Details
Mission and objectives
UNICEF, also known as the United Nations Children's Fund, is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. The agency is among the most widespread and recognizable social welfare organizations in the world, with a presence in 192 countries and territories. UNICEF's activities include providing immunizations and disease prevention, administering treatment for children and mothers with HIV, enhancing childhood and maternal nutrition, improving sanitation, promoting education, and providing emergency relief in response to disasters.
Context
The UN Volunteer will be part of the Polio Outbreak Response Team within UNICEF's Global Polio Eradication Programme. Working closely with UNICEF country offices, regional offices, WHO, CDC, Gates Foundation and other Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners the team supports country offices responding to polio outbreaks by coordinating surge personnel, technical assistance, and operational support to ensure timely preparedness and high-quality response activities.
The primary focus of the assignment will be to support the coordination and management of the STOP Programme implemented through UNICEF's third-party contractor.
The primary focus of the assignment will be to support the coordination and management of the STOP Programme implemented through UNICEF's third-party contractor.
Task description
Under the supervision of the Emergency Specialist, the UN Volunteer will:
• Support day-to-day coordination of the consultant’s deployment.
• Monitor deployment requests and maintain tracking systems for consultants and surge personnel.
• Liaise with country offices, regional offices, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and other partners on deployment requirements and status updates.
• Track consultant contracts, deployment timelines, travel arrangements, and extensions.
• Prepare regular reports, dashboards, and deployment summaries.
• Maintain records and databases related to deployments.
• Support coordination meetings and follow up on action points with relevant stakeholders.
• Assist with knowledge management, documentation of lessons learned, and preparation of briefing materials.
• Support day-to-day coordination of the consultant’s deployment.
• Monitor deployment requests and maintain tracking systems for consultants and surge personnel.
• Liaise with country offices, regional offices, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and other partners on deployment requirements and status updates.
• Track consultant contracts, deployment timelines, travel arrangements, and extensions.
• Prepare regular reports, dashboards, and deployment summaries.
• Maintain records and databases related to deployments.
• Support coordination meetings and follow up on action points with relevant stakeholders.
• Assist with knowledge management, documentation of lessons learned, and preparation of briefing materials.
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