UNFPA Regional Supply Chain Management Specialist Jobs 2023 – South Africa NGO Jobs

UNFPA Regional Supply Chain Management Specialist Jobs 2023 – South Africa NGO Jobs. UNFPA South Africa looking for “Regional Supply Chain Management Specialist“. Applicants with a Advanced university degree may apply on or before 01st March 2023.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. Its work includes developing national healthcare strategies and protocols, increasing access to birth control, and leading campaigns against child marriage, gender-based violence, obstetric fistula, and female genital mutilation.

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UNFPA Regional Supply Chain Management Specialist Jobs 2023

The UNFPA has published a job vacancy announcement on 07th February 2023 for qualified South Africa’s to fill in the vacant post of Regional Supply Chain Management Specialist to be based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Recruiter United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Position Regional Supply Chain Management Specialist, East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
Location Johannesburg, South Africa
Country South Africa
Total Vacant Post N/A
Qualification Advanced university degree
Experience Required Minimum 05 years
Application Deadline 01st March 2023

UNFPA Job Vacancy 2023

Job Purpose: As Regional Supply Chain Management Specialist, you will support the Head of Country Support and Monitoring on regional efforts on oversight for sexual and reproductive health supply chain initiatives in the Region, providing advice and support to ensure all member states have access to quality assured contraceptives, essential, lifesaving maternal health commodities, and other related core reproductive health commodities. You will support the provision of technical and programmatic guidance to governments, implementing partners and UNFPA Country Offices to develop and implement supply chain management strategies applicable in development and humanitarian settings, and to ensure programme supplies are effectively managed and safeguarded in accordance with the applicable supply-chain management and procurement policies, procedures, and related guidelines.

Eligibility Criteria

Education

  • Advanced university degree in Medical Science, Pharmacy, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Logistics or equivalent field is required. A first level university degree combined with a professional Supply Chain Management certification such as CIPS at Level 5 Advanced Diploma and/or CILT at any of the Level 5 qualification may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Knowledge and Experience:

  • A minimum of five years of relevant progressively responsible professional experience, including management experience of managing people and/or health projects at the international level, with ideally at least two years spent in low resource or humanitarian settings.
  • Minimum of three years of substantive experience in health commodity quantification, forecasting, supply management, warehousing, distribution, logistics information systems.
  • Demonstrated experience and successful track record in public health SCM strategy and network design creation and implementation.
  • Experience providing direct and successful country support on public health SCM in development and ideally complex humanitarian operating environments.
  • Experience in developing analytical tools for management reporting and performance metrics in supply chain.
  • Basic knowledge of the principles and operational aspects of integrated SRH health care in the global development and humanitarian community is an additional asset.
  • Demonstrated expertise in family planning method mix, contraceptive technology and humanitarian preparedness and prepositioning.
  • Professional written and spoken presentation skills, including for the development of reports, presentations, and the ability to synthesize complex technical documents for both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and capability to develop and maintain broad diversified partnerships.
  • Familiarity with UN agencies procurement and supply chain management policies, and guidelines is an asset.

Languages:

  • Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.

Other Details

  • Job Identification: 8341
  • Contract Duration: 1 Year with Possibility for extension
  • Job Schedule: Full time
  • Vacancy Type: Fixed Term
  • Selection Process: Interview
  • Salary: Negotiable
  • Application Process: Online

How to Apply UNFPA Regional Supply Chain Management Specialist Jobs 2023

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The Closing Date: 01st March 2023

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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