1. Ensure timely customs clearance of supplies entering the country. Make phone calls to relevant ministries and entities to facilitate timely approvals. i.e., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, SSMO, NMPB, NTC, Customs Clearance HQ and Airport.
2. Follow up with the FMOH clearance team/ EPI on incoming vaccine pre-alert/ shipments and ensure timely go ahead (OK2FWD) is granted well in advance to respective airlines.
3. Maintain a consolidated customs clearance tracker for all air and sea shipments. Updated on a weekly basis.
4. Follow up with the delivery of cleared supplies to NMSF stores for GF/FMOH supplies and to UNICEF warehouse for programme supplies. Assist in coordinating with partner on delivery of supplies to the warehouse.
5. Identify needs for contracting of logistics third party services (e.g., customs clearance, warehousing, transport, distribution) and support contracting of such service providers including establishment of KPIs and performance monitoring mechanisms. Liaise closely with service providers to ensure smooth flow of supplies into the country and through in country logistics delivery modalities. Arrange for weekly meetings with logistics service providers (transporters and customs clearance agents) and partners and document minutes for follow up.
6. Manage documentation processing for execution of logistics operations (e.g., customs clearance, invoice verification), and take appropriate actions to resolve operational issues, escalating complex issues to the supervisor.
7. Monitor progress of offshore and/or regional procurement and take action to ensure timely customs clearance of supplies entering the country. Maintain appropriate warehousing, inventory management and in-country transport in support of the country programme implementation. Keep stakeholders/partners informed on the progress. Implement appropriate vendor management practices e.g., supply performance reviews.
8. Analyze supply dashboards, implementation rates of key performance indicators and supply information/data from various systems and conduct root cause analysis of supply chain bottlenecks and challenges, with a view to drive improvements and ensure efficient and effective supply chains for children.
9. Provide input to capacity development initiatives in the area of supply chains for children, in close collaboration with supervisor and programme colleagues. Support supply components of health systems strengthening as might be relevant in the country context.
10. Prepare relevant supply reports to facilitate advisory support to Governments/national systems in defining and determining supply solutions for children, such as use of procurement services; supply financing solutions; local market development; private sector engagement.

For more information on the specific technical expertise needed, kindly double-click on the following link to view the full job description: Supply and Logistics Officer_GF_Atbara_SUD24060.pdf

Requirements:

To qualify as a Champion for every child you will have:

• A university degree is required in Business Administration, Management, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement, Contract/Commercial Law, International Development, Health, or related social science field.
• A minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in supply, logistics, procurement, contracting, administration and/or other directly related technical fields is required.
• Understanding of development and humanitarian work.
• Emergency experience an advantage.
• Health supply chain management experience an advantage.
• Fluency in English & Arabic is required.

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

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.