Systems Strengthening & Capacity Development Specialist (Team Lead)

The System Strengthening Team Lead plays a pivotal role in the development and implementation of strategies, guidelines, and training initiatives to enhance national health supply chain systems, focusing on capacity development, fostering strategic partnerships, and ensuring effective monitoring, reporting, and knowledge management for reproductive health product supply chains. The position will provide strategic oversight and management of a dedicated Country Support team.

Advanced university degree is required. An advanced degree in Medical Science, Pharmacy, Public Health Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain, Data Science, Health Policy and Administration, International Development, Business Administration, or other related fields is an added advantage; or a first level university degree combined with a professional Supply Chain Management certification such as Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) at Level 4 or above Certificate and/or Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT - UK) at Level 4 or above qualification may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Knowledge and Experience:

• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant, progressively responsible experience in supply management, quality assurance of medical products in the supply chain, particularly involving storage and distribution, supply chain monitoring and evaluation and logistics information systems is required. Candidates should demonstrate experience in the below key areas, with the understanding that these experiences may overlap:
• At least two (2) years of hands-on experience working in development and/or complex humanitarian operating environments in low-resource countries. Candidates must demonstrate a deep understanding of the unique challenges and regulations specific to these contexts. This field experience is required.
• At least two (2) years of hands-on experience working with WHO Good Distribution/Storage Practices and National Medical Guidelines, Protocols and Standards
• At least two (2) years of hands-on in developing pharmaceutical master plans/strategies, logistics strategies for multi-year and significantly large dollar value projects funded by Donors such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the European Union, the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and/or the Global Fund with an understanding of their compliance and reporting requirements.
• At least two (2) years' experience in developing and/ or delivering in-person and remote training.
• Experience in managing a team, particularly within a remote and/or matrix organizational structure is an asset
• Professional written and spoken presentation skills, including for the development of reports, presentations, and the ability to synthesize complex supply chain documents for both technical and non-technical audiences is required.
• Strong interpersonal skills and capability to develop and maintain broad diversified partnerships is required.
• Experience using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is required.
• Experience working with UNFPA in managing reproductive health commodities will be an added advantage.

Languages:

Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.

The System Strengthening Team Lead position is located in the Country Support Team within Pillar 1 - Resilience and Capacity Development in the UNFPA Supply Chain Management Unit (SCMU). The position reports directly to the Country Support Manager. The System Strengthening Team Lead will work closely with other SCMU colleagues, other HQ Business Units, the Regional Offices and the Country Offices and with a number of external partners. The position provides strategic and technical leadership to build sustainable national health supply chain systems for reproductive health products. The position requires the ability and willingness to travel on short notice as part of its core responsibilities. Acceptance of the job offer signifies agreement to comply with this requirement. 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 (2022-2025), 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. 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.