Shipping and Logistics Specialist (COVAX), P-3, Transport Centre (TC), UNICEF Supply Division

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 134,294 USD and 175,847 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 Shipping & Logistics Specialist role is to manage the coordination of logistics arrangements and shipping operations for supply of covid-19 vaccines and other commodities. The incumbent will assist in the development and execution of end-to-end transport activities (from manufacturer to recipient countries) inclusive of tracking delivery of vaccine shipments including insurance and reporting requirements.

1. Coordinate and implement UNICEF logistics strategy for international transportation for Covid-19 vaccines.

2. Manages and coordinates deliveries with manufacturers, logistics service providers, global freight forwarders, receiving countries and other relevant stakeholders to enable adequate logistics set-up for vaccine transportation, including contractual logistics arrangements, support the Covid-19 logistics coordination cell and monitoring systems, etc.

3. Manage Covid-19 vaccine logistics operations specifically with regards to COVAX related operations and supervises any positions as assigned to the Covid-19 vaccine logistics operation.

4. Ensures all shipping activities and procurement of shipping services are in compliance with the UNICEF Financial Rules and Regulations, Supply Manual, and all other applicable shipping and procurement procedures.

5. Reviews material and freight specifications and requirements with Technical and QA Centres to ensure completeness and appropriateness.

6. Monitor and report of deliveries of vaccines and other supplies.

7. In partnership with Quality Assurance (QA), monitor the Vaccine Arrival Reports, vaccine quality complaints and logistical issues.

8. Establishes work plans and priorities, monitors achievements and evaluates performance of support staff.

9. Any other duties or assignments as requested by the supervisor.

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

A completed Advanced university degree (Master’s Degree) in business, project management, supply chain management, transportation, logistics or international commerce or related field is required.

*A first level university degree (Bachelor's) in a relevant technical field (as identified above), in conjunction with seven years of relevant work experience in supply, logistics, procurement, contracting, Transport, administration and/or other directly-related technical field, may be taken in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in transport or supply chain management is required.
• At least three years at an international level is required.
• Experience in managing logistically complex medium to large-scale projects is required.
• Experience in commercial activities with the public or private sector in developing and industrialized countries is required.
• Experience in managing vaccines and pharma logistics is preferred.

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:

• Applying Technical Expertise (Level 2)
• Leading and Supervising (Level 2)
• Deciding and Initiating (Level 2)
• Planning and Organizing (Level 2)
• Following Instructions and Procedures (Level 2)

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.