Consultancy, Supply Chain Orchestration & Analytics Specialist, Supply Chain Management Unit (SCMU), Nairobi, Kenya
The Position:
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical implementation support for the rollout and operationalization of the UNFPA Supply Chain Control Tower and Supply Chain Orchestration and Analytics (SCOA) framework at regional and country level.
The consultant will be based in Nairobi, Kenya, and will work under the technical supervision of the Supply Chain Orchestration and Analytics Specialist (Team Lead) for Nairobi, with close coordination with the UNFPA Supply Chain Management Unit (SCMU) SCOA Hub in Copenhagen. The consultant will function as a mobile technical expert supporting Country Offices (COs) and Regional Offices (ROs) in the practical implementation of Control Tower dashboards, orchestration workflows, supply chain analytics tools, and related capacity-building
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2026-2029), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
The UNFPA Supply Chain Management Unit (SCMU) is self-funded and was made operational in January 2022. It is tasked with ensuring that UNFPA is able to effectively and efficiently support the delivery of life-saving reproductive health products and other programme supplies to the end user when and where they are needed. To achieve this, it is important to strengthen the capacity of governments and implementing partners to ensure coordination, end-to-end visibility and accountability on all supply chain and logistics management related activities, in particular for programme supplies, across all UNFPA programmes.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
You would be responsible for:
A. Control Tower Implementation Support
Support the operational rollout of the UNFPA Supply Chain Control Tower platform across Country Offices and Regional Offices. Activities include:
B. Country-Level Supply Chain Analytics Support
Support Country Offices in strengthening the use of supply chain data for operational decision-making. Activities include:
C. Capacity Strengthening and Training
D. Knowledge Management and Continuous Improvement
Support knowledge generation and institutional learning related to supply chain orchestration and analytics. Activities include:
E. Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement
Support collaboration between SCMU, Regional Offices, and Country Offices to strengthen supply chain orchestration. Activities include:
Contributing technical inputs to supply chain analytics initiatives and resource mobilization efforts where relevant.
Languages:
Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of French is an asset.
UNFPA Work Environment:
UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here [link removed] to learn more.
Disclaimer:
Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.
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Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.
