Date of last update: 31/01/2021 2021-01-31
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For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS.
UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is also the world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries. As a global authority UNICEF is able to influence decision makers at the global level and turn the most innovative ideas into reality.
More than 13,000 staff work with UNICEF, with approximately 85 per located in the field in 190 countries. Seven regional offices and over 124 country offices worldwide, 34 national committees, a research centre in Florence, a supply division in Copenhagen, a shared services centre in Budapest and offices in Berlin, Brussels, Seoul and Tokyo, and UNICEF headquarters in New York and Geneva work on helping children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence.
We employ committed professional to work in our five focus areas: Child Survival and Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality, HIV/AIDS, Child Protection and Policy Advocacy and Partnerships. We also employ staff with expertise in administration and finance, human resources, information technology, supply and logistics as well as external relations and communication. UNICEF's presence in humanitarian crises means that we also seek experts in emergency preparedness and response.
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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 Logistics Officer (Cold Chain) will be primarily responsible for the management of temperature-controlled shipments of Covid-19 vaccines and other vaccines globally. The Cold Chain Logistics Officer will also ensure correct technical setup with vaccine manufacturers, logistics service providers and global freight forwarders to ensure shipment execution as defined by UNICEF quality standards, in compliance with regulatory requirements. In addition, this individual will lead investigations with logistics service providers and global freight forwarders to implement corrective actions when process failures occur.
1. Partners with UNICEF logistics delivery teams, manufacturing plants, receiving operations, logistics service providers, global freight forwarders and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products are shipped and handled in a compliant and efficient manner according to all regulations and UNICEF quality standards.
2. Supports in investigation in-transit temperature deviations and in quality control personnel with quality assessments to expedite product release. Assessment may be based on temperature logger data, temperature-controlled trailer readings or other available evidence of product temperature during transportation.
3. Supports in investigation in-transit temperature deviations and related issues with logistics service providers and global freight forwarders to improve temperature control on transportation lanes based on root cause analysis and the implementation of CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) to prevent reoccurrence.
4. Assists in leading inspections and audits of transportation facilities to ensure compliance with UNICEF procedures and relevant pharmaceutical regulation.
5. Co-leads regular operations review meetings with regional and global suppliers, in cooperation with logistics delivery leads, to drive temperature-control compliance in storage and distribution.
6. Co-responsible for designing and executing change management strategies for projects and transactional activities, as defined by UNICEF standard operating procedures.
7. Contributes in developing documentation, such as standard operating procedures and technical guidelines, on the transportation and handling of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products for use by operations teams and other stakeholders.
8. Provides training to operations teams and other stakeholders on the transportation and handling of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products.
Any other duties or assignments as requested by the supervisor.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have?
Education
A completed University degree (Bachelor's or higher) in business, project management, supply chain management, transportation, logistics or international commerce or related field is required.
Work Experience
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:
Functional competencies:
Technical Skills:
View our competency framework at:
https://www.unicef.org/careers/media/1041/file/UNICEF's_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.
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Type of contract: Staff (Permanent and Fixed Term)
Macro-area: Western and Central Europe without Switzerland
Level of experience: Junior Professional, 1 to 3 years
Area of work Definition: Supply Chain Management
Type of organisation: Multilateral Organisations