International Consultant on Integration of COVID-19 Vaccination into Routine EPI/PHC, 61 days over a period of 4 months, Lusaka, Zambia

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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……

The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) is designed to address and mitigate the threat of poverty the country's children face, while responding to the needs with interventions addressing the multiple causative factors.

To find out more about UNICEF's work in Zambia, please visit https://unicef.sharepoint.com/sites/ZMB/SitePages/About-us(1).aspx

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF seeks to recruit a consultant to provide strategic, advisory, and technical support to the MoH/EPI, MoH Public Health Division, and the UNICEF Zambia Country Office (ZCO) to develop the national costed strategic plan on the integration of Covid-19 vaccination into routine immunisation and primary health care (PHC) systems and services. Under the overall guidance of Chief Health & HIV, and with day-to-day supervision and support of Immunisation Specialist (P-3), the consultant will work closely with the MoH/EPI, MoH/HPU, ZNPHI, ZAMMSA, in-country immunisation stakeholders, and the COVID-19 Emergency Operating Centre as needed to support the development of costed national Covid-19 vaccination integration plan into RI/PHC with tailored delivery strategies. Detailed TOR ToR_Integration of Covid-19 Vx into RI-PHC_29082023.pdf

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

• Medicine, Epidemiology, Public Health, Population Health, Child Health, MCH, and Health Sciences etc.
• A minimum of 7 years of professional experience in immunisation programme management, vaccine campaigns, supplementary immunization activities planning and management at the national or international level preferably in a developing country is required.
• Relevant experience in immunisation programme, polio supplementary immunization activities (SIA), project development and management in any UN system agency or organization is an asset.
• Experience of working in an emergency setting is required.
• Ability to work in most extreme hardships.
• Ability to work independently and to meet deadlines.
• Ability to write clear and concise reports in English.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work and communicate in a multicultural environment.
• Computer literacy with high ability to use excel spread sheets.
• Completed training on Basic and Advanced Security in the Field.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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 be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

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

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.

Please remember to express your financial proposals (and/or professional consultancy fees) in USD.