Logistics Specialist (Nutrition), P3, Temporary Appointment, 364 days, Addis Ababa, (Open for Non-Ethiopian nationals)

Job no: 565118
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Addis Ababa
Level: P-3
Location: Ethiopia
Categories: Supply Management

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, commitment 

Ethiopia is situated in the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous country on the continent with an estimated population of 115 million. It borders six African countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 square kilometers. Approximately 85 percent of the population lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of ancient cultures with Middle Eastern and African cultures evident in the religious, ethnic, and language composition of its people.

Over the past two years, children and their families across Ethiopia faced multiple and complex emergencies, such as the conflict in northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in millions of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. UNICEF has programs in Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Policy, and Education and serves over 15 million children in Ethiopia. Join UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to improving the lives of children and women.

To learn about the UNICEF nutrition program intervention, watch this video.

UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of Chief Nutrition, the incumbent supports the Nutrition and Supply Sections to plan and seamlessly manage the nutrition supply chain. The scope of the assignment will include the provision of technical assistance to identify and resolve nutrition supply chain bottlenecks, improvements of supply chain forecasting, procurement, distribution, monitoring, and reporting as well as capacity building of partners. This will optimize accountability for the large volumes of nutrition supplies procured.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

Within the delegated authority and under the given organizational set-up, the incumbent may be assigned the primary, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of major duties and key end-results:

• Facilitate the participatory design of a logistics management system for nutrition commodities with the involvement of all stakeholders.

• Ensure a close follow-up of the implementation of a model of the nutrition supply chain, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other partners.

• Ensure that the logistics of nutrition commodities are adequately considered in relevant strategic planning.

• Monitor the implementation of the nutrition supply plan and ensure alignment with the defined programmatic strategies and goals.

• Undertake field visits to monitor nutrition commodities and propose corrective actions to improve logistics procedures in line with ongoing work on the longer-term logistics management system for nutrition commodities,

• Identify training needs and develop training activities in logistics management and logistics management information systems.

• Support the development of a transparent logistics management information system for nutrition commodities and a traceability system for RUTF in close collaboration with partners.

• On a day-to-day basis maintain appropriate information flow to all nutrition stakeholders and ensure reliability, timeliness, and accuracy of logistics data provided.

• Support contract management including Third Party Monitors and institutional contracts to improve nutrition Supply chain efficiency.

• Track and update the key nutrition supply dashboards (global, regional, national, and subnational) to ensure proactive management of supplies and the supply chain pipeline.

• Manage and track Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, and Release Orders to ensure zero-stock out of supplies at national and Field Office/ regional warehouses, as well as other subnational units (zonal and woreda warehouses/stores) and service delivery sites.

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

• Advanced university degree in Business Administration, Management, Logistics, Transport, or a related field is required.

• A minimum of five [5] years of professional work experience at national and international levels in logistics, in a development and humanitarian context is required.

• Experience in setting up a logistics management system for health or nutrition commodities at the national or sub-national level will be considered an asset.

• Experience in setting up monitoring systems including innovative end-user monitoring systems would be a plus.

• 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

UNICEF competencies required for this post are:

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)

• Works Collaboratively with others (1)

• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)

• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)

• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)

• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)

• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

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.

How to apply:

• Register using the following link CLICK HERE

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Appointments are also 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.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Advertised: 23 Aug 2023 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 05 Sep 2023 E. Africa Standard Time