New Consultancy: Data Analysis Consultant, Supply Chain Strengthening Centre (SCSC) of UNICEF Supply Division. 261 days within 12 months.

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, Love…

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life in its social, political, economic, civic, and cultural dimensions her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education, and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens addressing inequity not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

Strategic office context:
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 lifesaving supplies for children, their families, and communities. As part of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, UNICEF remains a reliable partner in supporting governments and partners to improve their supply chains even in complex fragile, and humanitarian contexts.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability of global, regional, and national supply chains to shocks and disruptions, and emphasized the need to invest in stronger and more resilient supply chain systems that are agile enough to meet increasing demand for essential products, vaccines and services. These shocks were evident across many supply chains, with global immunization programmes seeing a drop in coverage rates followed by a protracted stagnation as immunization services could not be effectively delivered. There is consensus on the importance and need to ensure countries have uninterrupted access to vaccines and medical supplies for which robust supply chains and related processes are imperative. In order to build stronger supply chain capabilities at country level, it is critical that countries have the capacity to effectively manage and use data to support decision making and to formulate and establish the right supply chain processes. It is intended that this country level capacity is built by increasing the availability/quality of data systems and infrastructure to guide decision-making and accelerating the broader coordinated use of data systems across all levels.

UNICEF plays a key role in improving data availability and use for supply chain capacity, and has a wealth of data analysis tools, techniques and methodologies that are readily available to support countries in improving their decision-making capacity, and therefore improving their end-to-end product visibility and information systems. Key support areas include conceptualizing and deploying data-driven interventions, supply chain needs assessments and data triangulation methodologies. A cross-partner health systems strengthening and coordination mechanism has been developed to enhance the visibility of planned and ongoing systems strengthening efforts to guide the investments of, and foster cross-program synergies by, technical partners and donors.

Description of the Assignment: To support the Supply Chain Specialist (Data) in Supply Chain System Coordination (SCSC) efforts.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Data Analysis and Reporting: As part of the Supply Chain System Coordination (SCSC), your primary responsibility is to perform thorough data cleaning, entry and analysis for the various data sets. This should support the understanding/managing of programmatic and supply chain correlations. The role is expected to collect and enter data whilst also conducting a comprehensive analysis of the resultsField visits to collect primary data may be required. The data analysis will aim to increase country and regional capacity and skills to use various datasets for improving their forecasting, supply planning and stock management processes. Your role extends to monitoring and reporting on Country Strategic Indicators, to ensure timely and informed decision-making.

2. Dashboard Management: This role involves maintaining and updating the “Immunization Country Profile” dashboard with JRF/WUENIC data. Additional support to be provided for the development of a continental Supply Chain Dashboard with Africa CDC. These dashboards aim to provide stakeholders with accurate and up-to-date information, supporting effective supply chain management and planning, and strengthen in-country collaboration and evidence-based decision making.

3. Data Preparation and Visualization: In this capacity, you will be responsible for cleaning and preprocessing data collected from the Access and Coverage Evaluation (ACE) survey. By ensuring data quality and reliability, you will create a user-friendly dashboard that visually communicates the insights derived from the survey. This step is vital in facilitating data-driven decision-making within the supply chain context.

4. Country Activity Matrix: This role will be responsible for creating and maintaining a dynamic Country Activity Matrix, tracking supply chain-related activities and results across various offices. Additionally, you will play a role in supporting the upgrade and transformation of the “Cross Partner Coordination Platform” on scmm.unicef.org. These responsibilities are vital for improving partner collaboration and enhancing coordination within the supply chain ecosystem

5. Back-end User Management: Managing back-end user activities such as sign-up approvals and handling requests for various platforms (scmm.unicef.org) managed (e.g., Maturity Model, ACE). Addition of a sandbox area for the Maturity model on the SCMM platform.

How can you make a difference? 

Inception report developed and agreed.
Clean and pre-process the raw data from eJRF/WEUNIC 30 September 2024

Draft of dashboard #1
Finalize and publish dashboard #1
Provision of monthly summary report 31 October 2024

Data analysis and cleaning of country-level supply data.
Update and maintain the dashboard #2
Provision of monthly summary report 30 November 2024

Data analysis and cleaning of country-level supply data.
Draft of dashboard #3
Provision of monthly summary report 31 December 2024

Finalize of dashboard #3
Provision of monthly summary report 31 January 2025

Collect, clean, and update the database for the dashboard #4
Provision of monthly summary report 29 February 2025

Draft version of dashboard #4
Provision of monthly summary report 31 March 2025

Finalize and republish the updated version of dashboard #4
Provision of monthly summary report
Maturity model sandbox finalised and operational 30 April 2025

Collect, and clean the dashboard #5’s database
Draft version of dashboard #5
Provision of monthly summary report 31 May 2025

Finalize the Dashboard #5
Provision of monthly summary report 30 June 2025

Collect, clean, and update the dashboard #6’s database
Draft version of dashboard #6 with 2025 data
Provision of monthly summary report 31 July 2025

Finalize the dashboard#6 with 2025 data
Final report, and handover of ongoing tasks and responsibilities. 31 August 2025

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) is required, preferably in relevant field (e.g. Economics, statistics, public health, health economics, business/public administration, computer/data science, or any other relevant quantitative degree). A bachelor’s degree combined with a minimum of seven years of relevant work experience will be considered in lieu of the above.

• Minimum three years of relevant professional experience in all or some of the following areas: Technology identification for supply chain, data analytics, data management, implementation and rollout of IT solutions.

   

• Excellent statistical data analysis skills using spreadsheets and data analysis software such as Python, and Power BI is required.

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

  Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• Proven skills in management and strategic thinking. Work experience within the UN or an international organization / NGO is preferred. Experience working in developing countries is an asset.

   

• Strong analytical abilities, with a deep understanding of Excel at an expert level. Proficiency in Excel and experience in working with large datasets is crucial. Additionally, experience in developing information panels (dashboards) is a significant advantage.

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

  To view our competency framework, please visit  here. 

  UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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. 

 

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.