Leadership and Coordination
As a Health Specialist, you'll provide essential leadership and coordination for the national introduction of HPV and other new vaccines. This involves collaborating with UNICEF HQ, regional and country offices, donors, and partners to create integrated delivery systems that leverage platforms such as schools for health and wellbeing interventions. You will develop a long-term roadmap for vaccine introduction, prepare strategic implementation guidance, and draft periodic donor reports. Additionally, you'll assess the programmatic needs for HPV, Malaria, and other vaccines, and work with stakeholders to secure resources for effective implementation.
Technical Assistance and Support
In this role, you will offer technical assistance to countries, focusing on budgeting, logistics, and financial management to ensure the successful rollout of new vaccines. You will identify and oversee targeted country assistance to align with technical partners like WHO and CDC, collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure timely support for vaccine rollouts. Furthermore, you'll manage funding requests and monitor expenditures, ensuring all resources are tracked and reported effectively to donors.
Reporting and Data Management
You will be responsible for developing comprehensive donor reports and providing input for various publications related to new vaccines. Supporting the Immunization Section, you'll contribute to joint work plans and thematic reports, integrating HPV and Malaria programs with adolescent health initiatives. Additionally, you will maintain detailed records of immunization activities, ensuring accurate data collection and management. Working closely with data analytics teams, you'll help disseminate global progress on vaccine introduction, maintaining a repository of results and documentation for ongoing monitoring and reporting.
The following minimum requirements:
A master's degree in public health, medicine, or a related technical field, such as epidemiology or another social science discipline, is required.
Work Experience:
At least eight years of solid experience at national/international level in immunization program including global health and/or healthcare, programme coordination, managing and monitoring programme and preparing proposals and fund utilization reports is required.
Desirables/Assets:
Knowledge of UNICEF or other UN administrative rules and procedures and experience in programme management, and donor/partner coordination (ideally Gavi experience).
Experience in HPV, Malaria and other new vaccines program management, applying statistical methods, proven track record of publishing manuscripts in top academic journals and a track record of academic presentations in the field of vaccinology is an asset.