UNICEF Bangladesh · 23 hours ago
Sustainable Immunization Supply Chain Financing Consultant, Programme Group, Health Section, Remote - Req 590825
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expUNICEF Bangladesh is seeking a Sustainable Immunization Supply Chain Financing Consultant to support the development of sustainable immunization supply chain financing guidance. The consultant will focus on methodologies for costing, budgeting, and financing immunization supply chains to enhance vaccine availability and efficiency.
Non-profit Organization Management
Responsibilities
Use a standard set of inputs against broad immunization supply chain functions, to develop methodologies and guidance for sustainable immunization supply chain costing, prioritization, budgeting, financing, and disbursement
Contribute inputs for developing contextual scenario-based multi-year immunization (end-to-end) supply chain functions’ costs and budgets and strengthen sustainable financing (based on review and factoring of national health/immunization budgets and strategies, prioritized antigens in national schedules, potential sources, and stakeholders’ engagements) and disbursement (linkages with in-country legislative and funds transfer processes)
Leverage contextual and applicable case studies to highlight successful principles for ensuring sustainable prioritization, budgeting, financing and disbursement of costed immunization supply chain
Use methodologies and tools to develop a global immunization supply chain business case for a subset of high priority interventions, which support global resource mobilization efforts
Support COEs and (up to five representative) countries to operationalize sustainable immunization supply chain financing strategies, including facilitating onboarding sessions (dedicated support or remote) for COE and countries’ capacity building on the sustainable immunization supply chain financing guidance, methodologies, tools, and practices
Support countries’ CVM gaps analysis, including rationale and the development of the supply chain components of Gavi applications and cash grants
Develop and share evidence of development and operationalization of sustainable immunization supply chain financing guidance, methodologies, tools, and practices
Qualification
Required
Advanced University Degree (Masters) in Health Economics, Public Health, Supply Chain Management, Business Management, Engineering, or other relevant fields
At least eight (8) years' experience in health economics, public health, supply chain management or business management
Experience in immunization and immunization supply chain
Experience in costing, financing, budgeting, and disbursement analysis
Familiarity with in-country immunization supply chain processes and strengthening such as stock and logistics management, inventory policies, allocation, ordering and distribution strategies, temperature monitoring, waste management and other supply chain operations
Very good and broad expertise with spreadsheet-based application tools development
Demonstrated quantitative skills
Good writing and oral presentation skills
Proficiency in spoken and written English is required
Proficiency in spoken and written French is required
Knowledge of other UN languages is an asset
Benefits
Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities.
Company
UNICEF Bangladesh
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201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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