UNICEF Supply Chain Specialist Jobs in Zambia

UNICEF Supply Chain Specialist Jobs in Zambia

This is a Generic Vacancy Announcement: Supply Chain Specialist, Lusaka, Zambia, NOC Talent Group.

Talent Groups at UNICEF are exclusive lists of pre-vetted, highly qualified candidates intended to fast-track recruitment processes as positions become available. After a rigorous selection process, successful candidates will be placed in the Supply Chain Specialist (NOC) Talent Group for UNICEF Lusaka, Zambia for a period of 36 months.

While placement in the Talent Group does not guarantee a position, it is an important resource for filling vacancies. Candidates placed into the Talent Group will be reviewed when a relevant position becomes available at and if found suitable, are offered placements through a direct selection process.

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.

The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) is designed to address and mitigate the threat of poverty the country's children face, while responding to the needs with interventions addressing the multiple causative factors.

How can you make a difference?

The Supply Chain Specialist (Health) reports to the Immunisation Specialist (P-3) as per the Zambia Country Office (ZCO) set-up and is responsible for coordinating, leveraging, and channelling UNICEF’s supply chain systems strengthening technical assistance to MoH and ZAMMSA.

The supply chain technical assistance to channel to GRZ/MoH and ZAMMSA encompasses technical forecasting with quantification; technical specification, planning, and budgeting; procurement and shipment; warehousing; in-county distribution up to last-mile delivery; and the supply end-user monitoring and reporting.

The incumbent will support the programme to collaborate with CO/RO Supply Sections and SD-SCSC in defining and prioritising supply chain strategies and interventions to meet the needs of supply chain systems strengthening and management functions towards achieving the results of improved essential health commodities security for children, adolescents, and women; through providing technical and advisory support to governments, national systems, and partners on supply chain management.

Key function, accountabilities and related duties/tasks

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

Technical and advisory support to government/national systems

Collaboration with operations, programmes and implementing partners

Innovation, products, and markets

Supply Chain service delivery and emergency response

Advocacy, Networking and Partnership

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

An advanced university degree is required in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement, Contract/Commercial Law, International Development, Health Systems, Health Services Development, Public Health, or related social science field.

A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in public sector supply chain management and systems strengthening functions including setting-up of logistics, procurement, and contracting systems, and/or other directly related technical fields is required.

At least 3 years of Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) and health sector supply chain management experience is required.

Experience in health procurement processes in particular procurement planning, forecasting and quantification is considered an asset,

Understanding of development and humanitarian work is an asset.

Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; UNICEF Supply Chain Specialist Jobs in Zambia

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