National Polio Consultants (Vaccines, Cold Chain and Logistics Management), Angola (8 Provinces)

UNICEF works in a number of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each youngster, in all places, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means quit.

For each youngster, vaccine!

The United Nations Kids’s Fund (UNICEF) have labored in Angola constantly since 1976 with mandate to assist authorities and non-state actors to guard the rights and promote the wellbeing of each youngster.

Our work is aligned with Sustainable Growth Targets and goals to make sure every youngster in every 18 provinces has entry to good well being providers, high quality training alternatives, clear water, and bogs; and youngsters develop up protected and develop in an inclusive, simply, and peaceable society.

Since its institution, UNICEF has been serving to the federal government of Angola to strengthen nationwide insurance policies, programmes and providers to make sure that each youngster get pleasure from their rights.

UNICEF’s capability, technical abilities and construction permit us to work successfully with coverage and decision-makers and be among the many first responders to humanitarian disaster. It permits us to evaluate and reply shortly to the priorities and desires of communities in essentially the most distant and underserved areas of the nation. 

UNICEF protects and promotes the rights of each youngster in Angola.

Help UNICEF Angola Nation Workplace (ACO) and the Ministry of Well being (MoH)/Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) on the subnational degree within the planning and administration of vaccines, chilly chain, and logistics, particularly in response to the outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliomyelitis kind 2 (nOPV2).

How will you make a distinction? 

Help UNICEF Angola Nation Workplace (ACO) and the Ministry of Well being (MoH)/Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) on the subnational degree within the planning and administration of vaccines, chilly chain, and logistics, particularly in response to the outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliomyelitis kind 2 (nOPV2).

Deliverables

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you’ll have… 

• A minimal of two years {of professional} expertise in immunization provide chain, chilly chain, vaccines and logistics planning and administration on the nationwide degree
  − Related expertise in immunization program, polio supplementary immunization actions (SIAs), challenge growth and administration in any UN methods company or group is an asset.
  − Expertise of working in an emergency setting is required.
  − Means to work in most excessive hardships.
  − Means to work independently and to satisfy deadlines.
  − Means to jot down clear and concise reviews in English.
  − Demonstrated capacity to successfully work and talk in a multicultural atmosphere.
  − Pc literacy with excessive capacity to make use of excel unfold sheets.
  − Accomplished coaching on Fundamental and Superior Safety within the Area

For each Little one, you reveal… 

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

To view our competency framework, please go to  here. 

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should replicate the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.

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

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict youngster safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can subsequently bear 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 supply extra info to conduct a background verify. 

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought-about “employees members” below the Employees Rules and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (equivalent to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service can be ruled by their contract and the Basic Circumstances of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are liable 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 insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for your entire interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking over the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and are usually 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 capabilities for UNICEF at some point of their consultancy contracts.