SBC International Consultant - Routine Immunization (RI) Demand Generation Yaounde, Cameroon (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, Care.

UNICEF has been working in Cameroon since 1975 to allow women and children to fully realize their rights to development without restriction, as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF provides financial and technical support to Cameroon across seven areas to fully realize the rights of women and children. These areas include Health, HIV/AIDS, Water-sanitation-Hygiene, nutrition, education, child protection, and social inclusion. UNICEF focuses mainly on children and the most vulnerable and excluded families. Cameroon’s 2020 population is estimated at 26,545,863 people according to UN data. The population is young and generates strong socioeconomic demand. In rural areas, limited access to basic social services and the effects of climate change lead to household impoverishment and severe child deprivations. The task is immense but not insurmountable; it requires the energy of all stakeholders in Cameroon and outside of Cameroon: also, women, men, youth and children, government, technical and financial partners, donors, civil society, the private sector, parliamentarians, and communities. Everyone is invited to participate in the struggle to meet the challenges ahead. Together, we will act for Cameroon, a country that summarizes the challenges and hopes of Africa.

To learn more about UNICEF Cameroon, use the below link

https://unicef.sharepoint.com/sites/CMR/SitePages/AboutUs.aspx

How can you make a difference?

This assignment aims to ensure technical support, close follow-up, and reporting of results achieved on the field for Routine Immunization demand generation activities at the central level and nationwide. This would include the COVID-19 vaccine rollout RCCE.

The direct supervisor of this contract will be the Chief SBC section.

The consultant is expected to provide technical expertise for RI demand generation and COVID-19 vaccine rollout RCCE support. He will develop a plan on the base of RI demand generation and COVID-19 RCCE needs to be identified. Travel costs from home and within the duty station will be covered by UNICEF offices.

Task and Responsibility

Under the general guidance of the SBC section chief, the SBC International consultant will be responsible for leading the coordination of SBC activities for anti-COVID-19 vaccine rollout and revitalization of routine immunization including accelerated disease control interventions:

• Support for strategy review and development of SBC activities is provided.
• Support for the implementation of SBC activities is provided.
• Advocacy, networking, and partnership building.
• Knowledge management and capacity building.
• Research, Monitor, and evaluate.

Work Assignment Overview

Tasks/Milestone:

Deliverables/Outputs:

Timeline

• Support for strategy review and development of SBC activities is provided.

• Reviewed the SBC plan with the integration of innovative strategies and approaches addressing inequalities in routine immunization.

• Specific SBC plan for COVID-19 vaccine rollout with behavioral interventions addressing vaccine hesitancy.
• Emergency preparedness and response plan with stronger integration of SBC component for vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks (Polio, Measles, Yellow Fever).

20 days

From 1st to 30th April 2023

• Support for the implementation of SBC activities is provided.

• SBC micro-plans in the 20 poorest performing health districts.

• At least 3 field supportive supervision trips in regions and districts.

23 days

From 1st to 31st May 2023

• Advocacy, networking, and partnership building.

• Advocacy materials for political leadership.

• Informative materials for use in reaching out to media organizations, health workers, and communities.

22 days

From 1st to 30 June 2023

• Knowledge management and capacity building.

• Training of SBC implementing partners with an emphasis on evidence-based micro-planning, ensuring timely implementation through monitoring, reporting, data collection, and analysis.

• Weekly or monthly SitReps as appropriate.

21 days

From 1st to 31st July 2023

• Research, Monitor, and evaluate.

• An analysis of COVID-19 vaccine uptake and demand on the base of behavioral and social data available.

23 days

From 1st to 31st August 2023

• Final consultancy report.

• Final report and deliverables are received and endorsed by the supervisor.

20 days

From 1st to 30th September 2023

Note: Candidates should ensure to:

• Attached is a cover letter – highlighting their suitability and experience for the job
• CV or P11 form and highest certificate
• Indicate their ability, availability, and rate (monthly) expressed in US$ to undertake the terms of reference(Financial Proposal).

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

• A master’s in social and behavioural science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, education, communication, public relations, or another related social science field is required
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in areas of social development program planning, communications, and public advocacy and/or related areas at the national and/or regional level is required.
• Fluency in French and English is required Knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.

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.