The Position:
The Last Mile Assurance Analyst is responsible for supporting the implementation of the Last Mile Assurance (LMA) process, established to provide assurance on whether programme supplies: (i) are adequately managed and safeguarded by the implementing partners to which they are entrusted, minimizing waste and fraud; and (ii) timely and effectively reach the “last mile”, i.e., the service delivery points where beneficiaries can access them.
The Last Mile Assurance Analyst is responsible for:
A. Supporting the implementation of LMA activities by field offices and implementing partners
B. Supporting the development, maintenance and enhancement of the LMA process and tools.
The position reports to the Last Mile Assurance Lead Analyst.
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA occupies a unique position in the Reproductive Health Commodity Security (RHCS) space as a critical player in supply chain management, a leading public procurer of SRH commodities, a trusted partner to national governments, and one of the few organizations with the scale and partnerships necessary to build accountability for last mile delivery. Additionally in humanitarian settings, UNFPA is responsible for ensuring the availability of lifesaving sexual and reproductive health and gender based violence prevention and response commodities to those hardest to reach, and commodities to enable operational programme implementation in the hardest to operate settings.
The Supply Chain Management Unit (SCMU), which is being established in 2021, ensures that UNFPA is able to effectively and efficiently support the delivery of life-saving supplies where they are needed most with the speed and quality required to ensure continuity of UNFPA operations. To do so, it provides enabling services to Regional Offices and Country Offices and ensures coordination, end-to-end visibility and accountability on all supply chain and logistics management related activities across all UNFPA Programmes.
Job Purpose:
As the Last Mile Assurance Analyst you will have the opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to ensuring that UNFPA can play its role as action leader and global champion of reproductive health and rights aiming to end unmet need for family planning, maternal death, and violence and harmful practices against women and girls.
Qualifications and Experience
Education:
Advanced university degree in business administration, data science or equivalent fields is required.
Knowledge and Experience:
- At least 2 years of experience in data analytics.
- Advanced knowledge of relational databases, spreadsheets, and data analysis and visualization tools, such as Tableau or Power BI.
- Solid understanding of the UNFPA mandate, commodity security programmes and supply-chain operations.
- Experience in SCM data analytics and assurance activities a significant advantage.
- Sound understanding of health supply chains in low and middle income countries.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Languages:
Strong verbal and written communication in English is required. Working knowledge of French an advantage.
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