Senior National Consultant for Vaccine management and Polio SIAs implementation in the Northern Province & Kigali City, Rwanda , 6 months ( Rwandan Nationals Only): (Deadline 8 May 2023)

JOB DESCRIPTION

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Vaccine

To learn more about UNICEF work in Rwanda, please visit the country website https://unicef.sharepoint.com/sites/RWA/ or watch this video about UNICEF work in Rwanda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7B91m5Yzoc

How can you make a difference?

Background:

Polio outbreak is declared in the ESAR countries since 2022, and cases are identified in Burundi in 2023, this requires a synchronized Polio campaign in declared polio emergency countries including Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania to stop the outbreak and prevent children in the 3 countries. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) seeks to ensure that future generations of children will be free from the threat of polio paralysis. Achieving this goal depends on interrupting poliovirus transmission in the remaining endemic countries and on ensuring rapid and effective responses to poliovirus outbreaks occurring in polio-free countries. The GPEI has recently revised its Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for responding to a polio virus event or outbreak.

This document describes the Terms of Reference for the Managers for Cold Chain Logistics& Vaccine Management in a polio event/outbreak in the context of the new SOPs. While CCL&VM is an essential function for any polio supplementary immunization activity (SIA), it becomes particularly important when oral polio vaccine type 2 is deployed to respond to an outbreak or an event due to polio virus type 2 (PV2) after the completion of the global switch from trivalent to bivalent OPV.

Scope of Work:

To support MOH/RBC and partner to:

Facilitate the development and implementation of the:
- The Standard Operating Procedures for responding to a poliovirus event or outbreak.
- The guideline for Cold chain logistics and vaccine management during SIA;
- Technical guidance nOPV2 vaccine management, monitoring, removal and disposal.
Develop the National Logistics Plan or update from a previous version in consultation with the National Emergency Operations Centre and the National Logistics Working Group.
Develop and plan forecast of the vaccine requirements including, monitor shipment, storage and distribution and support implementation:
Ensure that the inventory of active and passive cold chain equipment is updated, that the cold chain operates properly (temperature measurement, battery recycling, vaccine packaging, etc.) and facilitate the optimization of storage capacity through short, medium and long-term planning of cold chain equipment.
Facilitate the distribution and optimal use of vaccines and consumables according to macro and micro-plans and ensure that receipts comply with the distribution plan.
Ensure the proper storage of vaccines and consumables at each level of the supply chain.
Develop mechanisms to accelerate the preparation, verification, correction and compilation of reports (vaccine utilization reports and A forms) and their daily transmission upstream.
Collect and analyze vaccine stock and utilization status at all levels of the supply chain after each round.
Submit vaccine stock reports when submitting requests for additional vaccines.
Train staff and partners involved in the response in vaccine management, logistics and cold chain management in accordance with the guidance note and available learning modules. This includes the deployment of management tools and training materials in the country.
Coordinate with partners to implement appropriate logistical solutions to ensure the availability of vaccines in hard-to-reach areas.
Monitor the performance indicators of health facilities and take corrective actions to optimize results to improve the quality of activities.
Facilitate the development and implementation strengthening routine EPI and transitioning from campaign into routine integrated service delivery:
The roadmap for strengthening routine EPI and transition strategy.
The integration of VAS, Deworming and MNPs into routine EPI.
Technical guidance on documenting the management, monitoring, reporting and results of the transition and integration.
Provide frequent and regular reports to the Outbreak Technical Lead on all aspects of CCL&VM and contribute in updates for SITREPS, bulletins, and newsletters. Prepare reports as per GPEI requirement at end of each round and at end of final SIA round.
Support epidemic response assessment teams (OBRAs) and external reviews with information related to vaccine management, logistics and the cold chain.

Work Assignment Overview

Tasks/Milestone:

Facilitate the development and implementation the National Logistics Plan, Vaccines Standard Operating Procedures and guidelines for Cold chain logistics and vaccine management
Develop and plan forecast of the vaccine requirements including, monitor shipment, storage and distribution and support implementation
Train staff and partners involved in the response in vaccine management, logistics and cold chain management in accordance with the guidance note and available learning modules
Coordinate with partners to implement appropriate logistical solutions to ensure the availability of vaccines at all levels
Conduct supportive supervision and prepare reports as per GPEI requirement at end of each round and at end of final SIA round.
Facilitate the development and implementation strengthening routine EPI and transitioning from campaign into routine integrated service delivery
Provide frequent and regular reports to the Vaccination director on all aspects of CCL&VM and contribute updates for SITREPS, bulletins, and newsletters
Support epidemic response assessment teams and external reviews with information related to vaccine management, logistics and the cold chain.

Deliverables/Outputs:

Payment 1: 20%

Polio National logistic plan, vaccines SOPs and guideline developed and available
Polio vaccine forecast and stock management report available

Payment 2: 20%

Training Report available
Coordination meetings conducted and meeting reports available

Payment 3: 10%

SIAs implementation report shared timely, and recommendation implemented

Payment 4: 20%

Roadmap for strengthening routine EPI and transition strategy.
Transition and integration SOPs and guideline developed and available

Payment 5: 10%

Regular reports shared

Payment 6: 20%

Submit the final report

Location and Reporting:

The Consultant will report to Health Specialist in collaboration with RBC/EPI Coordinator.

Application Requirement:

The applicants will be requested to submit their applications through TMS, including their profile and technical proposals. Successful candidates will be requested to send their most competitive, all-inclusive financial proposals.

Selection Criteria

Applications shall be assessed based on their technical and financial proposals. Maximum scores for technical and financial applications will be 75% and 25%, respectively.

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

Master’s in public health, Epidemiology, supply chain or bachelors with experience in emergency response.
A minimum of Eight Years of experience working in health, immunization, experience in health emergency response including COVID-19.
Demonstrated technical skills in vaccine management,
Demonstrated organization skills especially in vaccination campaigns
Experience working with UNICEF for emergency response
Field monitoring activities
Writing skills, internet skills
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Individuals engaged under a consultancy will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants. Consultants are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.

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