Generic Vacancy Announcement - Talent Group for Immunization (EPI) Specialist, P3, UNICEF Pacific Multi-Country Office (Temporary Appointments)

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 109,286 USD and 143,102 USD.

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, health

UNICEF works with and for disadvantaged children and adolescents across 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories. Our ambition is to get each entire country, and the entire Pacific Region, working together - as one - on behalf of its most vulnerable children. Explore the different areas of our work in the link provided here https://www.unicef.org/pacificislands/what-we-do

PURPOSE OF THE JOB The Immunization (EPI) Specialist is accountable for professional leadership in and contribution to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and administration of the Immunization programme in 14 Pacific Island countries in conjunction with Child Survival and Development, Maternal and Child Health, and Nutrition components within the country programme, to achieve the UNICEF's immunization plus goals and objectives for the countries.

Accountable for ensuring the UNICEF Immunization programme promotes gender equality, with an emphasis on gender disaggregation, gender disparity identification and gender mainstreaming.

KEY END-RESULTS

1. Timely sectoral analysis, input, support and coordination contribute to the Situation Analysis with consistent integration of sex disaggregated data and its periodic update for effective project planning, development and management.

2. Quality contributions are made to the development and implementation of the Immunization strategies and approaches through participation and collaboration with internal and external partnership.

3. Work plan and objectives are strategically established, technical support is effectively

provided, and planned results are timely delivered through exercise of strong technical leadership.

4. Project implementation progress is monitored and evaluated for adjustment, acceleration and improvement of program delivery and sustainability.

5. Technical support is provided to government and NGOs at all stages of the programme cooperation, including capacity building of government personnel and beneficiaries.

6. The capacities of Country Office staff are strengthened through effective capacity building in the development, implementation and management of the Immunization programme.

7. Technical support to health system strengthening and introduction of new vaccines (PCV, Rota, HPV and COVID-19) following a health systems/sustainable approach to integrated programming and primary health care.

8. UNICEF and Government accountability is ensured for supply and non-supply assistance and disbursement of programme funds for the sector.

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

10. The most relevant and strategic information is provided to support the Immunization Programme by the effective implementation of integrated child survival monitoring system.

11. All required programme reports are timely prepared in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures.

12. Emergency preparedness is maintained, and in emergencies, emergency responses with

effective coordination are provided.

13. Other assigned duties and responsibilities are effectively performed.

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

Advanced university degree in Public Health, Paediatric Health, Child Development, Child Health, Nutrition, Epidemiology, Public Administration, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or other relevant disciplines.

Five years of professional work experience at the national and international levels in planning, programming, implementation monitoring and evaluation of health/Immunization programmes.

Professional work experience in a technical expert position related to child survival & health care.

Developing country work experience (for IP) or field work experience (for NO)

Background/familiarity with Emergency.

Fluency in English and another UN language (for IP)

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA)

UNICEF's competency framework:

• Builds and maintains partnership,
• Demonstrates self and ethical awareness,
• Drive to Achieve impactful results,
• Innovates and embraces change,
• Manages ambiguity and complexity,
• Thinks and acts strategically,
• Works collaboratively with others

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.