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For each child, Hope

In line with the Sustainable Development Goals (2015-2030), the UNICEF Regional Office in West and Central Africa (WCARO) is implementing the 2022-2025 Regional Office Management Plan (ROMP) in response to regional priorities. In the world of Health, the priorities and organizational focus are on three Key Results that contribute to advancing the Child Survival & Development agenda within the Region: i) Closing fairness gaps in immunization via polio eradication and accelerated routine immunization-plus; ii) Saving new-born lives and; iii) accelerating the built-in administration of childhood killer illnesses.

The Lake Chad Basin area—encompassing Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria—stay the core reservoirs of variant poliovirus sort 2 transmission inside the African Region. The nations are weak to poliovirus transmission as a consequence of challenges like insufficient important immunization techniques, excessive transnational high-risk inhabitants mobility, insecurity, and restricted entry to secure healthcare system. To successfully fight polio transmission and meet the objective of interrupting polio transmission by finish 2026, a structured and unified response is vital. A Lake Chad Basin Coordination Team for Polio Eradication (LBCT) is established to boost inter-country collaboration, harmonize cross-border polio eradication actions, and guarantee efficient implementation of the polio response cross boarder plan in addition to the regional methods, and promote alignment and knowledge sharing with different cross broader well being and illness outbreak prevention and response efforts.

The LBCT features a small group that can be bodily primarily based at a Coordination Centre in Ndjamena – Chad (Coordinator, admin and operational help, Technical helps as mandatory, Advocacy and External Communication, Representatives from GPEI or different companions assigned to the Team by the GPEI Regional Outbreak Response Group with extra members collaborating remotely from the 5 Lake Chad Basin nations (Country Incident Managers, GPEI Coordinators, WHO and UNICEF nation Team Leads, native focal factors from border areas).

This RO outposted Immunization Specialist / Polio would be the consultant of UNICEF RO inside LBCT group primarily based in Ndjamena-Chad. This place goals to facilitate, coordinate, and improve cross-border polio eradication actions throughout the Lake Chad Basin nations by guaranteeing synchronized efforts within the domains the place UNICEF is accomplice lead (SBC & Vaccine Management) in addition to in pillars for which UNICEF is co-lead accomplice (Advocacy & finance).

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Purpose for the job

Under the overall steering of the Regional Adviser Health and the direct supervision of the Health Specialist Immunization/Polio Coordinator on the Regional Office, the Immunization Specialist /Polio is accountable for offering UNICEF’s strategic and technical management on polio eradication agenda within the 5 nations of Lake Chad Basin, particularly Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. The incumbent is part of the Lake Chad Basin Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Coordination Team for Polio Eradication (LBCT) and can help and advise on the general administration of the Polio programme on this area. This contains coordination, improvement of polio-related methods, outbreak preparedness and cross-border response plans, and the availability of well timed technical help to the 5 nations within the Lake Chad Basin. The Specialist is accountable for guaranteeing synchronized efforts within the domains the place UNICEF is the lead company (SBC & Vaccine Management) in addition to the place UNICEF is the co-lead accomplice (Advocacy & Finance). The incumbent will work carefully with the Chief Health/Immunization/Polio Coordinators of the 5 Country Offices within the Lake Chad Basin. The place may even carefully work together with GPEI companions, together with WHO, CDC, Gates Foundation, and the governments of the Lake Chad Basin nations. The place can be out-posted and primarily based in Ndjamena, Chad the place the LBCT is situated.

Summary of key features/accountabilities:

Timely evaluation, technical help and coordination associated to polio eradication/Immunization efforts in Lake Chad Basin (LCB) bloc for efficient planning, improvement, and administration.

• Support coordination of partnership inside the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), together with GPEI coordination and Task Team conferences; and take part in conferences/occasions with governments and different counterparts/stakeholders (GPEI companions) to contribute to polio assessments, strategic program discussions, and outbreak preparedness and response planning of the Lake Chad Basin (LCB) Countries.
• Support efficient advocacy, and networking via partnership and collaboration with the Regional Outbreak Response Group (RORG), and nation ranges in LCB.
• Provide recommendation on program methods, route and planning that advance UNICEF objectives on immunization agenda specializing in polio eradication in LCB. This contains steering and recommendation to the 5 nation groups all through the method of planning and preparation of the Polio Annual Work plans, guaranteeing harmonization of approaches and alignment with UNICEF and GPEI Partners company tips, insurance policies/procedures in addition to regional and nationwide priorities.
• Provide technical help and capability constructing of the 5 nations in LCB for polio outbreak preparedness and response, exterior evaluations of the polio outbreak response (OBRAs), and strengthening routine Immunization capitalizing on polio eradication belongings with a concentrate on improvement and implementation of transition plans.

Development and implementation of the polio cross-border plan in LCB and approaches via technical inputs, participation and collaboration with inner and exterior companions.

• Facilitate common communication between nationwide well being authorities, 5 UNICEF Country workplaces and the Regional Office in addition to different related companions to make sure a cohesive response to cross border elements of polio transmission.
• Establish and preserve coordination channels between 5 nations and respective UNICEF Country Offices to deal with challenges and overview progress.
• In settlement with UNICEF Country Offices, coordinate efforts with humanitarian stakeholders on the bottom, particularly UN companies and/or NGOs specializing in displacements.
• Ensure inner coordination and oversight of polio multi-sectoral response group (Health, SBC, M&E, Com/Advocacy), and supply recommendation on finest and modern programming and administration practices to boost programming and operations.

Implementation progress is monitored and evaluated for adjustment, acceleration and enchancment of program supply and sustainability. In shut coordination and settlement with the Rapid Response Team (RRT) consultants, the Country Office Chiefs of Health and the LBCT GPEI core group members:

• Assess the areas which want advocacy to get full dedication of authorities on Polio eradication / Immunization and suggest to RO and COs the technique/plans to achieve them.
• Evaluate general program progress, determine weaknesses, bottlenecks and potential issues.
• Monitor implementation and progress of labor plans and collaborate with colleagues to make sure achievement of outcomes in keeping with targets and efficiency requirements.
• Monitor the optimum and applicable use of program assets (monetary, human, administrative and different belongings) and confirm compliance with organizational guidelines, rules and procedures, donor commitments and requirements of accountability and integrity.
• Ensure that multi-country motion plan developed by the LBCT contains correct and high-quality UNICEF Country Offices inputs associated to cross-border actions particularly the group engagement, advocacy, and vaccine administration.
• Participate within the common bi-monthly digital/hybrid conferences and quarterly in-person conferences (as per the set by LBCT) to overview progress, handle challenges, and plan upcoming actions, and supply common updates to the Regional Office to debate and agree on choices which should be taken.

Technical help is supplied to governments of LCB nations and GPEI companions, together with capability constructing of related stakeholders.

• Advise on the conceptualization, improvement and implementation of the cross-border polio preparedness and response, utilizing the most recent info know-how and introducing improvements and finest practices to make sure optimum effectivity and efficacy in programming and operations.
• Coordinate the gathering, institutionalization and sharing of classes discovered to boost efficiency and to make use of classes discovered in cross-border polio preparedness and response. Promote studying and improvement via capability constructing initiatives to boost the competencies/productiveness of workers members.
• In coordination with the COs, determine and undergo RO the quarterly technical help wants associated to vaccine administration, SBC, and finance, to help COs on the preparation and implementation of polio campaigns.
• In coordination with nationwide authorities, the UNICEF COs and the Rapid Response Team consultants, facilitate capacity-building of actors on SBC, Advocacy, vaccine administration at nationwide ranges for polio eradication efforts/Immunization throughout borders.
• Provide in-country technical help to LCB nations to strengthen coordination, Monitoring of polio outbreak in addition to publish marketing campaign actions with concentrate on transborder actions

Effective partnership and collaboration achieved and maintained for advocacy, technical cooperation, programme coordination, info sharing and information networking.

• Under the steering of the Regional Health Specialist (Polio Coordinator) and in collaboration with the Polio RORG and nation GPEI companions:
  • Support UNICEF Country Offices to have interaction political leaders and policymakers to make sure robust governmental possession and management of cross-border polio eradication efforts.
  • Support UNICEF Country Offices to have interaction conventional leaders in goal to strengthen the group engagement for polio responses.
• Support UNICEF Country Offices to advocate for the inclusion of polio eradication in broader well being agendas and encourage the allocation of nationwide assets to help immunization and surveillance actions.

All required polio-related studies of the LCB are well timed ready in compliance with the established tips and procedures.

• Ensure that LBCT quarterly progress studies shared with RORG embrace deep evaluation and method ahead of key parts associated to UNICEF tasks.
• Contribute to programme studies required by the Regional Office with emphasis on Polio Eradication associated issues and contribute to the event of proposals for LCB nations to donors as mandatory

Other assigned duties and tasks are successfully carried out.

• Performs and delivers extra duties and providers assigned by the supervisor.

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

Minimum necessities:

Education:

• An Advanced college diploma in Public Health or equal
• Desirable: Training in emergencies.

Work Experience:

• Eight years of working expertise in Health programme together with not less than 5 years in Immunization program.
• Experience on well being program administration together with coordination with companions. 
• Solid expertise in managing Vaccine Preventable Disease Outbreak response.
• Experience in capability constructing in well being and immunization
• Strong communication and negotiating abilities

Skills: 

• Leadership; Build and preserve partnership; Works collaboratively with others.
• Capability to work in an emergency context.
• Ability to work independently and to fulfill deadlines.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and French required.

Desirables:

• Experiences in emergency context is a powerful asset.
• Coordinating polio campaigns in addition to synchronized polio campaigns is an asset.
• Working expertise with UN companies and in Lake Chad Basin Countries is an asset.

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(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

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