Job categories Health, Procurement
Vacancy code VA/2023/B5101/26583
Department/office AR, AFCO, Afghanistan
Duty station Kabul, Afghanistan
Contract type Local ICA Specialist
Contract level LICA Specialist-10
Duration ICA – ‘Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance
Application period 21-Aug-2023 to 28-Aug-2023
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Functional Responsibilities

The Supply Chain Management Specialist will undertake the following activities;

  • Where necessary, the Supply Chain Management Specialist will support market analysis for medicine and medical supplies.

  • Support the UNOPS Procurement Team to identify potential and eligible suppliers to be invited for competitive bidding. The process may include an advertised Expression of Interest.

  • Identify potential risks and mitigation measures for UNOPS to procure medicine and medical supplies.

  • Liaise with project beneficiaries to determine the list of medicine and medical supplies to be procured, and develop product specifications (strength, packaging specifications, etc).

  • Support the development of tender documents and evaluation of tenders.

  • Define technical and quality criteria to assure the quality of medicine and medical supplies  procured by UNOPS in compliance with the UNOPS QA policy. These will be developed in consultation with the UNOPS Project Team.

  • Develop product assessment criteria for medicine and medical supplies which may include sample/batch testing.


Support to be provided by UNOPS

UNOPS will provide the following support to enable the SCM specialist to complete the task:

  • Support from UNOPS Project Manager in facilitating meetings with the UNOPS Procurement Team and project beneficiaries

  • Support from the Procurement Team to identify potential suppliers to be invited for competitive bidding, which may include advertising an Expression of Interest (EoI)

The Supply Chain Management Specialist is required to use her/his own workspace and equipment for this assignment. Visits to selected factories may be required and UNOPS will facilitate these travels and bear the cost. 

Education/Experience/Language requirements

A. Education: 

  • Advanced University Degree (Masters or PhD) in Pharmacy is required University Degree in Pharmacy (Bachelor’s Degree / First level) with two (2) additional years of relevant work experience will be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree. 

B. Work Experience:

  • A minimum of five (5) years' progressive experience that combines pharmaceutical quality assurance, pharmaceutical supply management and/or production is required.

  • Experience in the pharmaceutical regulatory environment and/or pharmaceutical supply management within Public or Private Sector is required.

  • In-depth understanding of the contextual and regulatory considerations that have to be made in order to assure quality of medicines is an asset.

  • Experience in report writing is an asset.

C. Language: 

  • Full working knowledge of English, Dari and/or Pashto is required.
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