Description Of Duties
The incumbent is assigned the following responsibilities:
Leadership
Facilitate the acceleration of Oral Cholera vaccine
rollout initiatives and vaccination in the development, implementation, and
monitoring of WHO AFRO’s regional strategies, polices, plans, programmes, and
interventions to achieve the SDGs in the WHO African Region.
Facilitate coordinated and integrated approaches
contributing to the needs of the Member States of the Region.
Oversee capacity building and training based on
technical norms, standards, best practices, and Standard Operating Procedures.
Collaborate with the UHC/LC, EPR and UHC/HP Clusters
to build strong and resilient health systems for preventing and controlling
vaccine preventable diseases by accelerating the introduction of Ebola vaccine
in members states.
Promote cross-cutting activities and ensure full collaboration and coordination of activities.
Continue to collaborate in cross-Cluster work and
task teams to achieve organizational results, including for resource
mobilization and evidence guided advocacy.
Generation of evidence, data & information
products
Conduct analytical studies and implementation
research as needed and collaboratively develops guidelines and recommend
solutions for Oral Cholera vaccine rollout.
Facilitate the documentation of best practices and
success factors within the countries in the Region.
Facilitate the development of progress monitoring
tools and reports on Oral Cholera vaccine implementation.
Perform other related responsibilities as assigned,
including replacing and backstopping for others as required,
Document authoritative reports on Oral Cholera
vaccine rollout status in African region.
Technical support to countries
Determine and set policies for the introduction of
Oral Cholera vaccine, and related technologies, including strengthening country
capacity to assess the burden of VPD.
Develop and implement harmonized protocols to
facilitate policy decisions and organize regional training on new vaccine
introduction.
Support WCO in the submission of applications to GAVI
to receive financial support (for GAVI eligible countries),
Support planning, vaccine forecasting, country
readiness, assessment on logistics, and training of immunization staff at all
levels.
Develop work-plans and activities based on assessment
of Oral Cholera vaccine roll out activities of the Member States,
Adapt and develop guidelines and training materials
for Oral Cholera vaccine rollout for use in the African member states.
Support the verification and validation strategies
for Oral Cholera vaccine rollout in member states.
Solicit feedback from countries technical experts on
global and regional policies to strengthen recommendations made at the global
and regional levels and ensure feasibility of implementation at the national
level.
Communications
Support advocacy, communication, development of key
messages for social mobilization, launching of the vaccines and evaluation of
the introductions.
Regularly conceive and publish bulletin/newsletter on
Ebola vaccine roll out and vaccination data.
Develop and disseminate programme advocacy materials
(Region, Sub-region & countries…) on Oral Cholera vaccine rollout.
Partnership, resources mobilization, grant Management
Establish and strengthen communication and
partnerships with national and regional officials, health professionals,
representatives of multi- and bilateral agencies as required.
Identify problems and provide broad guidance for
resolving challenges and for possible redesign of existing policies and
integration of such policies into other programme areas within the framework of
WHO Staff Rules and Regulations, financial rules, and AFRO accepted procedures.
Support WHO countries offices to collaborate with
national immunization programme to include regional and global immunization
policies and strategies in the Country Cooperation Strategy, through nationally
relevant evidence and discussions with the National Regulatory Authority (NRA)
and the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG).
Required Qualifications
Education
Essential: University
Degree in medicine, epidemiology, public health or health policy, infectious
diseases, or communicable diseases.
Desirable: Specialization
in vaccinology, immunology, clinical research.
Post-graduate degree in epidemiology, public health
or health policy, infectious diseases, or communicable diseases.
Experience
Essential: A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in developing,
designing, and implementing public health programmes, especially implementation
and/or M&E of vaccine preventable disease programmes in low and/or
middle-income countries.
Desirable: Experience in epidemiological field, quality management,
strategic and policy planning as well as facilitating consultations.
Experience in resources mobilization and partners
coordination.
A track record of research, with publications at
senior authorship level in peer reviewed journals, would be an asset.
Experience in implementation of accelerate disease
control initiatives.
Experience in overseeing implementation, reviewing,
and updating existing policies, strategies and guidelines and recommending new
initiatives and innovative approaches.
Experience in the development of capacity building
tools and databases for monitoring and evaluation purposes, introduction
process of new vaccines, monitoring of VPD programme including demand
generation through inclusive community engagement approach and vaccines
management.
Experience in facilitating coordinated and integrated
approaches to effective programme management and implementation; monitoring and
evaluation; national strategic plan development.
Skills
Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of principles,
practices, methodology and techniques of immunization programmes.
Excellent capacity in analyzing vaccine-preventable
diseases and EPI-related data, synthesizing information, and presenting clear
and concise conclusions to foster decision-making,
Monitor and reporting on results, progress, lessons
learnt and obstacles,
Proven track record in the development and
implementation of norms, standards, monitoring and evaluation,
Excellent communication and presentation skills with
the ability to write in a clear and concise manner and provide technical advice
and guidance taking into consideration the views of multiple stakeholders and
partners in resource-limited contexts; and to participate in resource
mobilization and advocacy activities,
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to
promote consensus, communicate progress and results, and resolve issues in a
proactive manner, while ensuring effective work practices and ethics,
diplomacy, tact, and courtesy.
Familiarity with the UN system, including knowledge
of WHO country, regional and global functions. Ability to work as a team
member, and sensitivity to working in a multi-cultural environment.
WHO Competencies
Teamwork
Respecting and promoting individual and cultural
differences
Communication
Producing results
Ensuring effective use of resources
Use of Language Skills
Essential: Expert knowledge of English or French.
Desirable: Working knowledge of other UN official
languages.
How To Apply