Female Mobilizer Vaccinator

Job description

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Overview of position

Afghanistan and Pakistan are the world’s remaining polio-endemic countries. In 2022, as of November 30, Afghanistan reported 02 WPV1 reported in Kunar and Paktika provinces and 13 environmental cases in Eastern Region, Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. These results confirm the need for continues community engagement efforts, especially engagement of influencers with a particular focus on previously inaccessible areas, high-risk districts, and areas where children are still missed mainly those refusing uptake of vaccine due to many aspects such as low awareness, misconception, operational challenges, proper management of vaccines and cold chain systems.

Social
mobilization and raising community awareness seem to be a major pillar for
improving the health of communities in such a context with low awareness and
cultural restrictions. Having more females in the health system at the
grassroots level who can better communicate with mothers who are the primary
caregiver of the children is an area that requires significant investment.
There is strong potential that placing such a cadre will affect the barriers
like the cultural restrictions that arise from lack of female staff in the
health facilities, which is quite common in polio high-risk provinces. In
addition to maintaining routine immunization and respond to referrals the
FMVs/supervisors will also help in community engagement, demand generation and
ultimately will contribute to building the trust between health system and
communities.  

FMVs/ Supervisor will be providing health education sessions at health facilities on vaccine preventable diseases such as polio, pertussis, measles; malnutrition and maternal health, and support EPI team in vaccination of children and women.

Role objectives

Female Mobilisers Vaccinator Supervisors

1.Field
supervision of FMVs, including monitoring and evaluation of attendance and
performance and creating development plans. 

2.Assist in development and implementation of
FMVs comprehensive training plan

3.Partnership building with Health Facilities
managers. 

4.Provide technical support to FMVs. 

5.Cluster management and monitoring of
results. 

6.Manage the planning, implementation and
monitoring of immunization activities in the relevant health facilities

7.Provide technical oversight to staff to ensure
monthly health education and caregivers engagement plans are developed and
implemented at health facility level.

8.Monitor and supervise FMVs performance during
health facility visits (Health education sessions, supporting vaccinators,
midwives, receipting referrals, IEC materials displayed at health facility
sections and data collection)

9.Compile
monthly health facility reports, review, edit and share with the DCO and REOC for
finalization. The report includes data of health education sessions, numbers
and children and women immunized and type of vaccine, referral services
utilization, observations of vaccine uptake.

10.Conduct
monitoring visits to health facilities to address any coordination issues and
on the site mentoring as required.

11.Collect
rumors, misconception from the ground and share with DCO

12.Administrative
tasks include compiling staff attendance sheets and payment recommendations,
management of transport, training expenses as required.

13.The incumbent will
report to DCO

Female Mobilisers Vaccinators

1.To vaccinate children and women on daily basis

2.To
provide health education and engagement sessions at the health facility on
vaccine preventable diseases such as polio, pertussis, measles and others
health topics malnutrition, and maternal health.

3.To
serve as focal point for facilitating referrals, reception of voucher holders
and ensure good services, including for the polio referred families.

4.Coordinate
with the community-based outreach workers for the tracking of defaulters,
missed children including refusals

5.To
establish a network of cooperation between the community and health facilities
through providing necessary information and awareness on national immunization
days

6.Share
missed and refusal children lists, outreach plans of health facilities with the
supervisors and DCOs for follow up

7. Contribute to AFP surveillance system by
reporting any paralyzed or any child with legs weakness in the community

8.To
provide monthly reports on agreed templates in close coordination with Health
Facility in-charge

9.       
Support
health facility in any other assignment given by the manager

The incumbent will report to health facility manager

Project reporting

• UNICEF
  staff and Polio extenders will do regular monitoring of the intervention. 

Key competencies

N/A

Team management

N/A

Further information

Requirement

• Excellent writing, verbal communication
  skills with the ability to write for multiple platforms and audiences.
• Understanding of, polio vaccinations, or
  interest in, children’s health issues and their wellbeing

Qualification:  

·Education:
Diploma in Health

·Work
Experience: Minimum 3 year of practical
professional work experience in healthcare  

·Language
Proficiency: Fluency, Dari, and Pashto

Disclaimer:

· At no stage of the recruitment process will CTG ask candidates for a fee. This includes during the application stage, interview, assessment and training.

· CTG has a zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) which is outlined in its Code of Conduct. Protection from SEA is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to CTG’s Code of Conduct at all times.