Health Officer, (Logistics) at United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Job Title: Health Officer, (Logistics)

Purpose Of the Job:

Under the guidance of the Health Specialist HSS and the overall guidance of the HSS Manager, the Health Officer – Logistics Management supports professional technical, operational, and administrative assistance throughout the health programming process, from development planning to delivery of results, by preparing, executing, managing, and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks for effective delivery of essential medicines and supplies to facilitate attainment of UNICEF’s health program results in Nigeria.

The officer will also provide technical support to the logistics component of the overall health systems strengthening portfolio.

The health officer will provide a broad range of technical assistance to facilitate the achievement of concrete and sustainable results, according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches (RBM), organizational strategic plans and goals, standards of performance, and accountability framework, in collaboration with the other UNICEF sections. The officer will support management collaboration with programmes in defining supply interventions to meet programmatic needs and achieve results for children, and provides technical and advisory support to governments, national systems and partners on supply chain management.

The Supply and Logistics officer provides technical and operational support as per the Country Office (CO) set-up and is responsible for managing the supply chains of the health section and country office, or elements of the supply chains of a larger supply operation.

Key function, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

The officer will carry out the following activities related to the child survival and wellbeing program within the overarching health systems strengthening component of the health and HIV portfolio in Nigeria:

• Conduct and update the situation analysis for the development, design and management of supply chain and logistics packages for health programs. Research and report on development trends (health commodity value chain), including equity analyses, for higher management use to enhance programme management, efficiency and delivery of results.
• Contribute to the development and establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives, strategies, and results-based planning through analysis of health needs and areas for intervention and submission of recommendations for priority and goal setting.
• Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing and administering a variety of technical programme transactions, preparing materials and documentations, and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support programme planning, results-based planning (RBM), and monitoring and evaluation of results.
• Support the implementation of the primary health care supply systems strengthening policy working closely with the different departments in the Government and the health and supply teams internally.
• Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners to develop the health value chain and logistics program. Support the development of national capacity for local production of essential medicines, supplies, and logistics systems.
• Support central level and central to State and below supply logistics for the entire health section programme including supply monitoring of all commodities associated with the health and HIV portfolio linked with the Government’s primary health care supply system strategy systems. Provide regular update and analytics, including inventory and dispatches dashboard to reflect the commodities delivered in-country either directly to partners or PPO in UNICEF WHs.
• Provide technical support and participate in all meetings with Government, including NAFDAC, FMOH, NPHCDA etc.

 Impact of Results:

The efficiency and efficacy of support provided by the health officer to programme preparation, planning and implementation facilitates the delivery of concrete and sustainable results that directly impact the improvement of the health and wellbeing of the most marginalized and vulnerable children and women in the country. This in turn contributes to maintaining and enhancing the credibility and ability of UNICEF to continue to provide programme services to protect the rights of children, and to promote greater social equality to enable them to survive, develop and reach their full potential in society.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:  Health Officer Logistics NO2.1.doc.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

A university degree is required in pharmacy, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement, Contract/Commercial Law, International Development, Health or related social science field.

A minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in supply, logistics, procurement, contracting, administration and/or other directly-related technical fields is required.

Understanding of development and humanitarian work.

Emergency experience an advantage.

Health supply chain management experience an advantage.

Good analytical skill and negotiating skills.

Ability to manage and monitor the effective use of financial and material resources.

Ability to supervise and direct a team of professional and support staff.

Ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious working relationships, both within and outside the organisation.

Fast learner, adapts and responds to change, tolerates ambiguity.

Ability to contribute to formulation of strategies and policies.

Good knowledge of latest developments and technology in supply chain management.

Good understanding of supply chain processes, from programme needs assessment, through planning, procurement and contracting, logistics and delivery, monitoring and evaluation.

Good knowledge and understanding of UNICEF programmes, public procurement principles, financial and legal aspects of supply chain issues, ethics and risk management of supply chain operations.

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2)

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (2)

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact (2)

(4) Innovates and embraces change (2)

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

(6) Thinks and acts strategically (2)

(7) Works collaboratively with others (2)

(8) Nurtures, Leads, and manages people (1)

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Application Instructions:

The application deadline is on 02nd January, 2024. Therefore, qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Official Job Website: https://jobs.unicef.org/