National Consultancy: Zonal Polio Outbreak Response Consultant (Open to Malawian Nationals Only)

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For each baby, Well being…

The present cholera outbreak, the biggest ever reported within the nation over the previous 20 years, began in March 2022 and has affected all 29 well being districts of Malawi. This outbreak demonstrates a distinct sample because it began in the course of the dry season, out of the historic seasonality of cholera within the nation, on the heels of Tropical storm Ana (January 2022) and Cyclone Gombe (March 2022) with floods resulting in inhabitants displacement and additional disruption in entry to secure water, sanitation, and hygiene.

The unprecedented scale of the outbreak triggered the declaration of a Public Well being Emergency by the President of Malawi in December 2022, resulting in the activation of nationwide coordination mechanisms and a scale-up of the response. As of 25 January 2023, greater than 30,000 instances and greater than 1,000 deaths have been reported. 

Given the present polio and cholera outbreaks, the Authorities of Malawi instantly launched outbreak responses with assist from WHO and UNICEF. A complete of 4 rounds of polio campaigns have been carried out throughout the nation in 2022, reaching 3.6 million kids below 5 and reaching 99% polio immunization protection. In the meantime, the World Polio Eradication Initiative companions (Ministry of Well being, World Well being Group, Centre for Illness Management and Prevention and UNICEF) have ready a phase-2 plan for responding to the continuing outbreak that may cowl the interval of Could-December 2023.

This section will encompass 4 polio Nationwide Immunization Days (NIDs) focusing on 8.8 million 0 – 15-year kids in every spherical. Like within the phase-1 response, these a number of rounds of the marketing campaign would require important technical help inputs to the Division of Well being and the district well being authorities.

How will you make a distinction? 

The Zonal Polio Outbreak Response guide will work carefully with the Ministry of Well being (MOH), District Well being Workplaces (DHO), WHO and different companions, to implement top quality built-in polio immunization campaigns in chosen districts. Following are the precise duties:

• Overview of the technical capacities of the DHO and help in getting ready SIA micro-plans and detailed operational plans.
• Help the nationwide and district managers in affiliation with WHO to arrange coaching of the district and well being facility in-charges on polio SIA
• Put together/determine coaching supplies for the well being managers, vaccinators, social mobilizers, and different group members and make sure the high quality of such coaching.
• Conduct supportive supervision, monitoring and mentoring go to.
• Day-to-day monitoring and spot checks of the marketing campaign actions, chilly chain, and vaccine administration and SBCC actions
• Monitoring progress of the marketing campaign and manage intra-campaign opinions with the federal government and companions.
• Help the districts within the evaluation of protection information and assist in planning and conducting mop-up actions as mandatory.
• Common protection and information administration and visualize them in key efficiency indicators.
• Acquire and compile information from districts and put together implementation and protection studies by every district and conduct de-briefing on the teachings learnt and proposals.
• Put together and submit closing report of the exercise, evaluation of the responses, together with the teachings learnt and proposals on the finish of the task.
• Doc nation good practices all through the method together with associated to challenges, classes discovered and important success elements.
• Supporting authorities in planning and conducting coaching and capability constructing plan to reinforce the abilities of well being staff on cholera and polio outbreak containment.
• Serving to zonal coordinators to arrange for district activity pressure conferences and conserving an replace of identical
• Using the monitoring suggestions to uplift the continuing polio SIAs and cholera outbreak response.
• Monitoring the provision standing of polio SIA vaccines as nicely cholera necessities

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you should have… 

Tutorial qualification:

• A college diploma from a acknowledged educational establishment in a number of of the next areas is most popular: Public Well being/ Environmental Well being, Nursing, Medical physician.

Work expertise:

Minimal two years progressively accountable skilled work expertise on the district or nationwide stage in beneath talked about areas:

• Intensive expertise within the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) at district or nationwide ranges.
• Confirmed monitor document in Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC).
• Demonstrated expertise in vaccine administration, chilly chain gear, and new chilly chain applied sciences.
• Robust background in information assortment, administration, evaluation, and reporting.
• Expertise in illness surveillance and environmental evaluation is advantageous.

Technical expertise, data and energy areas:

• Superior expertise in mission administration, particularly in health-related initiatives.
• Proficiency in using expertise for information assortment and reporting.
• Capacity to implement efficient SBCC methods tailor-made to numerous communities.
• Complete understanding of worldwide and native polio eradication initiatives and techniques.
• In-depth data of public well being ideas, significantly in immunization packages.
• Familiarity with regional healthcare programs, insurance policies, and challenges.
• Complete understanding of worldwide and native polio eradication initiatives and techniques.
• In-depth data of public well being ideas, significantly in immunization packages.

Languages:  

Fluency in Chichewa and English is required.

Please consult with the connected full Phrases of Reference  Terms of Reference Zonal Polio Consultant.pdf for extra particulars on the consultancy and necessities.

For each Little one, you show… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).   

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UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should replicate the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.

UNICEF presents reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This may occasionally embrace, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your utility in case you want affordable lodging in the course of the choice course of and afterwards in your task. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict baby safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can subsequently endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer extra data to conduct a background examine. 

HOW TO APPLY…

Particular person Marketing consultant ought to present the next:

1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Tutorial certificates
3. Transient technical proposal (not than 5 pages) demonstrating the Particular person Marketing consultant’s understanding of the task and method/methodology to the task
4. Monetary proposal together with a breakdown of their all-inclusive charges (together with skilled charges, stationery, communication, and different miscellaneous prices).  Financial Proposal for Consultancy.xlsx Full the connected kind.
5. References particulars from three most up-to-date supervisors.

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “employees members” below the Workers Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (resembling go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service shall be ruled by their contract and the Basic Situations of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are chargeable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the whole interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of absolutely vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met previous to taking on the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and should not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or instantly work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF in the course of their consultancy contracts.