| Overview : Background: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 170 countries and territories, working with governments and people on their own solutions to global and national development challenges to help empower lives and build resilient nations. UNDP is a lead agency in UNAIDS for addressing the dimensions of HIV relating to human rights, gender and sexual diversity. In addition, UNDP contributes to public health and development partnerships through collaborations with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘Global Fund’), Roll Back Malaria, Stop TB Partnerships, and special programmes on human reproduction and infectious diseases that disproportionately affect poor populations. As part of its wider engagement with the United Nations, the Global Fund has partnered with UNDP since 2003 to ensure that grants are implemented and services are delivered in countries facing complex challenges. The partnership focuses on three closely linked areas of work: implementation support as interim Principal Recipient (PR), capacity development, and policy engagement. UNDP was nominated as the PR by the Country Coordinating Mechanism in December 2014 for the Multi-Country Western Pacific grants (TB and HIV; and Malaria (Vanuatu)) (the ‘Multi-Country Programmes’). In 2020, the Global Fund approved the new Funding Request for 2021-2023 for 11 countries for HIV/TB and for malaria for Vanuatu. For the implementation of the Multi-Country Programme, the UNDP Pacific Centre established a Programme Management Unit (PMU) to coordinate and oversee the implementation and to ensure compliance of the terms and conditions of the grant agreements with the Global Fund and UNDP rules, policies and procedures. The PMU coordinates with the PIRMCCM, Government and CSOs, regional partners, the Global Fund and other key stakeholders in the health and development sector (bi-laterals, private sector) and technical assistance providers. UNDP as the principal Recipient undertakes consolidated regional procurement and supply chain management activities within the framework of the ‘Multi-Country Western Pacific Integrated HIV/TB Programme’ grant financed by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. With increased Procurement and Supply Chain activities of the current HIV, TB & Malaria grant and COVID-19 country response funding, the PMU was recently approved a Procurement Assistant position for the grant. UNDP Procurement Assistant position is expected to be filled by 15th May 2022. Until then and by 25th of July a Local Temporary Procurement Assistance is required to support the massive procurement of the Programme. Thus, the Programme creates this Local Temporary Procurement Support for 3 months. Under the overall guidance of the Programme Manager and in direct supervision of the UNDP PSM Specialist, the Procurement Assistant (Temporary) will be responsible for implementing procurement activities within the three grants – HIV/TB Integrated Programme, COVID-19 Response mechanism (C19RM) and LLIN Distribution Programme in Vanuatu. S/he performs procurement and associated logistics processes in line with the grant agreements, budgets and procurement lists as per the direction of the UNDP PSM Specialist and Programme Manager. S/he also performs procurement performance monitoring and evaluation aiming to increase efficiency at all PSM levels, to ensure sustainability and capacity development. The Procurement Assistant will be temporarily part of the PMU management team and works in close collaboration with the PMU and Operations team at the UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji, PMU staff in Vanuatu and Samoa as well as with UNDP Global Fund Programme Procurement Teams in Geneva and Copenhagen. The Procurement Assistant promotes collaborative, client-oriented approach consistent with UNDP rules and regulations overseen by the UNDP PSM Specialist. | 
