Health Officer - Immunization (SCL)

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Mission and objectives

UNICEF works to help the children of Indonesia reach their full potential. We assist our partners to monitor and measure progress against these rights via the child-focused Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable children. Our programme interventions are rights-based, cut across different sectors, respond to the specific needs of girls and boys and address the vulnerabilities and strengths of children in their first and second decades of life. UNICEF has a strong on-the-ground presence in Indonesia, with seven regional and sub-regional offices. These are primarily in areas with the greatest disparities and service gaps. They complement our high-level policy and programme advice with practical support for planning, financing and service delivery, especially to advocate for quality, equity and sustainability. Indonesia has the world’s fourth largest child population. UNICEF's presence in the country means we have the potential to impact more than 80 million children. We take this responsibility seriously and are committed to ensuring that children and adolescents – the building blocks of Indonesia’s future – have an equal chance in life.

Context

Following UNICEF’s vision for health: “a world where no child dies from preventable causes and all children reach their full potential in health and well-being”, the Indonesia Country Office has been contributing to the global and national targets for improving health and well-being. UNICEF in Indonesia is unique among multi-lateral agencies with a field presence in seven regional and sub-regional offices, primarily in areas with the greatest disparities and service gaps. These fill the gap between upstream high-level policy and programme advice with more downstream support to planning, financing and service delivery on the ground, especially to advocate for quality, equity and sustainability of programs. UNICEF’s activities concentrate on the most vulnerable and marginalised towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – ensuring that progress touches those who currently are missing out or overlooked. In the current context of the post COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF is also actively supporting the government to recover from pandemic and strengthening routine immunization including reaching zero dose children and Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) outbreak response. Toward 2024, the governmet will focus on continued support on routine immunization, strengthening the immunization supply chain, evidence based and demand generation on routine immunization, improve coverage of new vaccines, catch up vaccination for zero dose children, and development of national immunization strategy 2025-2030.

Task description

Supervision, induction and duty of care of UN Volunteers UN Volunteers should be provided equal duty of care as extended to all host entity personnel. Host entity support to the UN Volunteer includes, but is not limited to: • Introductory briefings about the organisation and office-related context including security, emergency procedures, good cultural practice and orientation to the local environment; • Support with arrival administration including setting-up of bank accounts, residence permit applications and completion of other official processes as required by the host government or host entity; • Structured guidance, mentoring and coaching by a supervisor including a clear workplan and performance appraisal; • Access to office space, equipment, IT support and any other systems and tools required to complete the objectives of the assignment including a host entity email address; • Access to shared host entity corporate knowledge, training and learning; • Inclusion of the volunteer in emergency procedures such as evacuations; • Leave management; • DSA for official travel, when applicable; • All changes in the Description of Assignment occurring between recruitment and arrival or during the assignment need to be formalized with the United Nations Volunteer Programme. Description of tasks: Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of UNICEF Immunization/Health Specialists/Officers, the UNV Health Officer – Immunization will work with a team of experts to addresses challenges in improving the health of women, newborns and children through these main components: • Contribute to the Health section’s EPI program, particularly on the immunization supply chain logistic (iSCL) strengthening as part of the routine immunization program. • Contribute to the Government’s efforts in identifying and addressing new and emerging health problems, especially on routine immunization at national / sub-national level. • Provide the evidence generation activities and high-level technical assistance to the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Provincial Health Offices (PHOs) and selected District Health Offices (DHOs) on EPI related iSCL’s activities. • Regularly track and analyses provincial and district level data (including equity monitoring) with the intention of tracking progress towards key programme deliverables, identifying bottlenecks and taking corrective measures if progress is off track. • Support orientation/capacity building efforts as needed and thereby supporting the process of the decentralization process. • Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor. Results/expected outputs: • As an active UNICEF team member, efficient, timely, responsive, creative, proactive, and high-quality support rendered to UNICEF and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: o In partnership with key stakeholders and knowledge institutions, evidence-based analysis is developed for effective programme planning and management, particularly aimed at understanding and addressing the challenges in routine immunization program. o Effective working relationships with internal and external counterparts are leveraged for advocacy, technical coordination, information sharing and knowledge management • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment. • A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.