Supply & Logistics Associate

Manages complex supply-chain and logistics services for UNICEF’s emergency response, coordinating planning, procurement, warehousing, delivery, suppliers, partners and national systems to ensure timely, compliant and locally responsive provision of essential goods and services.

• Plan end-to-end supply-chain activities for emergency and programme delivery
• Manage specialised procurement, contracting and supplier issues
• Coordinate in-country logistics, warehousing and inventory management
• Resolve complex purchase-order, contract, delivery and payment cases with clients and suppliers
• Strengthen government and national supply chains through partnership and technical support
• Develop alternative delivery mechanisms, procurement services and supply-financing approaches
• Advance localisation and emergency preparedness across supply operations
• Manage supply information, data analysis and service-delivery reporting

• Completion of secondary education, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses in supply, procurement, finance, logistics, business, operations, public administration, international business, data analytics or a related field
• Minimum six years of relevant administrative experience in supply-chain management or a commercial context, reduced by three years for a relevant bachelor’s degree and by a further two years for a relevant master’s degree
• Fluency in Spanish
• Supply-chain, project-management, problem-solving, digital and data-management capability

• Temporary appointment for six months
• Role is classified as elevated risk for child safeguarding and requires additional vetting
• General Service candidates must already hold the necessary Venezuelan visa and work authorisation