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UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
UNDP Ukraine provides support to the Government of Ukraine on strengthening the medical procurement system of Ukraine and advancing the implementation of the on-going health reform and ensure through the provision of high-quality, accessible, and affordable medicines and medical devices to the citizens of Ukraine. UNDP is also supporting the Government of Ukraine and the Ministry of Health to adequately respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and recover forward from the emergency better and greener by focusing on crisis coordination and management, supply of personal protection equipment to frontline medical workers, and identification of needs and priorities for emergency interventions. UNDP brings its extensive expertise in establishing the procurement system that corresponds to the highest standards of transparency, accountability, anti-corruption, cost-efficiency, equity and sustainability, including the application of UNDP’s Quality Assurance (QA) Policy (2018) for all health products supplied by UNDP, which is in line with international best practice.
UNDP together with other UN Agencies (UNICEF and WHO) developed a Project aimed at strengthening the national health care procurement system and thereby improving the effectiveness of diagnosis and treatment of the patients of Ukraine. Specifically, in the framework of the project, UNDP (i) procures medicines and medical products for the National Public Health Programmes for 2019 and ongoing years as needed, (ii) strengthens the capacity of the Ministry of Health to ensure transparency, accountability and effectiveness of the public procurement of medicines and other medical products.
Besides the procurement services to the Ministry of Health, the Health and Transparency Programme consists of three major components directly linked to providing procurement services to the Ministry of Health. These are: 1) establishing a transparent, efficient, sustainable and accountable public procurement system in the healthcare sector; 2) strengthening the capacity of the national Coordination Council on HIV/TB and 3) ensuring protection of human rights of key populations affected by HIV and TB.
Under the supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative and in close collaboration and daily management and interaction with the DG portfolio manager, the Programme Specialist (Health) manages the Health and Transparency Programme with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (MOH) and provides solutions to a wide spectrum of complex issues related to health product procurement activities. The Programme Specialist (Health) promotes a collaborative, client-focused, quality and results-oriented approach in the Programme Implementation Unit (PIU). S/he supervises and leads a team, working in close collaboration with the Country Office Units, including, Operations Unit, Business Development and Innovation unit, programme portfolios, UNDP Regional and HQs units (e.g., Global Procurement Unit, Quality Assurance Team), Government officials, national stakeholders and technical partners (e.g., WHO). This will be done in accordance with UNDP rules, policies and procedures, and the Financing Agreements.
The key results have an impact on the overall health and transparency, technical assistance to national counterparts and success in establishment and implementation of national procurement reform agenda. Strategic approach to procurement of health products, quality assurance, establishment and implementation of the contract monitoring, control system, timely and appropriate delivery of project required services, introduction of e-procurement ensuring client satisfaction and overall timely delivery of the whole Health and Transparency Programme.
The incumbent will promote UNDP’s mandate as a gender-responsive organization with zero tolerance to any kind of discriminatory and abusive behaviour, including sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse.
- Demonstrate focus on achieving quality results and impact;
- Consistently strive to meet or exceed excellence standards;
- Hold self and others accountable for results •Efficiently establish appropriate plans and resources for self and others to accomplish goals.
- Look beyond conventional approaches and established methods ;
- Propose new ideas, approaches and solutions to problems;
- Seek patterns and clarity outside boxes and categories while resisting false certainty and simplistic binary choice.
- Actively pursue opportunities for learning and self-development professionally and personally;
- Keep abreast of new developments in one’s professional area;
- Cоntribute to the learning of others.
- Participate in, support, contribute to or drive meaningful change in UNDP;
- Be comfortable with ambiguity and effectively managing multiple demands.
- Pursue everything with motivation and drive;
- Not give up in the face of adversity and setbacks; demonstrate resilience and composure.
- Demonstrate and encourage teamwork and co-creation internally and externally to achieve joint objectives and results;
- Establish and develop networks that deliver powerful collaborations;
- Encourage and respect the views of others; accept views and ideas other than one’s own.
- Treat all individuals with respect, consider ethical implications and respond sensitively to all differences among people;
- Fully accept and value all people, creating an inclusive environment;
- Understand that inclusion is multi-faceted (e.g. race, gender, age, disability, culture, etc.) Understand and appreciate issues from the perspective of others •Treat everyone fairly and equally;
- Demonstrate honesty and transparency.
- Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals;
- Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system.
- Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP’s objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities; linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions;
- Ability to leverage learning from a variety of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight in order to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP.
- Ability to take decisions in a timely and efficient manner in line with one’s authority, area of expertise and resources.
- Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies.
- Ability to identify and organize action around mitigating and proactively managing risks.
- Ability to allocate and use resources in a strategic or tactical way in line with principles of accountability and integrity.
- Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally.
- Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.
- Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making.
- Procurement services of health products.
- Create and communicate a compelling vision and purpose;
- Align people and resources with organizational vision, strategy, objectives •Understand and proactively builds the team/organization culture.
- Create a working environment where people are engaged and want to do their best; empower and enables team members to perform and have a positive workplace experience;
- •Promote honestly, openness, trust and psychological safety and create opportunities to innovate and learn;
- •Recruit and promotes individuals based upon objective measures and meritocracy; acknowledge and utilise the talent of others Encourage collective action and integration.
- Identify and develop talent in individuals, providing positive support to enable them to achieve their potential;
- Foster learning or development of others by giving feedback, guidance, and support; support career development of others;
- Have willingness and ability to delegate to help people learn, including from failure.
- Ensure regular conversations with people about work;
- Provide positive and constructive feedback;
- Discuss poor performance in a timely manner;
- Provide praise and recognition, as well as ensure accountability.
- Master’s Degree or equivalent in Management, Economics, Procurement, Pharmacy, Business Administration, or related area;
- Complimentary qualifications in social science, public health, medicine or any development-related field of study is an asset;
- Minimum of 7 years of progressive relevant experience with three year in national or international level in public procurement of health products;
- Demonstrated experience in developing and managing effective partnerships with governments in procurement of health products;
- Experience of UN or UNDP procurement policies and procedures is an asset.
- Demonstrated experience in building capacity of national entities in the area of procurement of health products is an asset;
- Experience in health procurement in the Europe and Central Asia region is an asset;
- Previous experience working with UN agencies in health-related projects is an asset;
- Fluency in English and Ukrainian. Russian is an asset.
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Contract Duration: 7 months