Mission and objectives

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA supports: • Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) for all, particularly women and girls in more than 150 countries – home to more than 80 per cent of the world’s population. SRH includes;  The health of pregnant women, especially the 10-15 million who face life-threatening complications each year  Reliable access to modern contraceptives sufficient to benefit 20 million women a year  Training of thousands of health workers, particularly midwives to help ensure at least 80 per cent of all child births are supervised by skilled attendants  Prevention of teen and early pregnancies, complications of which are the leading cause of death for girls 15-19 years old  Delivery of safe birth supplies, dignity kits and other life-saving materials to survivors of conflict and natural disaster • Prevention of gender-based violence (GBV), one of the most common forms of violence today affecting 1 in 3 women across the globe • Abandonment of female genital mutilation, which harms 3 million girls annually • Gender-responsive, age appropriate Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) • Efforts to end child marriage affecting 12 million girls every year • Countries in development of youth policies and reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health policies and action plans. • Population census, demographic health surveys, research, data collection and analysis, which are essential for development planning as well as in humanitarian settings

Context

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction. UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who uphold the values enshrined in the United Nations Charter, who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Task Description

Under the overall supervision of the UNFPA Supply Chain Management Specialist, the Logistics Assistant is directly reporting to the Logistics Associate in Chad and to be based at the UNFPA logistics hub in Nyala, South Darfur and will perform the following detailed activities: ● Support the overall logistics for UNFPA supplies under the supervision of the Logistics Associate and in close collaboration with the Sudan CO Supply Chain team. ● Contribute to update and implement the Chad Corridor Concept of Operations for logistics including the flow such as importation channels, movement of goods (corridors), storage (hubs), and distribution network to the affected area. ● Engage with all relevant humanitarian partners in Nyala to optimize UNFPA’s supply chain and coordinate with health sector partners and UN agencies in terms of planning and development of the health supply chain for a response. ● Support the Logistics Team in Port Sudan in processing cross-line documentations including HAC travel permits (from Nyala to other States) in close collaboration with Sudan Logistics Team in Port Sudan ● Provide administrative support in maintaining records of shipments, inventory records and inspection reports, goods receipt notes and other documents when receiving shipments in Nyala warehouse through NIDO ●Support the Logistics Team in Port Sudan in preparing the supplies allocated for other Darfur States and assess the volume of supplies in preparation for transport ● Support the NIDO Warehouse Manager in organizing UNFPA supplies and oversee the loading process in NIDO warehouse to ensure no single item is left when transporting supplies from Nyala going to other Darfur States . Other: ● Perform other duties as assigned.

Competencies and values

● Accountability ● Adaptability and flexibility ● Creativity ● Judgement and decision-making ● Planning and organizing ● Professionalism ● Self-management

Living conditions and remarks

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. National UN Volunteers are part of the malicious insurance plan. “Sudan is a unique country and is a unique (humanitarian) operation. It provides an interesting and enriching environment, but also requires a mature level of cultural awareness, as well as stamina and commitment. Therefore, flexibility and the ability and willingness to live and work in harsh and potentially hazardous conditions, involving physical hardship and little comfort, are essential.