• Lead UNICEF’s supply chain strengthening efforts, as a member of the WCARO Supply team enabling programmatic results in WCAR
  • Develop, disseminate, and monitor the implementation of UNICEF WCARO supply chain strengthening strategy.
  • In collaboration with UNICEF WCARO Programmes and Supply Divisions, provide technical leadership for driving efforts for establishing robust and resilient national supply chains in areas which are critical for delivering UNICEF programmatic results
  • Contribute to or represent UNICEF in global and regional supply chain strengthening initiatives, groups and partnerships.
• Support regional and country offices by coordinating and providing technical assistance for supply chain strengthening.
  • Engage with WCARO programme teams for identifying programmatic priorities requiring robust national supply chains and define a joint strategy and road map for strengthening national capacities in areas where UNICEF has an interest or comparative advantages.
  • Establish collaborations with HQs, financial and technical partners and partnerships for both supporting and complementing WCARO efforts.
  • Establish technical and operational capacity at RO level for supporting supply chain system strengthening initiatives in priority areas (to be defined), through technical expertise and fund mobilisation.
  • Engage with COs and relevant national counterparts and stakeholders for strengthening national capacities in the defined priority areas, or for relaying global supply chain system strengthening initiatives.
  • Coordinate requests for country support on supply chain system strengthening and provide adequate guidance, technical support and oversight.
  • Maintain data and information on supply chain strengthening initiatives in WCAR and generate evidence of supply chain strengthening initiatives contribution to programmatic results.
  • Adopt a risk management approach to anticipate and mitigate programmatic, financial, and reputational risks which could result to weak national supply chains or UNICEF not meeting partners expectations on delivering assistance in this area.
  • A specific attention and support should be given to countries in emergency, where national supply chains resilience to chocks is critical for continuing delivering programme results.
• Facilitating development and dissemination of national supply chain strengthening strategies, guidance, and tools
  • Support the development and implementation of national chain strategies and policies that steer in-country supply chain efforts.
  • Develop and deploy guidance and tools for national supply chain strengthening including (but not limited to) maturity assessments, supply chain design and planning, systems optimization; HR and capacity building, operations management (procurement, in-country logistics and service delivery), mobilisation, deployment, maintenance and decommissioning of equipment’s, digitalization
• Supporting pilot and in-country scale-up of innovations
  • Support conceptualization and piloting of product, systems, and process innovation
  • Lead supply chain scale-up of viable product, systems, and process innovations
  • Link supply chain strengthening strategies to the WCARO localization agenda, by promoting access to locally produced supplies and developed services in all supply chain strengthening initiatives.

Requirements:

• An advanced degree (Master or higher) in supply chain management; health systems or relevant disciplines is required.
  • A first level university degree (Bachelor’s) in conjunction with ten (10) years of relevant work experience may be taken in lieu of an advanced university degree
• A minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible professional national and international level experience in the use of evidence-based methods to identify supply chain gaps, develop strategies to address these, implement supply chain strengthening activities working with a broad range of in-country health systems partners and document evidence from implementing these activities.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience of national supply chain systems needs assessment and planning, addressing supply chain bottlenecks, programming and implementation of supply strengthening initiatives and projects including oxygen use of broader maternal, newborn and child health context in low- and middle-income countries.
• Knowledge and experience with supply chain strengthening approaches and global, regional, and in-country partnerships for addressing oxygen access gaps in low- and middle-income countries.
• Strong experience with equitable access approaches in development programming
• Demonstrable experience with global, regional, and national partner coordination and collaboration, including with ministries of health/government.
• Experience with and ability to manage and monitor regional and national supply chain capacity building initiatives.
• Familiarity with UNICEF and experience working with international humanitarian organizations (WHO, NGOs, donors) is an asset.
• Good analytical skills and ability to clearly and concisely express ideas and concepts in written and oral form.
• Ability to establish harmonious work-relationships with colleagues in an international and multicultural environment.
• Ability to supervise and direct a team of support staff.