National Consultancy: C4D Polio Consultant, Sa'adah, 6 Months

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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

In the 1970s UNICEF established presence in Yemen to respond to the urgent needs of children in the poorest country in the Middle East. In 1991, Yemen ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and it was enacted immediately. Since then the country has been making steady progress for children until it plunged into a brutal conflict in 2015 but even before that, Yemen needed large amounts of humanitarian assistance.

In collaboration with local authorities, non-governmental organizations and community partners, UNICEF is working in all the governorates in Yemen to respond to the needs of children throughout the country with a continuum of services to help children survive and grow to their full potential through the following programmes: Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Basic Education, and Child protection.

For more on our work in Yemen, please visit our website: https://www.unicef.org/yemen/

How can you make a difference?

The C4D Polio Consultant will support the polio communication effort provided to Saada Hub in Yemen during the response to the poliovirus outbreak, working under the supervision of the Chief of Field Office Saada and technical guidance from the Chief of C4D in UNICEF Country Offices and in close collaboration with the C4D Officer in Saada, the WHO communication team and Goveronorate Health Office– the Extended Programme on Immunization and Health Education Centre.

The C4D Polio consultant will support the team at the field office ensuring the response is:

- Aligned with the government Ministry of Public Health and Population – the Health Education Centre and governorate plans and strategies, and

- Aligned with the latest outbreak response SOP.

To make a difference in the lives of children, you will be responsible for the following key functions:

1. Conduct the required social investigation related to Polio vaccine acceptance and uptake,
2. Develop/update/review data on immunization knowledge and attitudes and behavior of the target audience, especially for high-risk and mobile populations.
3. Facilitate and lead the reinvigoration of a social mobilization and/or communication working group or the expansion of an existing one.
4. Initiate the development of the social mobilization component of the 6-month governorate outbreak response plan document, including details for sub-governorate/district implementation in high-risk areas and mobile populations, as well as the means for monitoring field activities and budget to cover those activities.
5. Based on national and global best practices in similar context, finalize community engagement and information dissemination strategies to promote polio and routine immunization in the governorte.
6. Develop and tailor health information products for various target populations/audiences based on careful assessment of community knowledge, practices, and behaviours.
7. Ensure that polio micro plans (at least in priority areas) include social data and information on social mobilizers and leaders are developed and regularly revised.
8. Provide support for the training of health workers and community volunteers.
9. Help implement the strategic communication response plan, including advocacy and social mobilization plans, as appropriate.
10. Undertake in-depth reviews of potential areas and cases of refusals of vaccines or issues of mistrust to be addressed.
11. Strengthen coordination within the GHO Sa’ada office of the C4D/ACSM component of the Polio campaign.
12. Conduct regular analyses of independent monitoring data and other available resources to identify priority areas and devise social mobilization micro-plans targeting those areas.

To view the full job description of this assignment, please double-click: Terms of Reference C4D Polio National support -Saada.pdf

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

- Master’s degree (with five years or relevant experience, or a bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience. The degree to be in social/behavioural communication sciences.

- Knowledge about communication interventions for outbreaks, and routine & supplemental immunization. Experience in polio outbreak.

- Proven successful experience 4-8 years of dealing with Polio outbreaks in similar context as well as in strategic communication processes for behavior change and development and working in emergency settings.

- Demonstrated understanding of current developments in the field of communication for development theory and research, behavioural and social sciences, participatory planning and processes, media, strategic communication planning, behavior analysis, formative research and evaluation of communication interventions.

- Technical knowledge of quantitative, qualitative and participatory research methodologies and analysis desirable.

- Experience in inter-disciplinary approaches in strategic communication with knowledge of UN and/or UNICEF’s work in health and polio eradication.

- Fluency in Arabic & English is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and core competencies Builds & Maintains Partnership; Demonstrates Self-Awareness & Ethical Awareness; Drive to Achieve Results for Impact; Innovates and Embraces Change; Manages Ambiguity and Complexity; Thinks and Acts Strategically and Works Collaboratively with Others.

View our competency framework, click here.

While UNICEF seeks to recruit the best talent in the Yemeni labor market to be able to deliver the best possible services for the children in Yemen, we would like to make it clear that we never use any third party in any of the recruitment processes for all junior and senior positions advertised. All received applications are treated with high level of transparency and professionalism. Only applicants whose profiles meet the advertised job requirements are considered and only within the announced deadline.

في حين تسعى اليونيسف لإستقطاب أفضل الكوادر في السوق اليمنية لتتمكن من تقديم أفضل خدمة للأطفال في اليمن، تود التنويه إلى أنها لا تستعين بأي شخص أو جهة (قد يقدم نفسهـ/ـا) كوسيط أو طرف ثالث في أي من عمليات التوظيف وفيما يخص جميع الوظائف، باستثناء الإعلان عبر وسائل الإعلام والمواقع الإليكترونية. إن اليونيسف، منظمة الطفولة، تعمل بمستوى عال من الشفافية والمهنية. ولا يتم التواصل إلا مع المتقدمين الذين توافقت مؤهلاتهم وخبراتهم مع الوظائف المعلن عنها والتي تقدموا لها في الموعد المعلن.

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. Female candidates are especially encouraged to apply. Please see entitlements for females by double-clicking this link: Female Entitlements Edited2.jpg

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.

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