National Consultant Provincial Immunization (3 consultant) based in Jakarta, Surabaya and Makassar – Indonesia

• Country: Jakarta, Indonesia
• No of vacancies: N/A 
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNICEF
• Gender: Both 
• Deadline:  2023-12-31

Scope of Work:

The Immunization consultant will provide technical support, advocacy and facilitate the required support to the provincial and district levels, including provision of technical assistance to program strategy development (planning, budgeting, and implementation); support developing micro planning to determine the accurate denominator for targeted children <5 years using socio-economic register, focusing on zero dose children, established linkages between vital statistics birth registrations in ECD centres and Puskesmas, decentralized advocacy and communication efforts with provincial governors, and Bupatis as part of a wider Routine Immunization and RCCE agenda, and support respective local authorities to implement the immunization plan with high quality,  monitoring progress and providing feedback in selected provinces.

The GOI has requested UNICEF’s support in high priority provinces with an increased number of zero-dose and under- immunized children across several critical areas. The consultants are expected to focus on the following activities:

1. Conduct advocacy and provide technical support at provincial and district level focusing on both supply, program delivery and demand generation for routine immunization.
2. Develop local actions plan for strategic support to the routine immunization programs in targeted provinces.
3. Support, facilitate and provide technical assistance for unpacking the national immunization communication strategy to respond to vaccine hesitancy and zero dose community in all affected provinces/districts
4. Support routine analysis of cold chain capacity adequacy as well as cold chain management training.
5. Demand generation: Increasing demand for immunization through engagement of local influencer/champion as immunization ambassador.
6. Support micro planning and all relevant efforts for establishing correct denominator.
7. Provide strategic advice and course corrective actions, including adaptation of national routine immunization tools/guidelines to ensure the quality of immunization supply chain and vaccines demand.
8. Collaborate with other UNICEF sectors at sub national level, particularly education and child protection team, to ensure integration of routine immunization program plan with other sectors.
9. Provide appropriate technical support on advocacy and socio mobilization coordination activities.
10. Final report (in narrative and ppt) with recommendation and lessons learned. Summarize the best practice, strategies and methods for reaching zero dose children and the utilization of new vaccines to strengthen routine immunization programme.

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

• Master’s degree in Medical Doctor, Nurse, Midwife, and Public Health Science, and or Health related subjects.
• Public Health Expert with immunization, advocacy/communications, and data/information management experience.
• High technical knowledge on immunization programs is preferred—good analytical, advocacy and conflict resolution skills.
• Familiarity with country, government structures and public health system especially immunization stock management.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Self-motivated and results oriented.
• Proven ability to deliver under tight deadlines.
• Good report writing, fluency in Bahasa Indonesia (is necessary), and English, with computer skills.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working in Immunization program.

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