The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
This position has an end date of 30 September 2027.
1. Job Overview
The Health Supply Chain Specialist will provide integrated operational and technical leadership to strengthen supply chain performance across four critical health program areas, including but not limited to: Nutrition (with a focus on Ready-to-Use Food, or RUF), Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH, covering Family Planning commodities and Postpartum Hemorrhage prevention and treatment supplies), Primary Healthcare (PHC, covering essential medicines and primary-level clinical supplies), and Infection and Disease Prevention and Control (IDPC). Focus will be on IRCs Impact at Scale ‘’go-big’’ designated country programs.
This is a project management and integration role embedded in Global Supply Chain (GSC), with a Management in Partnership (MIP) reporting line to Deputy Director, Health Unit (HU). The role translates health program priorities into optimized, scalable supply chain solutions, and directly advances the IRC's Impact at Scale (I@S) objectives across all program areas.
Working in close collaboration with Country Programs, Regional Supply Chain Directors (RSCDs), Global Procurement, Nutrition, SRH and IDPC Technical Leads, and external partners (including UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, other UN agencies and NGOs, and vendors), the Specialist will cover demand planning, forecasting, procurement coordination, and delivery across all four commodity areas, including essential medicines and IDPC commodities used in IRC health facilities and outbreak response. The role will also act as a key connector between field realities and global supply strategies — ensuring operational challenges are converted into actionable learning, system improvements, and scalable solutions.
2. Key Responsibilities
2.1 Integrated Demand Planning and Forecasting
Develop and maintain a consolidated global demand plan covering RUF (Nutrition), IDPC and key SRH commodities (FP and PPH) for Go-big countries.
Lead responses to specific commodity shortages and urgent projects across all countries.
Analyze consumption data across programs (procured and Contribution in Kind -CIK) to inform forecasting and procurement decisions.
Implement forecasts and supply chain plans for FY27 and FY28 for all Go-Big countries in Nutrition, IDPC and SRH.
Regularly analyze and report on demand, stock, pipeline, and spend data at global and country levels, incorporating stockout data and mitigation actions.
Proactively monitor global supply outlook for RUF, SRH and IDPC commodities and escalate alerts within program, supply chain and leadership .
2.2 SRH Supply Chain Strategy and UNFPA Engagement
Lead scoping and stakeholder engagement to design and implement a UNFPA relationship strengthening strategy, including pre-positioning, CIK strengthening at global/country level, service and delivery improvements etc.
Classify IRC country programs into operational SRHR supply chain profiles (e.g., PPH-focused, LARC-driven (long‑acting reversible contraception), UNFPA-dependent, emergency-only) to support differentiated supply chain strategies and prioritization.
In alignment with country scale plans, support short-, medium-, and long-term improvement…