively reports to the Chief Transport Centre, P5 #86093 but works under the operational oversight of the COVAX Logistics Manager.

You will be accountable for:

Under the general guidance of the Chief Transport Centre and the COVAX Logistics Manager, the Logistics Officer (Cold Chain) will be primarily responsible for the management of temperature-controlled shipments of Covid-19 vaccines and other vaccines globally. The Cold Chain Logistics Officer will also ensure correct technical setup with vaccine manufacturers, logistics service providers and global freight forwarders to ensure shipment execution as defined by UNICEF quality standards, in compliance with regulatory requirements. In addition, this individual will lead investigations with logistics service providers and global freight forwarders to implement corrective actions when process failures occur.

1. Partners with UNICEF logistics delivery teams, manufacturing plants, receiving operations, logistics service providers, global freight forwarders and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products are shipped and handled in a compliant and efficient manner according to all regulations and UNICEF quality standards.

2. Supports in investigation in-transit temperature deviations and in quality control personnel with quality assessments to expedite product release. Assessment may be based on temperature logger data, temperature-controlled trailer readings or other available evidence of product temperature during transportation.

3. Supports in investigation in-transit temperature deviations and related issues with logistics service providers and global freight forwarders to improve temperature control on transportation lanes based on root cause analysis and the implementation of CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) to prevent reoccurrence.

4. Assists in leading inspections and audits of transportation facilities to ensure compliance with UNICEF procedures and relevant pharmaceutical regulation.

5. Co-leads regular operations review meetings with regional and global suppliers, in cooperation with logistics delivery leads, to drive temperature-control compliance in storage and distribution.

6. Co-responsible for designing and executing change management strategies for projects and transactional activities, as defined by UNICEF standard operating procedures.

7. Contributes in developing documentation, such as standard operating procedures and technical guidelines, on the transportation and handling of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products for use by operations teams and other stakeholders.

8. Provides training to operations teams and other stakeholders on the transportation and handling of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products.

Any other duties or assignments as requested by the supervisor.

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

Education

A completed University degree (Bachelor’s or higher) in business, project management, supply chain management, transportation, logistics or international commerce or related field is required.

Work Experience

• A minimum two (2) years of professional experience in pharma transport or supply chain management is required.
• Experience and knowledge of the pharmaceutical environment, preferably in supply chain management.
• Experience of writing technical and other documentation, such as standard operating procedures, for use by operations teams and other stakeholders.
• Experience of developing and running training programs and seminars for technical and non-technical personnel.
• Experience of shipping pharmaceutical products that must be stored at -70°C is an advantage.

Languages

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

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

Core Competencies:

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

Functional competencies:

• Analyzing (Level 2)
• Applying Technical Expertise (Level 2)
• Planning and Organizing (Level 2)

Technical Skills:

• Experience in collaborating with transportation service providers to improve temperature control on transportation lanes based on root cause analysis and the implementation of CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) to prevent reoccurrence.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in the global transportation of temperature-controlled products
• Experience of shipping pharmaceutical products in challenging environments with limited cold-chain infrastructure is an advantage.
• A knowledge of temperature-controlled packaging solutions (passive and active) and packaging qualification for pharmaceutical products is an advantage.
• A knowledge of regulatory requirements for the transportation and storage of pharmaceutical products is an advantage.
• Proficiency with common computer programs, such as Microsoft Office.

View our competency framework at:

https://www.unicef.org/careers/media/1041/file/UNICEF%27s_Competency_Framework.pdf

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 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:

• This vacancy announcement is open to all candidates (internal and external).
• UNICEF 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 at: http://www.whed.net/
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.