Immunization (EPI) Specialist is accountable for professional leadership in and contribution to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and administration of the Immunization programme in conjunction with Maternal and Child Health components within the country programme, to achieve the UNICEF’s immunization plus goals and objectives for the country. Accountable for ensuring the UNICEF Immunization programme promotes gender equality, with an emphasis on gender disaggregation, gender disparity identification and gender mainstreaming.

In Zambia, UNICEF support is aiming at strengthening the primary health-care system (PHC) to manage and deliver life-saving vaccination services, including COVID-19 and other new vaccines, in both development and humanitarian situations. Interventions will focus on stimulating demand and ensuring supply of quality immunization with integrated maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services at community and institutional levels, supporting the revitalization and optimization of cold-chain systems (including with climate-adaptive equipment), capacity-building regarding vaccine-preventable disease outbraeaks, and embedding vaccine delivery as an integral component of primary health care.

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

Minimum requirements:

• Education:  Advanced university degree in Public Health, Paediatric Health, Child Development, Child Health, Nutrition, Epidemiology, Public Administration, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or other relevant disciplines

• Work Experience: Five years of professional work experience at the national and international levels in planning, programming, implementation monitoring and evaluation of health/Immunization programmes. Professional work experience in a technical expert position related to child survival & health care.
• Language Requirements:Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Desirables:

• Developing country work experience (for IP) or field work experience (for NO).   Background/familiarity with Emergency