Current Vacancies at United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

How can you make a difference?

Provide guidance, tools technical assistance and capacity building to regional offices and priority countries in planning and implementing malaria vaccine introduction as part of the other malaria control interventions.

• Support regions to ensure countries develop high quality Gavi applications, and revise National Immunization Strategies (NIS) and National Malaria Control Strategies (NMCP) to introduce malaria vaccines.
• Provide targeted technical assistance to integrate existing immunization equity data and assessments in vaccine introduction plans to ensure countries reach zero-dose and high-risk communities with high coverage.
• Support regions to mobilize multi-sectoral capacity to facilitate countries utilize the opportunity of malaria vaccine introduction to integrate other PHC interventions.

Develop and disseminate programmatic guidance for UNICEF regional and country offices to mobilize multi-sectoral approaches to provide integrated programme support to roll-out malaria vaccine as part of other child health and malaria control interventions, and leverage the opportunity to identify and reach zero-dose communities with multiple PHC interventions and to address immunity gaps due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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• Develop internal programmatic guidance on multi-sectoral approaches under the guidance of Coverage & Equity team with inputs from the ROs, other teams, sections and programmes (Nutrition, WASH, etc).
• Develop a dissemination plan to introduce the multi-sectoral guidance to the UNICEF regions, countries and external partners.
• Assist with the dissemination of the guidance through regional coordination platforms and other mechanisms.

Support regional and country coordination and decision making for malaria vaccine introduction through regional coordination mechanisms (Regional Working Groups (RWG), Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (RITAG), national immunization programme managers meetings, and similar events).

• Participate in regional coordination mechanisms and provide guidance and technical assistance to facilitate country decision making.
• Facilitate the organization of dedicated sessions to discuss malaria vaccine, malaria control and available UNICEF support.
• Identify remaining data and evidence gaps and needs on vaccine introduction, reaching high coverage and integration with other interventions.

 Support establishing consultant rosters and similar tools as needed to assist regions and countries in timely identifying and deploying the suitable capacity to meet the technical assistance needs for malaria vaccine introduction.

• Identify technical assistance needs of regional and country offices regarding malaria vaccine introduction as part of malaria control.
• Support HQ in advertising and establishing a consultant roster as needed for the utilization of regions and countries.

Document regional and country experiences in introducing and scaling up malaria vaccine as part of the other malaria interventions, and disseminate good practices and lessons learned in appropriate global and regional fora (Malaria Vaccine Coordination Team (MVCT), Regional Working Groups, Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Groups, EPI managers meetings, webinars, etc.)

• Support countries to document lessons learned and good practices to roll-out the malaria vaccine.
• Facilitate knowledge management across countries including the documentation and dissemination of promising practices including building on global and regional fora.
• Assist with planning and implementation of knowledge sharing events to share lessons and good practices to facilitate south-south cooperation and cross-country learning

Conduct periodic monitoring of country progress and report UNICEF data to joint monitoring databases and tools of Gavi partners

• Collect monthly updates from Country Offices regarding progress against activities planned in their TCA proposals, progress of country programmes towards malaria vaccine introduction, challenges faced and needs for support.
• Regularly provide UNICEF updates to the joint monitoring tools of Gavi Alliance partners.
• Participate in the periodic calls of the Malaria Vaccine Coordination Team and its sub-teams and provide UNICEF perspective and inputs.
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 Any other cross-cutting tasks to support the routine immunization coverage and equity team on new vaccine introduction.

• This includes contributing to milestone and grant reporting, maintaining a repository of knowledge materials and periodic reports and presentations as needed.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in public health, pediatric health, family health, global/international health, health policy and/or management, health education, epidemiology or other health related sciences is required.
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant professional work experience, especially in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating immunization programmes is required.
• Knowledge and experience in supporting new vaccine introduction preferably in low-and middle-income country context, and familiarity with Gavi Alliance and its country support mechanisms is required.
• Knowledge and experience with malaria control programmes and strategies preferably in a malaria-endemic country context is an asset.
• Relevant working experience in a UN organization and familiarity with global immunization partners is considered as an asset.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Ability to travel for regional/country support and to attend meetings and events.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, French or Spanish) is an asset.

Deadline: 02 May 2023

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Provide guidance, tools, technical assistance and capacity building to regions in supporting countries in planning and implementing HPV vaccine scale-up and to reach the adolescent girls that may be missed due to various equity barriers and pandemic disruptions,

• Support regions to ensure countries develop high quality Gavi applications and revise National Immunization Strategies (NIS) to introduce HPV vaccine.
• Provide targeted technical assistance to integrate existing immunization equity data and assessments in HPV vaccine introduction plans to ensure countries reach high-risk, out of school and marginalized girls with high coverage.
• Support regions to mobilize multi-sectoral capacity to facilitate countries utilize the opportunity of HPV vaccine as an entry point to integrate other adolescent interventions and to strengthen life course immunization including Td boosters.
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Develop and disseminate programmatic guidance for UNICEF regional and country offices to mobilize multi-sectoral integrated approaches in reaching adolescent girls and share the guidance with partners to inform similar global guidelines.

• Develop internal programmatic guidance on multi-sectoral approaches under the guidance of Coverage & Equity team with inputs from the ROs, other teams, sections and programmes (Adolescent health, Gender, HIV/AIDS, Education, Nutrition, Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP), etc).
• Develop a dissemination plan to introduce the multi-sectoral guidance to the UNICEF regions, countries and external partners.
• Assist with the dissemination of the guidance through regional coordination platforms and other mechanisms.
• Support developing a root cause analysis and its implementation in selected countries with low coverage to define equity, demand, gender and integration opportunities.
• Coordinate with the Immunization Supply Chain (ISC) team to support in-country HPV vaccine supply security in through strengthening stock monitoring, implementing wastage reduction strategies, and testing the Controlled Temperature Chain (CTC) last mile delivery where feasible.

Support regional and country coordination and decision making for HPV vaccine scale-up through regional coordination mechanisms, Regional Working Groups (RWG), Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (RITAG), national immunization programme managers meetings, and similar events).

• Participate in regional coordination mechanisms and provide guidance and technical assistance to facilitate country decision making.
• Facilitate the organization of dedicated sessions to discuss HPV revitalization and available UNICEF support.
• Identify remaining data and evidence gaps and needs on HPV vaccine introduction, reaching high coverage and integration with other interventions.
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Support establishing consultant rosters and similar tools as needed to assist regions and countries in timely identifying and deploying the suitable capacity to meet the technical assistance needs for HPV vaccine introduction and coverage improvement.

• Identify technical assistance needs of regional and country offices regarding HPV vaccine introduction and scale-up.
• Support HQ in advertising and establishing a consultant roster as needed for the utilization of regions and countries.

Document regional and country experiences in introducing and scaling up HPV vaccine as part of the other adolescent interventions, and disseminate good practices and lessons learned in appropriate global and regional fora (Gavi HPV Sub-Team Regional Working Groups, Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Groups, EPI managers meetings, webinars, etc.)

• Support countries to document lessons learned and good practices to roll-out the HPV vaccine.
• Facilitate knowledge management across countries including the documentation and dissemination of promising practices including building on global and regional fora.
• Assist with planning and implementation of knowledge sharing events to share lessons and good practices to facilitate south-south cooperation and cross-country learning.

Conduct periodic monitoring of country progress and report UNICEF data to joint monitoring databases and tools of Gavi partners

• Collect monthly updates from Country Offices regarding progress against activities planned in their TCA proposals, progress of country programmes towards HPV vaccine introduction, challenges faced and needs for support.
• Regularly provide UNICEF updates to the joint monitoring tools of Gavi Alliance partners.
• Participate in the periodic calls and face-to-face meetings of the HPV Sub-Team and its working groups and provide UNICEF perspective and inputs.

Any other cross-cutting tasks to support the routine immunization coverage and equity team on new vaccine introduction.

• This includes contributing to milestone and grant reporting, maintaining a repository of knowledge materials and periodic reports and presentations as needed.
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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in public health, pediatric health, family health, global/international health, health policy and/or management, health education, epidemiology or other health related sciences is required.
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant professional work experience, especially in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating immunization programmes is required.
• Knowledge and experience in supporting new vaccine introduction preferably in low-and middle-income country context, and familiarity with Gavi Alliance and its country support mechanisms is required.
• Knowledge and experience with adolescent health or school health programmes and strategies preferably in a low-and middle-income county context is an asset.
• Relevant working experience in a UN organization and familiarity with global immunization partners is considered as an asset.
• Ability to travel for regional/country support and to attend meetings and events.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, French or Spanish) is an asset.

Deadline: 02 May 2023

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Act as liaison between PG-health for oxygen and essential MNCH commodities, including related innovations, including on.

• Oxygen systems needs assessment, supply planning and implementation
• Contribute to the identification and implementation of health innovations related to improving access to essential child health commodities

Coordinate and provide technical support to regional and country offices for oxygen systems scale up including

• Play a critical role in building internal capacity on oxygen systems scale up and hypoxemia case management
• Development of oxygen scaling strategies and roadmaps
• Integration of oxygen access and hypoxemia case management in maternal, newborn and child health services and quality improvement efforts, including
• support to countries in developing clinical guidelines, training materials and related job aids to improve hypoxemia diagnosis and treatment
• decentralization of pulse oximetry/hypoxemia management and oxygen therapy to primary health care level
• Implementation and optimal operations and use of oxygen equipment including PSA plants
• Foster cross country learning and internal capacity building
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Support broader work around commodities, especially increasing access to ORS/Zn co-pack and Amoxicillin DT

• Work with regional offices and country offices to address supply and demand aspects around essential child health commodities, e.g. support relevant policy changes, forecasting and implementation of Amoxicillin DT and ORS/Zn
• Support efforts that promote the rational use of drugs to prevent antimicrobial resistance

Support partnerships and resource mobilization efforts

• Strategic engagement with key partners including WHO and partners under the emerging Global Oxygen Alliance to align and harmonize efforts around oxygen systems strengthening.
• Engage with key partners on improving access to essential child health commodities, including Child Health Tak Force commodities subgroup, WHO
• Work with different units in MNCAH section, with Supply Division, ROs and COs to develop funding proposals
• Summarize learnings and highlights of UNICEF’s work to scale oxygen systems for broader advocacy
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 To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Public Health, Medicine, Global/International Health is required. Having PhD is an asset
• A minimum of 8 (eight) years of progressively responsible international professional experience in Public Health, especially around strategy, planning, budgeting and implementation around MNCH programming and access to essential child health commodities, especially oxygen and antibiotics is required.
• Prior experience working in low- and middle-income country context with experience in policy, programme design and implementation. Clinical experience in child health is highly desirable.
• Experience in programming is an asset.
• Experience working in the UN system is an asset.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) is an asset.

Deadline: 01 May 2023