Consultancy - Policy Planning and Coordination for COVID-19 Vaccines Roll-out job at United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Consultancy - Policy Planning and Coordination for COVID-19 Vaccines Roll-out

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Public Administration, and Government , Category: Healthcare ]

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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Deadline of this Job:
28 October 2021  

Duty Station:
Within Zambia , Lusaka , South - Central Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, October 22, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
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://www.unicef.org/zambia/.

How can you make a difference?
Under direct supervision of Health Specialist (RMNCAH) and overall guidance of Chief of Health and HIV/AIDS, the consultant will work with the Ministry of Health EPI unit, Provincial Health Directors (PHDs), District Health Directors (DHDs), WHO and other UN Agencies, NGO partners, CSOs and other implementing partners. Under this structure, the consultant is sought to provide high level policy, planning, and technical coordination support to the Ministry of Health to facilitate an efficient, multisectoral approach to the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Zambia.

Please see Detailed TOR for more information on the tasks and deliverables, here ToR - Policy Planning and Coordination for COVID-19 Vaccines Roll-out Consultancy.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
The consultant must possess the following:
• Advanced university degree (a master’s degree) in Public Policy, Public Health, International Health, Epidemiology, Health Sciences, Social Sciences or equivalent;
• At least 8 years of relevant experience, including policy formulation, planning, coordination, design, reporting, microplanning and delivery of routine immunization and large-scale public health programmes integrated with routine immunization following a health system strengthening approach.
• Knowledge of the health system, immunization programme, vaccine management, logistics management, cold chain systems, programme monitoring and reporting in Zambia.
• Strong communication skills in English (spoken and written)
• Proven experience in supervising health programmes particularly routine immunization /RMNCAH
• Proven ability to work effectively in cross-cultural and multi-cultural settings and teams, and to deliver high quality results within given time frames.

For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
View our competency framework at
http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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 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.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education:
Postgraduate Degree

 

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Job application procedure
Remarks:
Please remember to express your financial proposals (and/or professional consultancy fees) in Zambian Kwacha for Zambian Nationals for local consultancies and USD for Non Zambian applicants for international consultancies.
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.

Deadline: 28 Oct 2021 South Africa Standard Time
Please click here to apply.


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Job Info
Job Category: Health/ Medicine jobs in Zambia
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 28 October 2021
Duty Station: Lusaka
Posted: 22-10-2021
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 22-10-2021
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 22-10-2065
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