Supply & Logistics Officer (P-2), TA (364 days), #139024, Abuja – Nigeria, WCAR

Supply & Logistics Officer (P-2), TA (364 days), #139024, Abuja – Nigeria, WCAR

Job no: 596776
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Abuja
Location: Nigeria
Categories: Supply Management

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to a Future

We provide and advocate for education, health and nutrition services. Protect children from violence and abuse. Bring clean water and sanitation to those in need. And keep them safe from climate change and disease. The world’s largest provider of vaccines, UNICEF also runs the world’s largest humanitarian warehouse. Before, during and after emergencies, we’re on the ground with life-saving help and hope.

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF conducted two independent nutrition supply chain assessments in 2024 and 2025. Recent assessments have identified:

• Fragmented data ecosystems with limited interoperability between existing systems
• Visibility gaps from UNICEF warehouse handover through distribution chains to point-of-use (health facilities, community health workers, beneficiaries)
• Weak accountability mechanisms and limited capacity of government and implementing partners to track and monitor supply utilization
• Insufficient last-mile monitoring, making it difficult to detect diversion, misuse, stockouts, or under-utilization at the point of delivery.

The Supply & Logistics Officer will provide technical support to the country office on two interconnected strategic pillars:

• Pillar 1: Implementation of a Digital Solution for Supply Visibility & Accountability Design and implement an integrated digital solution that extends UNICEF visibility from warehouse handover through government and implementing partner distribution chains to health facilities and beneficiary level, with real-time accountability mechanisms to detect supply diversion, misuse, or underutilization using the Last Mile Supply Monitoring (LMSM) tool.
• Pillar 2: Government System Strengthening for Logistics Information Management Strengthen government and implementing partner capacity in supply chain data management, transparency, and decision-making by establishing sustainable digital systems that integrate existing data ecosystems and support coherent logistics information management.

Key functions and Responsibilities:

1. Digital Solution Design, System Analysis and Implementation of Last Mile Supply Monitoring
2. Strengthen capacity and multi-Stakeholder Coordination for the rollout of the logistics management information system
3. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
4. Technical and operational support to programme implementation

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: TOR_Supply & Logistics Officer (TA) - Abuja, Nigera.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in Business Administration, Management, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement, Contract/Commercial Law, International Development, Health or related social science field is a requirement.
• Work Experience: Minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience, at the national and international levels, in supply, logistics, procurement, contracting, administration and/or other directly-related technical fields is required. Proven experience in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management and experience in software and digital solutions for supply chain management and proven experience in leading multi-stakeholder engagement with the Government and partners is a requirement.
• Skills: Good analytical and negotiation skills are required, along with the ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment and build productive relationships both within and outside the organization. Adaptability, learning agility, and the ability to perform effectively in situations of change and ambiguity are required. Ability to effectively manage financial and material resources, good knowledge of latest developments and technology in supply chain management, good understanding of supply chain processes, from programme needs assessment, through planning, procurement and contracting, logistics and delivery, monitoring and evaluation are required.
• Language Requirements: Proficiency in English is a requirement.

Desirables:

• Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Experience in private sector humanitarian programming is an advantage.
• Experience in health/nutrition programme/ project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

1. Builds and maintains partnerships
2. Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
3. Drive to achieve results for impact
4. Innovates and embraces change
5. Manages ambiguity and complexity
6. Thinks and acts strategically
7. Works collaboratively with others

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference, safeguarding and background verification checks. These checks may include verification of academic credentials and employment history, screening against relevant United Nations misconduct databases, and requests for misconduct disclosures from current and former employers, professional associations, other relevant organizations and participating organizations under inter-agency safeguarding initiatives, including the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS), where applicable.

Appointment, selection and continued engagement are subject to the satisfactory completion of all required checks. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information and consent to enable UNICEF to undertake these checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments are conditional on the selected candidates' willingness to comply with current or future vaccination requirements, should UNICEF mandate it for personnel. Failure to comply with such requirements, where applicable and without a duly approved medical exemption from the relevant UN authority, will result in the cancellation of the selection or may lead to other administrative measures, including separation from service.

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF's Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

Advertised: 03 Nov 2026 — W. Central Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 10 Nov 2026 — W. Central Africa Standard Time

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18).

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