National consultant -for technical assistance to DoHS/MoHP to strengthen supply chain management for COVID 19 response, Kathmandu, Nepal

Consultant Medical & Health Programme & Policy

Overview

Provide technical support to strengthen supply chain for COVID-19 response

You have:

• Advanced university degree in Public Health, Engineering, International/Global Health, Supply Chain Management.
• At least 8 years of experience working in emergencies, capacity building, facilitating and managing supply and logistics.
• Experience working with Department of Health Services and Ministry of Health and Population is an asset.
• Fluency in English and local working language is essential.
• Demonstrates UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

Contract

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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, care

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical support to the DoHS/MoHP and its concerned divisions in strengthening the COVID 19 response supply chain. The consultant will support the management of supply and logistics of the COVID 19 response commodities. Since this requires very close coordination with the MoHP and its concerned divisions, a supply consultant is required to be positioned in the MoHP to be able to support the MoHP in delivering high impact supply chain services.

Specific Tasks:

a. Support in planning and forecasting of essential health supplies for COVID 19 response including

essential medicine and COVAX

b. Support inventory control, management and stock monitoring using manual and online system

c. Support ABC analysis of medicines and other commodities

d. Support in the preparation of regular demand and supply report

e. Support in the development of documents required for medicines and commodities including

COVAX and support in supply tendering

f. Support in eLMIS linkage to the dashboard supported by UNICEF to keep tract of supply and

distribution especially COVAX

g. Support DoHS/MoHP coordination with relevant partners for strengthening COVID 19 response

supplies

Duration of the Assignment:

The total duration of the assignment is for 11 months starting from 01 January 2021.

Deliverables for this Assignment:

Deliverables Delivery Date Proposed Fee ( Nepalese Rupee)Submission of ABC analysis report on Covid-19 commodities

and supplies

31 January 2021 Submission of Planning and forecasting on Covid-19 report31 March 2021 Submission of COvid-19 inventory management and

monitoring report

31 May 2021 Submission of regular demand and supply report on Covid-

19

31 July 2021 Submission of report on documents developed to support

management of Covid-19 supplies and supply tendering

30 Sept 2021 Submission of final report31 October 2021

Travel to field will be required under this assignment.

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

• Advanced university degree in Public Health, Engineering, International/Global Health, Supply Chain

  Management.

• At least 8-year experience of working in emergencies, capacity building, facilitation and managing

  supply and logistics. Experience of country supply chain mechanisms and working with range of

  supply actors. Working experience of Department of Health Services and Ministry of Health and

  Population is an asset.

• Fluency in English and local working language is essential

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.

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.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:

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

Kindly submit your financial quotation for this assignment along with your application. The quotation should be based on deliverables for this assignment.

UNICEF is not liable and the consultant/individual contractor is responsible for paying taxes incurred from the remuneration under this contract to the relevant government authorities following the Income Tax Act 2002 of Nepal.

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.

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