Supply Chain Governance, Risk and Compliance Analyst, Supply Chain Management Unit, P-2 Copenhagen

Job Description

The Governance, Risk and Compliance Analyst position is located in the Governance, Risk and Compliance within Pillar 3 – Quality management in the Supply Chain Management Unit (SCMU). The position reports directly to the Governance, Risk and Compliance Specialist.

Position

The Governance, Risk and Compliance Analyst will work closely with other SCMU colleagues, Office of the Executive Director, other HQ Business Units, the Regional Offices and the Country Offices and with a number of external partners. The Governance, Risk and Compliance Analyst will support the Governance, Risk and Compliance Specialist to execute and oversee the UNFPA Supply Chain Quality Management System. This role is pivotal in fostering a culture of risk management and ensuring the integrity and quality of supplies and services within UNFPA's supply chain operations.

How You Can Make a Difference

UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization’s response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff who embody these international norms and standards and will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact sustained results, ensuring effective external relations, communications, partnership-building and resource mobilisation in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.

UNFPA occupies a unique position in the sexual and reproductive health commodity ecosystem as a critical player in supply chain management, a leading public procurer of sexual and reproductive health commodities, a trusted partner to national governments, and one of the few organizations with the scale and partnerships necessary to build accountability for last mile delivery.

The UNFPA Supply Chain Management Unit (SCMU) is self-funded and was made operational in January 2022. It is tasked with ensuring that UNFPA is able to effectively and efficiently support the delivery of life-saving reproductive health products and other programme supplies to the end user when and where they are needed. To achieve this, it is important to strengthen the capacity of governments and implementing partners to ensure coordination, end-to-end visibility and accountability on all supply chain and logistics management related activities, in particular for programme supplies, across all UNFPA programmes.

Job Purpose

The Governance, Risk, and Compliance Analyst holds a supporting role in shaping and advancing the risk management framework and compliance standards within UNFPA, ensuring that risk management strategies are seamlessly integrated across all levels of the supply chain.

You Would Be Responsible For

• Ensuring that SCMU’s deliverables are of the highest quality, thereby contributing to the effective oversight of UNFPA operations and programmes.
• Ensure the end-to-end Insurance Management of the UNFPA insurance policies, ensuring coverage adequacy, policy compliance, and effective claims handling.
• Serve as Secretariat or Alternate Secretariat as designated for the UNFPA Contract Review Committee (CRC) and Vendor Review Committee (VRC), managing submissions, meeting coordination, records and compliance with UNFPA policies.
• Manage the receipt and processing of sealed tenders for SCMU, ensuring secure handling and adherence to operating procedures.
• Develop and analyse a myriad of reports related to SCMU GRC functions such as SCM key performance indicators, annual reports on insurance, CRC, VRC, and bid management.
• Develop and oversee the Supply Chain GRC framework, assist in defining roles and responsibilities, and drive continuous improvement using quality management standards.
• Monitor supply chain compliance with supply chain policies and regulations, manage audit coordination, and implement corrective measures.
• Develop and maintain SCM policies, and guideli