Description Of Duties

• The incumbent is assigned all or part of the following responsibilities which are performed according to the need and agenda to support the sub-region and countries.
• Facilitate periodic assessments of health and vaccination behaviors via surveys and qualitative studies, identifying factors contributing to low vaccines uptake and supporting the design and evaluation of strategies to improve uptake;
• Support the use of data on behavioural and social drivers of vaccination to guide planning, implementation, and evaluation of tailored interventions to increase vaccination uptake;
• Support countries in media monitoring, digital listening, and gathering community feedback related to VPDs and vaccines to guide intervention;
• Contribute to the identification and mapping of stakeholders, monitoring and updating needs for information or other support (e.g., capacity building in areas such as advocacy or dialogue-based interventions to address hesitancy) ;
• Support development and tracking implementation of WHO immunization communication and health promotion materials, guidelines, tools to the intended audiences;
• Support the planning and production of public information and communication materials such as, but not limited to newsletters, fact sheets, media kits, program summaries and updates, specifically related to IST activities and WHO events for use on relevant media channels and platforms;

Qualification:

• Essential: Degree in Communications, Health Marketing, Behavioural Science, Social Science, Journalism, or related discipline.
• Desirable: Additional training in or a good understanding of public health, qualitative research, international relations, advertising/public relations.

Experience

• Essential: At least five years of experience as a health promotion, Behavior diagnostics, communication, journalist or spokesperson in a media organization including television, radio and or print, ideally involving information and communications projects on health subjects.
• Desirable: Experience in conceptualization, design and production of information materials, ideally in a health context.Experience with inter-governmental agencies, the UN system or WHO and knowledge of national and regional partnerships and networks.

Skills

• Direct experience in planning for behavioural interventions, communications, information and/orpublic relations.
• Demonstrated expertise in using local data and evidence-based interventions to understand and address behavioural drivers of health behaviours in specific settings.
• Demonstrated expertise in written, verbal editing and production skills leading to the development of accurate content and information for divers print and electronic media which presented at the appropriate level for the audience.
• Expertise in developing and promoting cooperative relationships nationally and internationally.
• Proven ability tothink outside the box and to resolve problems in a proactive manner.
• Knowledgeor understanding of public health events on social and economic development and its burden on populations.
• Proven organizational and analytical skills and a commitment to quality and client orientation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, discretion, tact and diplomacy.

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Producing results