Supply Chain Design Specialist

Evaluate UNFPA’s West and Central Africa Regional Supply Chain Desk pilot, examining operational results, governance, organisational design and stakeholder experience, then recommend whether and how the service-desk model should scale to other regions.

• Evaluate the pilot desk’s procurement, planning, logistics and advisory performance
• Assess effects on domestic resource mobilisation, partner engagement and programme delivery
• Review governance, reporting lines, administrative arrangements and ICT integration
• Compare the pilot structure with supply-chain support models in other regions
• Interview headquarters, regional, country-office and supplier stakeholders online
• Identify successes, bottlenecks, risks and lessons from the pilot
• Prepare a lessons-learned report with evidence-based recommendations
• Draft a global service-desk blueprint if the evidence supports expansion

• Advanced university degree in supply chain management, business administration, international relations or a related field
• At least seven years of international supply-chain management experience
• Track record evaluating decentralised operational models and organisational design
• Deep understanding of procurement, logistics and last-mile assurance in fragile and humanitarian contexts
• Ability to synthesise complex digital-platform data into strategic recommendations
• Fluency in English

• Previous experience in the United Nations system or international non-governmental organisations
• Field experience
• Proficiency in French

• Supply Chain Management
• Organisational Design
• Operational Evaluation
• Procurement
• Logistics
• Stakeholder Interviews
• Data Synthesis
• Strategic Analysis
• Report Writing

• UNFPA Control Tower

• Fully remote assignment working Monday to Friday on Copenhagen Supply Chain Management Unit hours