International Immunization Consultant – Timor-Leste

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For every child, Health

Find out how UNICEF programmes drives change for children in Timor-Leste by visiting https://www.unicef.org/timorleste.

How can you make a difference? 

Under the direct supervision of the Health Manager at UNICEF Timor-Leste, provide technical support to strengthen the capacity of the national-level team, which can in turn support the strengthening of municipal and ultimately health centre-level EPI capacity through joint monitoring, supportive supervision, leadership, and tailored training. The emphasis is on achieving sustainable health system strengthening through skills-transfer from partners to EPI/MOH staff.

 

WORK ASSIGMENT:

1.  Technical support to national EPI department, health promotion unit and municipalities health services to update the microplanning

2.  Technical support to national EPI department to implement GAVI funded activities, and assist the national finance directorate to disburse funds to the municipalities

3.  Technical assistance to municipality health services to scale up vaccination through static health facilities and outreach services

4.  Support municipalities health services on vaccines (routine antigens) management; daily uptake, storage status and potential wastage and cold chain status

5.  Technical support to MoH to implement the national EPI review recommendation, development and costing of national immunization strategy 2024-2030

6.  Technical support to Municipalities health services in data collection in case of any humanitarian crisis. It includes data from rapid assessment, beneficiaries reached with emergency health response, number of referral cases, CFR, number of children and mothers in temporary shelters

7.  Monitor the cold chain status at national, municipal and health facilities level

8.  Technical support to national EPI department in annual vaccines forecast 2027,

9.  Technical support to INSPTL to update the immunization training modules

10.  Technical support to national EPI department to develop a new GAVI proposal 2026-2030

11.  Contribute to the internal and external documents to reflect UNICEF’s role, coverage and impact with humanitarian responses

12.  Support the national ware house and Municipality health services to improve vaccine wastage, status of cold chain equipment and vaccine utilization

13.  Technical support to EPI department, MCH department and INSP TL to roll-out EPI, and MNCH trainings

14.  Technical assistance to UNICEF Health team.

 

DELIVERABLES:

1.  Develop microplanning and budgeting at municipal level. Strategy to include children out of school and children in hard-to-reach community

2.  Develop the detail implementation strategy with the activities and budget

3.  Monthly Joint monitoring and support supervision to all CHCs and outreach sites in the municipality to deliver in-service training / mentoring to newly recruited health staff on routine vaccines administration, cold chain and management of adverse effects following vaccination

4.  Weekly/monthly report on routine immunization utilization and vaccines stock balance at national and regional warehouses

5.  Technical assistant to develop a costed national immunization strategy 2024-2030

6.  Daily / weekly report on other humanitarian responses such as diseases outbreaks, flood etc

7.  – Joint visit to municipalities, community health centers and health post

    –  Monitor RTMD

8.  Submission of vaccines forecast to UNICEF supply Division by November 2026

9.  Targeted training and or re fresher training of newly recruited Health workers on data management, cold chain and routine  immunization

10.  MoH to submit a new proposal to the donor

11.  Health data weekly Sitrep reports

12.  Technical support to EPI technical working group to conduct monthly meeting. Prepare the meeting agenda, meeting minutes and share with all partners

13.  Analysis of the utilization of essential health services (MNCH) across the six municipalities supported by UNICEF

14.  Contribution to program proposals, donor reports and other program documents. 

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

• Education:

  Advanced university degree in medicine, public health, social sciences, statistics, planning development, and/or related field is required. Degree in epidemiology or biostatistics will be an added advantage.

Experience:

• Essential: Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH) / medical statistics / epidemiology or an equivalent degree from a recognized University or College including any equivalent experience. At least 5 years of work experience with management information systems in large organizations or at country level. Demonstrated experience in data collection, data analysis as well as preparing reports and presentations. Sound knowledge of HMIS, data analysis and management. Good interpersonal and communication skills and good analytical skills. Solid experience with common Microsoft Office packages and advanced MS Excel skills and experience working with large datasets required. Knowledge and understanding of the UN system and capacity to promote consensus and establish positive working relationships and work in a team. Integrity, tact, discretion and demonstrated sensitivity to cultural differences.
• Desirable: Familiarity with the work of UN agencies in health system strengthening. Experience in Timor-Leste or other Pacific Island countries is an added advantage.

Skills:

Excellent coordination, communication, cross-cultural and negotiation skills. Ability to convene and work with all relevant as part of a team. Gender sensitivity and understanding of cultural diversity issues. Capacity to work under pressure and with a high degree of independence.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility jobs-near-me.org UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

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. 

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