GAVI Alliance Project Careers – Senior Program Officer, Vaccine Access and Delivery at PATH International

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Organisation: PATH
Funding Source: GAVI
Alliance
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Tracking Code: 6283
About PATH:
PATH is an international organization that drives transformative
innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and
children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs,
diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our
entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion
for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation
to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their
greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the
cycle of poor health.
About VAD:
Vaccine Access and Delivery (VAD) supports the integration of vaccines
for public health impact and disease control in developing countries. We focus
on activities that facilitate vaccine introduction and widespread use in
national immunization programs, such as determining disease burden, conducting
clinical trials, establishing the health economics of vaccine use, raising
awareness of disease burden and the impact of vaccination, increasing
availability of technologies through licensing and commercialization, and
advocating for appropriate policies. In addition, we implement activities that
improve the accessibility of high-quality immunization services, including
training, supervision, health information systems, and immunization safety,
logistics, and communications.
Job Summary: The Senior
program officer will offer technical guidance and direction to national
immunization programs in Uganda and the African region. This person will sit
within the Uganda Country Program and work as a member of a multi-country team
of experts with strong field experience in design, implementation and
evaluation of vaccine delivery programs, especially those supported by the GAVI
Alliance (www.gavialliance.org). The work will focus initially on human
papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines and expand to other priority vaccines of PATH,
such as inactivated poliovirus, rotavirus, malaria, etc. Responsibilities
include:
Key Duties and
Responsibilities: 
  • Offer technical assistance to
    GAVI-eligible countries regarding design, implementation, and evaluation
    of demonstration projects.
  • Offer technical direction to the Uganda
    National Expanded Program on Immunization for the planning, preparation,
    and implementation of the national rollout of HPV vaccination.
  • Provide technical assistance to
    immunization program staff and partners in other GAVI-eligible countries,
    particularly those in East and Southern Africa, to develop program
    evaluation protocols, instruments and data collection plans for country
    compliance with GAVI requirements for HPV vaccine demonstration programs
  • Provide technical assistance in data
    management and analysis, and monitor quality of data collection and protocol
    implementation in evaluations conducted by GAVI-eligible countries.
  • Provide technical assistance to
    GAVI-eligible countries in the preparation and completion of successful
    applications for HPV vaccine support through demonstration programs or
    national scale-up.
  • Act as country liaison for PATH’s HPV
    vaccine-related work in designated countries, at the direction of the
    project director/team lead.
  • Work collaboratively with other
    international and country-level partners providing support for HPV vaccine
    delivery or evaluation.
  • Provide team support in the collation and
    distillation of country reports and experiences of HPV vaccine delivery,
    in partnership with external stakeholders.
  • Actively participate in weekly and monthly
    internal and external team teleconferences and meetings of project and
    country updates, problem-solving, and work planning.
  • Represent technical assistance (TA) work
    with key partners, such as the World Health Organization, GAVI Alliance,
    UNICEF, UNFPA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and others, at the
    direction of the project director/team lead.
  • Stay current with latest technical
    knowledge/experience regarding HPV vaccine introduction, and other new
    vaccines of the investment portfolio of the GAVI Alliance (e.g., Japanese
    encephalitis, malaria, IPV, etc.).
  • As with HPV vaccine, provide detailed
    technical support to both Uganda and other countries on aspects of vaccine
    delivery and vaccination program evaluations for other new vaccines, as
    needed.
  • Work with technical, program, and country
    teams in Uganda and other countries to interpret and communicate results
    of technical assistance to relevant in-country and external stakeholders.
  • Provide input to teams on technical
    matters related to vaccine introduction and system preparedness for vaccine
    implementation.
  • Assist teams in preparing technical
    documents, reports, and manuscripts for self-publication, multimedia
    outlets, and peer-reviewed journals.
  • Work with advocacy and communication staff
    to ensure the technical accuracy of materials in support of communication
    objectives. Alert staff to new developments in assigned technical fields,
    including disease burden, vaccine development and vaccine implementation.
  • Participate in phone calls and meetings
    with other PATH project staff to discuss relevant program and country
    support activities.
  • Represent the Country Preparedness Team
    work at international, regional, and national meetings, where appropriate,
    and present findings from technical assistance and/or country preparedness
    work.
  • Significantly contribute to development
    and writing of proposals for new projects.
  • Provide additional support to Country
    Preparedness Team Lead as necessary to build the portfolio of VAD global
    program and/or with country offices.
  • Travel domestically, regionally and/or internationally,
    as required, up to 20%.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The candidate should hold an advanced
    degree (MD or PhD highly preferred) in public health, epidemiology,
    medicine, or related field.
  • A minimum of five to ten years of relevant
    work experience in public health with experience in the field of
    immunization in developing countries is preferred. Demonstrated experience
    employing epidemiological and operational research methods and approaches
    to design, conduct, and evaluate vaccination programs or vaccines in
    developing countries.
  • Previous experience working on formative
    research and vaccine demonstration projects design and implementation in
    developing countries desirable.
  • Field-based work experience in developing
    countries desirable but relevant work experience in developed countries
    with skills and knowledge that transfers to developing country contexts
    allowable.
  • The candidate should have in-depth
    knowledge of immunization systems and country immunization programs.
  • Specific knowledge of the structure and
    operations of the Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization
    desirable.
  • Detailed knowledge of vaccine-preventable
    disease epidemiology, qualitative and quantitative study design, and
    program evaluation of vaccine delivery.
  • Extensive knowledge of HPV and cervical
    cancer epidemiology, HPV vaccines, and reproductive health in developing
    country contexts.
  • Proven ability to conduct operational
    research and program evaluations in developing country contexts,
    preferably with vaccination programs.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a
    multi-country, team-based organizational structure.
  • Strong experience in country or
    community-based field experience with vaccine delivery.
  • Demonstrated skills in writing scientific
    reports for governments, stakeholders, and non-technical audiences.
  • Highly articulate communicator, excellent
    written and verbal communication skills with strong interpersonal and
    presentation skills.
  • Computer literacy skills i.e. Proficiency
    in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other information processing
    software.
  • Working knowledge of data analysis
    software such as SPSS, STATA, Nvivo, Atlas.ti, EPI-Info, or others.
  • Strong organizational skills, ability to
    work independently, and to competent track timelines and deliverables with
    minimal guidance.
How to Apply:
All applicants must have legal authorization to work in Uganda to be
considered and confirm this in their cover letter. Application materials must
be submitted in English. Please submit a cover letter with your resume
describing your interest in this position and how you meet the
requirements.  All suitably qualified
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