Supply Chain Management Officer

Background: 

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners' peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world.  UNOPS supports partners to build a better future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of peace building, humanitarian and development projects.  Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations. 

Background Information – Country Specific

The Nigeria Duty Stations are managed by the Nigeria Country Office based in Abuja, Nigeria.

Four major UN agencies – UNICEF, UNHCR, UNOPS and IOM have formed a consortium to implement a 5 year project that elaborates sustainable solutions to reach unvaccinated children in targeted countries of the Sahel. The project (contingent upon funding) will support GAVI’s five-year strategy (‘Gavi 5.0’) with a vision of ‘Leaving no one behind with immunization’ to bring an end to inequities facing children. The project seeks to reach children with vaccines and reduce zero-dose children in fragile and conflict settings of the Sahel”. 

The targeted countries include Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria. These countries are often at the epicenter of various conflicts, facing displacement across borders, chronic underdevelopment, and poverty. In these countries, 19 million children are in need of humanitarian assistance. The project plans to target a total of 1.13 million zero-dose children and reduce their number by at least 25 per cent by 2025. This will contribute to Gavi’s strategic goal to reduce the global number of zero-dose children by 25 per cent by 2025 and the Immunization Agenda 2030 goal of a 50 per cent reduction by 2030.

The project has 4 strategic objectives as follows;

Overcoming supply-side barriers for vaccination

Improving demand for vaccination services

Improving data management and monitoring

Strengthening political commitment and advocacy to foster sustainable and equitable access to vaccination and other essential services

Nigeria has the largest number of zero-dose children among these countries, with a substantial number located in the conflict areas of the northeast, and pockets in the northwestern zone and other parts of the country. In addition, disruption of Primary Healthcare service delivery in the areas affected by conflicts, population displacement (internally displaced persons and refugees), geographical remoteness, destruction of health infrastructure, high turnover of health staff and inability of governments to reach uncontrolled territories create major barriers for both vaccine supply and vaccination service delivery. Currently, an estimated 400 health facilities in Borno and Yobe States are in dire need of rehabilitation.

UNOPS will contribute to Objective 1 by assessing, rebuilding and re-equipping health facilities within Borno and Yobe States. UNOPS will conduct a detailed assessment of health facilities, prioritize and implement the rehabilitation works to enhance vaccine supply and vaccination service delivery. This will include among others, installing new roofs, plastering, painting, wiring and equipping facilities  with incinerators and solar electricity. 

Background Information – Job Specific

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is looking for a Logistics Officer to offer operational support to the team in the Nigeria Country Office to deliver a project to  assess, rebuild and re-equip health facilities within Borno and Yobe States.

The logistics officer will maintain a close eye on the operational performance, identify probable issues that may need attention, support in problem analysis and solution identification as necessary, coordinate resolution as per action-items assigned. The Logistics officer can often be required to work in complex and challenging environments with limited resources.

• First University Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Procurement, Logistics, International Relations, Political Science or equivalent discipline is required.

• A Masters  degree is an asset but not a  requirement.

• A relevant combination of academic credentials and/or industry certifications and qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the university education.

• Minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience in logistics, or operations’ support services in national or international public or corporate organizations is required.

• Field experience in similar capacity within North-East Nigeria is mandatory

• Knowledge of UN rules and regulations, particularly UNOPS procurement procedures, would be a great advantage.

• Proficiency in computers and office software packages (Google Office Suite or Google Workspace) and experience in handling web-based management systems is required.

• Experience in use of Enterprise systems including OneUNOPS is desirable.

• Full working knowledge of English is essential.
• Knowledge of another official UNOPS language is an asset

• Contract type: Local Individual Contract Agreement (LICA)
• Contract level:  LICA 8/ ICS 8
• Contract duration: Ongoing ICA – ‘Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance'.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
•  Maiduguri is NOT a family duty station
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

Africa Region

AFR helps ensure that projects are executed to the highest standards, providing a shared knowledge base and ensuring that best practices and lessons learned are disseminated between projects across the entire region.