Gender and Immunization Technical Support

UNICEF, along with WHO, GAVI and other partners, is committed to supporting governments to improve overall health service delivery in communities with large numbers of zero-dose children. UNICEF and partners seek to step up efforts to identify zero-dose children in these communities, understand gender related barriers to access vaccination, design sustainable interventions and strengthen health systems to overcome those barriers and work to establish platforms to ensure reliable, sustainable delivery of immunization among other primary health care services. Egypt, State of Palestine, North West Syria, Yemen and Sudan are undertaking intentional efforts to address gender barriers to immunization. MENARO will continue to support the Country Offices, with capacity sharing with efficiency and technical expertise.

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, hope 

UNICEF’s latest study explored gender-related barriers to immunization in Egypt, Iraq, Sudan, Syria and Yemen and outlined recommended approaches and entry points for addressing these barriers at the individual, household, community and institutional levels in order to increase immunization reach and coverage in under-immunized communities. As per the recommendations, UNICEF is investing in gender-responsive health system strengthening, supported by building health worker and UNICEF country offices capacity to develop plans for accelerating implementation of the recommendations of the gender barrier analysis, improving the collection, analysis and use of data disaggregated by sex, age and additional factors, developing feedback mechanisms to improve the quality and acceptability of services and strengthening safeguarding and complaint mechanisms to support a predominantly female health workforce

How can you make a difference? 

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in  Public Health or Health and immunization specialization. 
• A minimum of five years of experience in health/immunization and development programmes.
• Proven gender expertise in relation to health systems and health behaviours, attitudes and practices.
• Solid technical knowledge of gender and immunizaiton curricula, tools and resources.
• Demonstrated experience with programme design, development and implementation, monitoring and evaluation using both quantitative and qualitative techniques.
• An excellent command of the English language – both written and oral. Arabic and French are additional assets.

Personal/Organisational competencies: 

• A high level of organisational and coordination skills.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Ability to produce quality work within a deadline and under pressure
• Highly developed communication skills
• Motivated and has the ability to work independently as well as in a team environmen
• Interest in social and electronic media, networking and developing communication.

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

To view our competency framework, please visit  here. 

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

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. 

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.