Technical Specialist (Education), P-3, Fixed Term, UNICEF Supply Division, Copenhagen, Denmark

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 135,115 USD and 176,922 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, Education

The Supply Division is responsible for overseeing UNICEF’s global procurement of Educational material as well as project support commodities. The Division supports UNICEF Country Offices and partners in achieving UNICEF’s priorities by procuring supplies that meet high standards for quality and value and then ensuring their timely delivery. It also ensures that procurement by every UNICEF office follows organizational regulations and ethical standards. As well as supporting UNICEF’s ongoing programmatic activities and procurement and supply of essential commodities on behalf of governments, the supply function provides rapid supply response to emergencies. 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 of the Division.

The Water Sanitation and Education Centre establishes contracts, processes and systems for efficient and timely procurement of WASH and Education commodities/kits as well as providing technical guidance to UNICEF country offices globally. The centre provides technical oversight and has the normative function ensuring Education procurement embraces sustainability while ensuring products meets minimum safety regulation for use by children.

How can you make a difference?

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Reviews and develops technical specifications and requirements to ensure completeness and appropriateness. Advises requesting offices on technical matters relating to the commodity of specialization. Clarifies inadequate specifications with requesting office, proposing substitute or alternative items as necessary.
• Collaboration with Programme Division, Country Offices and/or other UN agencies in promotion and improvements in use, availability and appropriateness of products. Supports in convening Industry partners around access to education products.
• Conducts market research, provides analyses, background information, recommendations for improving the suitability, sustainability, ensure the products are culturally suitable to be used globally. In collaboration with Innovation unit reviews existing commodity group to identify product gaps and propose improvements for disability inclusiveness.
• In collaboration with Programme Division, Regional Offices and Country Offices supporting localized approaches to education supplies and identifying opportunities for partnership, as well as capacity development of governments in setting standards, sourcing and selection around education supplies.
• Investigates global markets, maintains resource files on a global basis. Recommends new areas of purchase for optimal currency utilization. Ensures regular review and update on Education material webpages and UNGM. Maintains network with Programme Division and other UN agencies to keep abreast of commodity trends and technical evolution of Education commodity group.
• In conjunction with the Quality Assurance Section, establishes list of potential pre-qualified suppliers for the requisition, and ensure to maintain/update vendor list as required by Contracting Function for purchasing action.
• In partnership with the Quality Assurance Center and Contracting Function, evaluates supplier performance and acceptability and delivery record, and general information including financial, historical and managerial. Visits major suppliers, prescribes inspection criteria for commodities within specialized knowledge, and assesses manufacturers' quality control facility and capacity.
• Provides technical support to the contracting team for all solicitations, including compiling proposals on product evaluation criteria, sample requirements, In line inspection, Pre-delivery inspection, Moisture Control to mitigate risk while ensuring product quality.
• In partnership with Quality Assurance Centre and Warehouse reviews and ensures Education material lists are kept updated while coordinating material depletion or write off where necessary.
• Researches, evaluates and promotes new products, and promotes development of emerging products and new technologies when appropriate, to meet programme requirements especially focusing on sustainability and disability inclusiveness.
• Reviews the range of commodities under the Education Unit’s responsibility, as well as the Education Emergency List.
• Supports the supply function in field offices by assisting in preparation of special projects that may arise. Any other unplanned objective specifically assigned as per ad-hoc necessities.

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

Education:

An advanced university degree in Quality Assurance, Product Design, Engineering or a relevant technical field is required.

*A first University degree may be considered in lieu of an Advanced degree in conjunction with two additional years of relevant work experience.

Experience:

• A minimum of five years of progressive relevant professional experience is required.
• Experience in institutional procurement of general education products.
• Experience implementing Education programmes in UNICEF (or other agencies) desirable.
• Specialist knowledge of commodity area required.

Language:

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

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values.

The core competencies required for this post are:

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework.

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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.

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.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

Advertised: 23 August 2023 Romance Daylight Time Deadline: 06 September 2023 Romance Daylight Time