Community Volunteer Supervisor

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Overview

Supervise and coordinate community volunteers for immunization activities.

You have:

• Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in community health, immunization programs, or volunteer coordination.
• Experience in supervision, data quality assurance, and community engagement.
• Strong interpersonal communication and mentorship skills.
• Ability to analyse and verify data.
• Problem-solving and team coordination skills.
• Proficiency in local languages and culturally sensitive communication.
• Ability to work in low-resource or hard-to-reach settings.
• Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing.
• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various Microsoft Office applications.
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision.

Contract

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Immunization saves lives and is a key priority in The Gambia’s child health programme. While national vaccination coverage is usually high, some children are still being missed. An estimated 14,000 children are classified as “zero-dose,” meaning they have not received even one routine vaccine. These children are concentrated in Western Region one and two, border communities, and vulnerable households, where health systems face access, equity, and data challenges. will be deployed to Western 1 & 2 health region. Volunteers will be engaged in activities for the reduction of Zero dose children. They will be deployed to health facilities in the regions based on many factors including: the number of zero dose children in the facility catchment area, the facility dropout rate and area coverage etc. Volunteers will support health workers during outreach and fixed-site immunization sessions, conduct home visits and participate in community engagement activities.

•The Supervisor of UNV Community Volunteers will provide technical guidance, oversight, and coordination to ensure high‑quality community‑level support for immunization services. The role ensures that volunteers are effectively mobilized, supported, and monitored to reach all households, strengthen demand for vaccination, and improve immunization coverage especially for zero‑dose and under‑immunized children.

• Develop weekly and monthly workplans for UNV Community Volunteers and align them with health facility outreach plans and national immunization priorities.

• Ensure volunteers conduct home visits as scheduled and reach targeted households, especially those with zero-dose or missed children.

• Coordinate volunteer participation in fixed-site and outreach immunization sessions.

• Training: Volunteers will undergo training on immunization basics, interpersonal communication, community mobilization, and data collection tools. Training will be conducted jointly by the Ministry of Health, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), and partners, with UNV providing administrative support.

Accountability • Adaptability and flexibility • Creativity • Judgement and decision-making • Planning and organising • Professionalism • Self-management

• Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in community health, immunization programs, or volunteer coordination. • Experience in supervision, data quality assurance, and community engagement. • Strong interpersonal communication and mentorship skills • Ability to analyse and verify data • Problem-solving and team coordination skills • Proficiency in local languages and culturally sensitive communication • Ability to work in low-resource or hard-to-reach settings • Commitment to equity and reaching marginalized populations • Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing; • Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development; • Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel; • Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, among others), email, and internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment; • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines; • Desirable: valid national driver’s license and proven ability to drive manual gear 4x4 over rough terrain; • Sound security awareness; • Have affinity with or interest in volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN system.

Volunteers will be assigned to health facilities within the Western One and Two Health Regions. These regions can be described as Urban to peri urban where social services are easily accessible at a cost not different from the rest of the Country. General precautionary measures should always be observed.

You can check full entitlements at the duty station at https://app.unv.org/calculator. The complete UN Volunteer Conditions of Service is available at https://explore.unv.org/cos.”

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