Over the past few years, the John Snow Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) has provided technical assistance to Ethiopia's Ministry of Health (MoH) to strengthen the national and sub-national immunization systems, with a focus on identifying and reaching zero-dose and under-immunized communities in hard-to-reach areas. With technical support from JSI and other immunization partners, the MoH has developed supportive guidelines to identify and reach zero-dose children and catch-up guidelines for routine immunization. Additionally, the MoH has identified a need for ongoing technical assistance in the Somali region to plan and coordinate routine immunization, focusing on identifying high zero-dose woredas and organizing catch-up sessions in insecure and drought-affected areas.
Through funding from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, JSI will provide technical assistance on routine immunization to MoH at national level and Afar and Somali RHBs at regional level. JSI is looking to hire a regional immunization specialist (RIS) to be based in the regional health bureau (RHB) of Somali and provide technical assistance to the RHB.
The RIS will provide TA to the RHB in mapping and identifying woredas and kebeles with high numbers of zero-dose and under-immunized children. Based on identified areas, the RIS will support the RHB to organize catch-up sessions of immunizations in woredas affected with insecurity and/or having high numbers of zero-dose children in addition to the ongoing technical assistance to the RHB on routine immunization. He/she will be seconded to the Somali RHB. The RIS will provide day-to-day support to the Somali RHB EPI team for the responsibilities described below.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Master of public health (MPH) or other equivalent qualifications with first degree in health related areas
● Minimum of eight years working experience in immunization and public health. Should have at least five years of experience on routine immunization experience
● Demonstrated experience working within the Somali region and familiarity with the region
● Proven ability to use adult learning techniques to facilitate trainings, supportive supervision and technical assistance
● Strong organizational, management and communication skills to influence partners and decision makers at the national, regional, zonal and woreda level
● Demonstrated ability to be a team player, to lead teams, and to organize multiple activities simultaneously; ability to communicate and negotiate competing demands on time from managers and work effectively with distributed teams.
● Computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, and familiarity with DHIS2
● Fluency in English and Amharic; Fluency in the Somali language is a strong asset
● Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of the time to regions, zones, and woredas
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