Supply Chain Officer

COMPANY PRESENTATION

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS.

More than 13,000 staff work with UNICEF, with approximately 85 per located in the field in 190 countries. Seven regional offices and over 124 country offices worldwide, 34 national committees, a research centre in Florence, a supply division in Copenhagen, a shared services centre in Budapest and offices in Berlin, Brussels, Seoul and Tokyo, and UNICEF headquarters in New York and Geneva work on helping children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence.
- We employ committed professional to work in our five focus areas: Child Survival and Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality, HIV/AIDS, Child Protection and Policy Advocacy and Partnerships. We also employ staff with expertise in administration and finance, human resources, information technology, supply and logistics as well as external relations and communication. UNICEF's presence in humanitarian crises means that we also seek experts in emergency preparedness and response.
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- UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
- At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job ? it is a calling.

**For every child, deliver.**
- Strengthening the capacity of UNICEF, governments, and other partners in designing, implementing, and monitoring resilient and sustainable supply chains is essential in achieving equitable access to life-saving supplies for children, their families, and communities. As part of the humanitarian-development nexus, UNICEF remains a reliable partner in supporting governments to improve their supply chain maturity levels even during complex fragile, and humanitarian contexts.
- The EAP Region is an emergency prone zone that includes both low
- and middle-income countries and has a rapidly evolving supply function. Consequently, emergency prepositioning, development of more resilient national supply chains and requests for UNICEF to facilitate technical assistance in support of national systems are increasing. With expanding government resources, the potential for UNICEF engagement in supply chain support, usually leveraging the Procurement Services mechanism as an entry point, is a strategic opportunity in the region.
- Based at the Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand under the supervision of the Regional Supply & Logistics Specialist and working closely with colleagues in the 14 Country Offices in the region and SCSC Supply Division, the incumbent will support the countries in the development and implementation of Supply Chain System Strengthening strategies and initiatives, which provide a tangible impact for delivery of services to the women and children of the East Asia and Pacific Region.

**How can you make a difference?**
- 1. Provides strategic and technical support to UNICEF Country Offices
- Support EAP country offices in the collaboration with internal UNICEF partners (Programme sections, senior management, Supply Division, Programme Group, other regional offices) and all relevant external partners (Governments, other UN agencies, donors, etc.) to develop Supply Chain System Strengthening (SCSS) strategies, and support in the implementation and scale up of associated initiatives.
- Support COs to conduct stakeholder mapping, supply chain assessments and/or review of existing documentation to identify opportunities for supply system strengthening.
- Recommend strategies and approaches to achieve measurable improvements in national supply chain maturity, performance, and delivery.
- Support the establishment and institutionalization of coordination and governance structures at national level, including national Technical Working Groups, whenever necessary and relevant
- Assess the opportunities and provide technical guidance for COs to deploy and implement effective supply chain systems strengthening tools and approaches, including the UNICEF Maturity Model assessment, TrVSt, system design, etc, as applicable considering country contexts. Contribute to the UNICEF Humanitarian Development Continuum strategy in terms of SCSS
- that promote greater sustainability and resilience of government supply chains and programmes.
- Provide technical support in all areas of SCSS, and associated supply cha