Cold chain and vaccine management consultant, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (12 months) Only Nationals of PNG to apply
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Job no: 579771
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Port Moresby
Level: Consultancy
Location: Papua New Guinea
Categories: Health
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child Support
With over 850 indigenous languages and one of the most ethnically diverse populations, widespread poverty, and gender inequality make it hard for many children to realize their rights. In Papua New Guinea, UNICEF’s works effectively both ‘upstream’ (with governments) and ‘downstream’ (at the grassroots level) to carry out its mission through a programme of cooperation jointly developed with the government guides our work in the country.
How can you make a difference?
- To provide technical assistance and hands-on support in the installation of all new cold chain equipment and solar power system (including solar direct drive refrigerators, WIC, and WIF, solar system)
- To facilitate PHAs to roll out the Cold Chain Equipment Inventory Gap Analysis Tool to the health facilities in the assigned provinces.
- Monitors the status of all incoming and outbound immunization-related supplies, communicates with NDOH and AMS vaccine store focal persons about the status of the supplies and ensures that the expected date of arrival of goods are communicated well in advance and ensures that goods are received in good condition and correct quantity.
- To review and monitor the cold chain equipment inventory and functionality at assigned provincial and health facilities and identify and equipment that needs repair and maintenance using the cold chain compliant ticketing system.
- To prepare a comprehensive list of spare parts to support the repair and maintenance of faulty cold chain equipment based on the assessment and cold chain inventory reports.
- Preparing a report on the results of repair, maintenance, and installation of equipment sharing in stakeholders’ meetings at the Provincial and national level.
- To facilitate and conduct the repair and preventive maintenance of cold chain equipment and generators to ensure the optimal functionality of the cold chain stores in Papua New Guinea
- To assess the skills of frontline health workers on the repair, maintenance, and installation of cold chain equipment and support training activities at provincial and district levels for cold chain technicians, assistants for SIAs, and routine EPI.
- To conduct capacity building of the health workers on cold chain management and immunization supply chain standard operating procedures.
- To ensure that the Remote Temperature Monitoring Devices (RTMDs) in the provinces of assignment are fully functional and that the staff are trained in the use of RTMDs.
- Work with the NDOH mSupply focal persons to support in rollout of mSupply in provinces and also to monitor vaccine stock status at the provincial level and health facilities.
- To ensure that all the assigned provinces report 100% of the stock status of all antigens at the end of each month and act in case there is stock out of vaccines.
- To conduct cold chain monitoring and supervision activities using standard checklist and digital monitoring tools.
- Support the implementation of the Incinerator installation, commissioning, and training end users in six provinces.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- Certificate/Diploma/University degree in engineering, refrigeration, cold chain equipment installation, repair, and maintenance plus equivalent experiences in refrigeration, cold chain and solar power system.
- Minimum 3 years of work experience in cold chain equipment installation, repair, and maintenance
- Use of digital reporting and analytics for example ODK, mSupply, inventory tools (IGA) , interactive dashboard, etc
- Experience in immunization/emergency project management especially in public health will be desirable.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Willingness to travel and work in field environments.
- Previous work experience with non-profit organizations or UN agencies in similar assignments will be an asset.
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
Advertised: West Pacific Standard Time
Deadline: West Pacific Standard Time