Coordinator Integrated Immunization and VPD Surveillance

Contract

This is a P-5 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 10 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 110,869 USD and 138,944 USD.

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IMPORTANT NOTE:

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME:

To reduce childhood morbidity and mortality attributable to vaccine preventable diseases and achieve polio eradication, measles and rubella elimination and other vaccine preventable disease elimination/control goals. This will be achieved though high, equitable coverage of routine and supplemental immunization activities for all people along the life-course and introduction of underutilized and new lifesaving vaccines, in accordance with the global and regional goals and commitment and Immunization Agenda 2030.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

The incumbent will perform the following duties:

1. Take lead in the provision of a strategic vision and technical advice to the country to strengthen routine immunization and improve coverage and equity including:

• Coordinate immunization and polio eradication donors and partners to support immunization and polio eradication in Somalia, including resource mobilization, timely utilization of funds and timely donor reporting.
• Strengthen national decision-making processes through the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG)
• Guide the development and updating of National Strategic Plan, Comprehensive multi-year plan (cMYP) for immunization, the annual national work plan and the National Emergency Action Plan for Polio.
• Manage and ensure the quality District microplans for EPI and Polio eradication addressing bottle necks equity, quality and high coverage, leaving no one behind.
• Lead a strategy and action plan for monitoring, evaluation system, and data quality improvements at federal and state levels.

2. Oversee planning and implementation of the vaccine preventable disease eradication, elimination and control activities to meet global, regional and national goals, including:

• Plan and implement single and multi-antigen integrated supplementary immunization activities according to national strategies (e.g. Polio, measles/rubella, MNT etc.).
• Maintain preparedness for early detection and response to outbreaks of polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases, and coordinate outbreak response with government and key stakeholders.
• Establish a system to monitor polio eradication and measles elimination indicators.
• Improve and sustain quality of acute flaccid paralysis and environmental surveillance for poliovirus as an essential function to achieve and maintain polio-free status.
• Implement Measles & Rubella case-based laboratory surveillance according to regional and national guidelines.
• Coordinate activities related to introduction of new vaccines, including applications to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, new vaccine introduction plans, and necessary training.
• Support national preparedness for use of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2).

3. Coordinate the development and implementation of polio transition plan, including facilitating dialogue with the national and state authorities for integration of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance system into broader systems that include reporting of vaccine preventable diseases (e.g. sentinel sites for priority diseases such as invasive bacterial diseases, Rotavirus disease, Congenital Rubella Syndrome) and in the long run, other communicable diseases (in collaboration with WHE coordinator).
4. Collaborate with the WHE country team and other Incident Management Support Teams (IMST) for the investigation and response to outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases.
5. Supervise and guide other Integrated Public Health staff at federal, state and district levels.
6. Develop WHO biannual plan (Program Budget) for immunization and polio eradication in coordination with the government authorities and WHO regional office.
7. Contribute to the development, planning, and building capacity of human resources for health services delivery with the aim of increasing the quality of the health workforce through organizing, and/or facilitating training activities
8. Contribute to the development of policies for inclusion of vulnerable groups and people living in hard-to-reach areas (in conflict and fragile settings) in order to ensure equitable access to vaccines for all.
9. Guide and lead the development of new knowledge, best practices and lessons learned from COVID-19 vaccine deployment aiming to use this platform for establishing a life-course vaccination programme in the context of the 2030 Immunization Agenda.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

University degree in Medicine, or health sciences and Master’s degree in Public Health.

Desirable:

Experience

Essential: At least 10 years of extensive and practical experience in immunization programmes and vaccine preventable disease control or polio eradication at senior management position at national and international levels with focus on policy, planning and strategic actions for improving immunization and surveillance programme performance.

Desirable:

1. Experience in control of communicable diseases in general and surveillance of vaccine preventable diseases.
2. Experience with resource mobilization and policy development.
3. Experience of working in developing countries with low performing immunization programmes.
4. Experience with measles elimination and polio eradication initiative.

Skills:

1. Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of principles, practices, methodology and techniques of immunization, disease eradication, epidemiology, disease prevention and control of communicable diseases.
2. Excellent knowledge in analyzing vaccine preventable diseases surveillance and immunization data, synthesizing information, and presenting clear and concise conclusions and recommendations for decision making.
3. Demonstrated capacity in developing strategies and plans related to immunization and disease eradication programmes
4. Good interpersonal skills
5. Demonstrated ability to work constructively with people of different cultural and educational backgrounds.

WHO Competencies:

• Teamwork*
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences*
• Communication *
• Promoting WHO’s position in health leadership.
• Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond.
• Creating an empowering and motivating environment

WHO global Competencies model at

http://www.who.int/employment/WHO_competencies_EN.pdf?ua=1

Essential: Excellent Knowledge of English.

Desirable: Knowledge of French or another WHO language.

Other Skills (e.g., IT)

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity with basic data analysis software.

REMUNERATION

WHO salaries for staff in the Professional category are calculated in US dollars. The remuneration for the above position comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 88,162 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable), a variable post adjustment, which reflects the cost of living in a particular duty station, and currently amounts to USD 3189 per month for the duty station indicated above. Other benefits include 30 days of annual leave, allowances for dependent family members, home leave, and an education grant for dependent children.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level - Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted. - A written test may be used as a form of screening. - In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review. - Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual. - Staff members in other duty stations are encouraged to apply. - For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int. - WHO is committed to workforce diversity. - WHO's workforce adheres to the WHO Values Charter and is committed to put the WHO Values into practice. - WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco. - WHO has a mobility policy which can be found at the following link: http://www.who.int/employment/en/. Candidates appointed to an international post with WHO are subject to mobility and may be assigned to any activity or duty station of the Organization throughout the world. - Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encourage