Consultant: Assessment of logistics supply chain and delivery mechanisms for nutrition commodities (4.5 months)

The purpose of the consultancy is to assess the current supply chain and delivery mechanism of nutrition supplies and information and education materials. The assignment involves identifying policy gaps and recommending solutions to strengthen on-time delivery and reduce stocks-outs in close coordination with the Department of Health and UNICEF technical staff.

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Major Tasks

• Review the existing distribution and supply chain mechanism at the national level.
• Conduct bottleneck analysis of the supply and delivery mechanism of all nutrient supplies from the provincial to the barangay level through interviews, desk review and field visits.
• Identify policy gaps both technical and operational levels with corresponding recommendations.
• Conduct a consultation workshop together with the Department of Health Family Health Office to present the results of the assessment.
• Draft an Administrative Order clarifying accountabilities for effective and efficient delivery of nutrition services.
• Prepare an action plan with costed activities to address identified bottlenecks and strengthen the management of the supply chain and delivery systems.
• Finalize the assessment report taking into consideration feedback and recommendation from the consultation workshop and various stakeholders.

Deliverables

• Approved inception report.
• Report on the review of the existing distribution and supply chain mechanism.
• Report on the results of the bottleneck analysis which will be done in selected LGU’s.
• Presentation on the identified policy gaps and recommendations
• Documentation of the consultation workshop
• Draft Administrative Order listing accountabilities of concerned agencies and proposed framework on delivery mechanisms.
• Action plan with detailed and costed activities for enhancing the supply and delivery system.
• Final and approved assessment report.

Qualifications and Competencies of Successful Consultant

• Advanced degree (Master’s or higher) in Nutrition, Public Health, Development Planning, Economics other related disciplines.
• Technical expertise in supply chain and delivery mechanism and management
• Familiarity with nutrition programming.
• Previous experience in conductive assessment studies.
• Demonstrated experience working with government partners and agencies in the national, regional and local level.
• Previous experience working with nongovernment organizations, UN and other development agencies an advantage.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written).
• Fluency in English and Filipino.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidates are requested to complete an online candidate profile in http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/ by 28 March 2018. Only applications sent through the e-recruitment portal under Job Number: 511645 will be considered.

All candidates are requested to submit a cover letter, and the duly filled P 11 form which can be downloaded from our website at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc indicating three (3) previous supervisors. Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate to undertake the terms of reference above.  Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

Only shortlisted consultants will be contacted.

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