Supply Chain Management Officer

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 102,418 USD and 134,109 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The mission of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme (The Programme) is to help countries, and to coordinator international action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Reporting to the Team Lead, under the overall guidance of the Incident Manager and Head of WHO Country Office, and within the delegated authorities, the incumbent is a team member within the OSL team and will be responsible to ensure a properly managed and operational requisition management and follow-up for the WHO emergency response at the incident site level. This involves ongoing contacts with all staff and responders to ensure that needs and requirements are identified. Assignments also require ongoing contacts with counterparts in the respective Regional office, HQ and Global Service Center. S/he will engage with other UN agencies, international partners and NGOs, to share experience and provide required support.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

During deployment, the duty station may change, and duties may be modified, based upon the technical needs of the Programme.

1. Provide timely, proactive and expert advice and support, to the Incident Management team and Head of WHO Country Office, on all supply matters in the context of the emergency response including coordination and communication with regional offices as required.

2. Manage the implementation of the supply management tools and systems, propose different options of an adapted Supply Chain Management strategy to the IMS Coordination team, as needed.

3. Ensure end-to-end follow-up of the requisitions placed for emergency response; develop and maintain an efficient and reliable tracking system.

4. Oversee effective and efficient warehouse management for WHO incident management.

5. Liaise with technical experts to ensure proper needs identification from stakeholders, and financial validation.

6. Coordinate with partners such as UNHRD to manage the emergency supply response (request management, stock level, shipment, etc.).

7. Design KPIs to monitor the supply operations efficiency.

8. Provide regular reporting on OSL emergency response supply activities.

9. Perform any other related incident-specific duties, as required by the functional supervisor.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education Qualifications

Essential: First university degree (Bachelor's degree) in development economics, business administration, logistics, engineering, supply chain management from an accredited/recognized institute.

Desirable: Training or knowledge of information management systems and their application to supply management and monitoring.

Experience

Essential: At least five years’ experience, at the national and international levels, in supply chain management, or supply logistics in a health care emergency response, or humanitarian response operations, or related area.

Desirable: Related experience with WHO, the UN system, health cluster partners, recognized humanitarian organizations or international nongovernmental organization work in the field of outbreaks and/or health emergency response.

Skills

• Excellent organizational and managerial skills with the ability to multitask, deliver results in time critical scenarios, identify and solve problems.

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in supply chain management, supply operations, and/or procurement.

• Demonstrated ability to work in multicultural, multidisciplinary environment.

• Proven ability to manage diverse team across different functional areas.

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork;

• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences;

• Communication;

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English

Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French or any WHO official language.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1.This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level 2.Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted. 3.A written test and/or an asynchronous video assessment may be used as a form of screening. 4.In the event 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. 5.According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. 6.Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and E-Manual. 7.The WHO is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. The WHO recruits and employs staff regardless of disability status, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, language, race, marital status, religious, cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, or any other personal characteristics. The WHO is committed to achieving gender parity and geographical diversity in its workforce. Women, persons with disabilities, and nationals of unrepresented and underrepresented Member States (https://www.who.int/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion) are strongly encouraged to apply. Persons with disabilities can request reasonable accommodations to enable participation in the recruitment process. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be sent through an email to reasonableaccommodation@who.int 8.An impeccable record for integrity and professional ethical standards is essential. WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter (https://www.who.int/about/who-we-are/our-values) into practice. 9.WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of short-listed candidates. 10.WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco. 11.WHO also offers wide range of benefits to staff, including parental leave and attractive flexible work arrangements to help promote a healthy work-life balance and to allow all staff members to express and develop their talents fully. 12.The statutory retirement age for staff appointments is 65. For external applicants, only those who are expected to complete the term of appointment will normally be considered. 13. 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