• Country: Monrovia, Liberia
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNICEF
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-02-01

Purpose of the TA position

The Cold Chain Officer is expected to provide technical support to install new solar refrigerators and manage the cold chain maintenance and logistics system and to build the capacity of the technicians at national, regional stores and county depots.

Basic objectives of the recruitment.

1. Provide technical support to MOH for the procurement and installation of new refrigerators based on the MOH cold chain replacement plan/schedule.
2. Provide on-job training on the installation, proper use, and preventive maintenance of cold chain equipment for users at the national, regional, county and health facility vaccine stores.
3. Provide technical support to MOH to implement activities related to effective vaccine management (EVM) and other assessment findings

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

The cold chain officer is expected to complement the technical capacity of the Health Section to support the Government during the installation of over 300 solar refrigerators across the country.

He/she provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the achievement of concrete and sustainable results according to plans, allocation, results-based management (RBM) principles and established standards of performance and accountability. The ideal candidate is accountable for ensuring that UNICEF’s support to the Government of Liberia in terms of strengthening cold chain is carried out in a timely and efficient manner throughout the duration of the post.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• University degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Social Sciences, Medicine, Health, Public Health, International Development, or a field relevant to technical assistance in immunization Supply Chain and Logistics (iSCL)
• At least two years previous relevant and proven experience in immunization supply chain strengthening, specifically solar refrigerators installation
• Experience in vaccine and cold chain management
• Ability to produce technically sound, well-written reports in English.
• Experience with Liberian populations or similar development/programming context would be an asset.
• Prior experience with UN and other international organizations and exposure to UNICEF’s work
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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