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• Actively promotes establishment of
  decision-making bodies at national level to facilitate consensus among
  national players and their external counterparts.
• Offers technical support in the development
  and implementation of strategies and activities within the cMYP and annual
  EPI plan strengthening service delivery and surveillance of new vaccine
  sentinel sites.

• Supports the WHO Representative in overall
  project coordination and resource management for new vaccine introduction,
  monitors programme indicators for NVI and analyses programmatic and new vaccine
  surveillance data for use in programme management.
• The incumbent will co-ordinate, prepare and
  submit technical and financial progress reports to donors as required, in
  particular for GAVI.

• Promote coordination between partners and
  national authorities to ensure achievement of GVAP indicators and
  milestones.
• Actively participate in developing,
  implementing effective and sustainable strategies for routine
  immunization, supplementary immunization activities, disease surveillance
  activities. Identify priorities and needs in close collaboration with the
  EPI team for changes in national policies and strategies, assist in
  developing or revising national plans of action and promote coordination
  between donor agencies to ensure adequate resource utilization.
• Support preparations and timely submission of
  all technical and financial reports including donor supported activities.

• Encourages the 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)
• Solicits feedback from national technical
  experts on global and regional policies to strengthen recommendations made
  at global and regional level and ensure feasibility of implementation at
  national level.
• Supports UNEPI to get evidence to justify new
  vaccine introduction in the country
• Support national authorities to conduct PIEs

• Keenly monitors and evaluates national
  immunization policies and programmes, supporting the national immunization
  programme to collect, collate, analyse and use high quality data for
  action.
• Regularly monitors and evaluates performance
  of new vaccine sentinel surveillance sites to collect, collate, analyse
  and ensure use high quality data for action/decision making
• Supports the national authority to strengthen
  the AEFI surveillance system
• Develop and promote research programs related
  to different operational and epidemiological components of immunization
  programs and related activities at the country level
• Supports the country to investigate
  opportunities for internal and external information sharing and strengthen
  the capacity of national authorities to build and sustain national health
  observatories ensuring immunization data is integrated within.
• Facilitates innovation by promoting new ideas
  and technologies (including ICT) to make data collection, analysis and use
  more effective and efficient.
• Monitor new vaccine coverage to ensure by 2nd
  year of introduction coverage is above 80%

• Supports the national government to develop
  Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) applications to the Global Alliance for
  Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI).
• Support the government in submitting new
  vaccine applications to GAVI
• Offer technical advice and support in
  mobilization of resources from national, and international sources
• As a team leader, the incumbent will
  coordinate, provide technical support and lead WCO EPI team. Under the
  supervision of the WHO CO representative will provide strategic direction,
  management and supervision of WCO EPI team and ensure coordination with
  other partners. Oversee preparations and finalization of strategic
  technical and financial reports

• Implements, monitors and evaluates regional
  networks for laboratory-based surveillance of disease preventable by new
  vaccines, including, bacterial meningitis, other invasive bacterial
  diseases (bacterial pneumonia and Sepsis) and rotavirus gastroenteritis
  surveillance.
• Keenly reviews and provides technical support
  to strengthen vaccine preventable diseases surveillance data and
  indicators.
• Collaborate in the introduction of new
  vaccines, including against rotavirus, YF, Men A, MCV2 and others

• The ideal candidates for the World Health
  Organization (WHO) NPO/EPI Team Leader job opportunity should hold a University
  degree in Medicine or Public Health or related field, and Masters’ Degree
  in Public Health or Epidemiology or other related field from an
  internationally recognized university.
• Possession of a Post graduate training in
  public health or epidemiology.
• A minimum of seven years of relevant work
  experience at the national level in immunization programmes, vaccine
  preventable diseases surveillance and data management, including
  demonstrated experience in low-resource environments.
• Significant experience in working with
  development partners on the development, planning, implementation or monitoring
  and evaluation of immunization strategies and programmes.
• Proven experience to work to deadlines and
  budgets, in collaboration with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Extensive training/experience in
  immunization, surveillance and data interpretation is desired
• Previous experience in resource mobilization
  and policy development is an added advantage
• Detailed knowledge of principles, practices,
  methodology and techniques of immunization programmes
• Excellent capacity in analysing
  vaccine-preventable diseases and EPI-related data, synthesizing
  information and presenting clear and concise conclusions to foster
  decision-making.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of measles
  and rubella control and elimination strategy and introduction of new
  vaccines.
• 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.
• Proficiency in all MS Office applications,
  spreadsheets and data analysis. Proficiency in epidemiology or statistical
  software packages would be an asset.
• Languages: Excellent knowledge of English. A good
  working knowledge of French is an advantage. Knowledge of another UN
  language would be an asset. 

• Producing results;
• Communicating in a credible and effective
  way;
• Fostering integration and teamwork

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