Health Specialist Immunization

The aim of this place is threefold, i.e., to boost coordination and technical help for South Asian international locations, specializing in sustaining momentum for COVID-19 vaccination amongst high-priority people and bolstering the Routine Immunization (RI) / PHC system. The objective is to enhance collaboration and coordination each inside UNICEF and amongst UNICEF, WHO, Gavi, and different companions to fortify nationwide capabilities in reaching high-priority populations; oversee and harmonize regional partnerships specializing in routine immunization, in collaboration with the Immunization and HSS groups of UNICEF and WHO Regional Places of work together with helping within the growth of Nationwide Immunization Methods (NIS); and drive the life course strategy to vaccination and built-in service supply inside PHC throughout the area. 

perform, accountabilities, and associated duties/duties:

• Reporting to the Senior Well being Specialist, the Well being Specialist- Immunization/COVID-19 and in shut collaboration with the Immunization Specialist to

Keep momentum for COVID-19 vaccination of high-priority populations, workers members will:

• Assist the combination of COVID-19 in RI / PHC methods by means of advocacy work with international locations to succeed in high-priority populations and implement a life course strategy together with the immunization provide chain, Social and Habits Change (SBC), gender, and general well being groups.
• Assist the identification of bottlenecks and devise options selling fairness, demand, gender, and integration alternatives.
• Collaborate and coordinate successfully with companions to assist COVID-19 grant administration together with well timed and correct utilization of funds (CDS, CanGlVE, ACT-A, and others) as per tips and agreements and reprogramming of funds for wider assist to public well being emergencies and PI-IC system strengthening, and to facilitate international locations in COVID-19 vaccine demand forecasting.
• Symbolize ROSA in key regional and world COVID-19 fora and platforms and help the senior well being specialist in conferences and calls with companions and donors.
• Assist international locations in well timed figuring out and deploying appropriate capability to satisfy the technical help wants for COVID-19 vaccine integration and enchancment of revaccination protection.

Present general coordination and follow-up of the RWGs for immunization:

• Facilitate efficient collaboration and coordination between RWG companions in direction of reaching IA2030 targets, notably pertaining to the Large Catch Up, Zero Dose agenda, COVID-19 integration, new vaccine introductions (HPV), and NIS:
• Foster joint strategic and technical management and characterize ROSA at RWG occasions.
• Liaise between ROSA and the WHO & UNICEF regional technical hubs and chairs of the RWGs.
• Liaise between the RWG and Gavi and coordinate frequent month-to-month follow-up conferences between RWGs and Gavi.
• Assist coordinated advocacy carried out by the RWG with governments to allocate applicable funding for immunization and HSS, together with the follow-up of suggestions from the Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Teams (RITAG) and Technical Working Teams.
• Assist the event of nations’ Nationwide Immunization Methods.

Tackle capabilities of the RWG secretariat:

• Manage, facilitate, and chair weekly coordination calls amongst key companions.
• Manage, put together, and facilitate conferences/convention calls of the RWG.
• Present technical assist for the dissemination and implementation of RWG suggestions.
• Monitor the implementation of assembly/convention name RWG suggestions with report again.
• Keep oversight and monitor the progress of RWG actions together with the event of an motion plan with RWG key deliverables/milestones, monitoring the implementation of actions, and crafting quarterly standing updates.

Assist the Data Administration:

• Coordinate monitoring and documentation of widespread successes, challenges, constraints, and alternatives in strengthening nationwide immunization programmes, together with the implementation of Gavi processes, and writing reviews and scientific articles as applicable.
• Keep the data trade perform of the RWG by means of common updates utilizing out there trade platforms on the web site and amongst companions.
• Place UNICEF ROSA as a platform for the trade of data, classes realized and experiences between international locations and the area and the worldwide stage to construct capability and allow the development of Gavi’s and companions’ nationwide packages and processes/insurance policies.
• Assist the evaluation of information, reviews, and strategic publications associated to immunization to information future course relating to coverage, technique, and operational frameworks.

Drive the life course strategy to vaccination and Built-in Service Supply inside PHC:

• Coordinate and take part in technical assist to South Asian international locations for the implementation of the life course strategy in shut collaboration with SBC and gender sections.
• Assist planning and implementation of Gavi’s Vaccine Funding Technique (VIS) together with Cholera, Dengue, Hepatitis A, Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Malaria, and Rabies in shut collaboration with RWGs.
• Assist international locations for the preparation (assist purposes), introduction, and rollout of recent vaccines together with HPV in Bangladesh, Nepal, India, and Pakistan, in shut collaboration with SBC and gender sections.

Assist the Data Administration perform of the well being part:

• Assist documenting nation experiences with a life course strategy to vaccination, the introduction of HPV, and Built-in Service Supply and disseminate good practices and classes realized by means of regional and world mechanisms,
• Manage occasions to share data and experiences on life course strategy, HPV introduction, and Built-in Service Supply to facilitate south-south cooperation and cross-country studying.

Carry out different duties that will embrace, however aren’t restricted to:

• Contribute to the event of the ROSA annual work plan, monitor its implementation, and supply assist to make sure anticipated outcomes are obtained.
• Take part within the preparation of all reviews associated primarily to immunization required by administration and donors.
• Take part in price range critiques, programme evaluation, and annual reviews.

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you should have…

• A sophisticated college diploma in one of many following fields is required: public well being/diet, pediatric well being, household well being, well being analysis, world/worldwide well being, well being coverage and/or administration, environmental well being sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, well being schooling, epidemiology, or one other related technical subject.
• A minimal of eight years {of professional} expertise in a number of of the next areas is required: public well being/diet planning and administration, maternal and neonatal well being care, or well being emergency/humanitarian preparedness.
• Expertise working in a growing nation is taken into account an asset.
• Related expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account an asset.
• Expertise working with COVID-19 PROGRAM and associated companions is strongly most well-liked.
• Expertise working within the area is an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Data of one other official UN language Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian, or Spanish is an asset.

Supply:  https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/570520