Zonal HPV vaccine rollout support TA – Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health (PATH)
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Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health (PATH)
PATH is the leader in global health innovation. An international nonprofit organization, we save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.
Our commitment
PATH is driven by an unshakeable commitment to health equity and a bold belief in the power of innovation to improve health and save lives. For nearly 40 years, PATH has been a pioneer in translating bold ideas into breakthrough health solutions, with a focus on child survival, maternal and reproductive health, and infectious diseases.
Our expertise
PATH brings innovative solutions to bear wherever they are needed—in the laboratory or the factory, government halls or communities. We specialize in overcoming the barriers that can keep a bright idea from reaching widespread impact, especially those that arise in the middle of the journey of innovation. This is where promising projects often fail, during steps like testing and refining, gaining approvals, commercializing a product, and introducing new approaches. Through experience, creativity, and tenacity, we accelerate the pace at which innovations are transferred into the hands of the people who need them.
PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.
PATH in Ethiopia is currently implementing various high impact projects with the aim of saving and improving the lives of the most vulnerable and underserved women and children in the country. Currently, PATH is looking for Zonal level TAs for Somali region to provide technical assistance for the HPV multiage cohort vaccination campaign, switch to single dose vaccination rollout in the regions. The Zonal TAs will be seconded to selected Zone in Somali region. The Zonal TAs will report to the regional HPV vaccine rollout support TA based in Somali regional health bureau.
Specific duties and responsibilities:
- Provide technical support for zonal health department and Woreda health offices in the overall planning, coordination, implementation, and monitoring, communication, and demand creation activities for HPV MAC campaign and switch to single dose vaccination activities and routine immunization services.
- Support in evidence-based planning of communication and community engagement activities
- Assist in establishment/revitalization of Zonal and Woreda level Social Mobilization and SBCC committees/ technical working groups, M&E technical working group and EPI task force.
- Provide technical support for Woredas to develop bottom-up micro plan
- Support Zone and Woredas to improve documentation, reporting, analysis and use of data for evidence-based decision making.
- Support the scale up of DHIS2 to all Woredas
- Provide support to organize advocacy activities to engage influential leaders, decision makers, and media professionals at Zonal and Woreda levels
- Support and facilitate performance review meeting at Zonal and Woreda level
- Support in the development, implementation and monitoring of an IEC materials’ dissemination plan
- Conduct regular field monitoring and evaluation missions as per Zonal guidance to oversee quality implementation of Zonal and Woreda vaccination, communication and community engagement plan
- Contribute to documenting experiences, success stories, activity reports, presentations, and briefs
- And any other activity as requested by the supervisor
Required number: 1 (one) for Somali region.
Duration of employment: 8 (eight) months with possibility of extension
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in public health, nursing and/or other relevant field.
- Minimum five (5) years’ for bachelor’s and 3 (three) years for master’s experience in public health programming, implementation, with at least two-three (2-3) years’ experience in the area of immunization and maternal/child health programs including engagement in the recent COVID-19 vaccine delivery planning, coordination, implementation and monitoring.
- Experience in providing TA for government staff.
- Practical experience in providing on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring.
- Proven ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with government and partners organizations and local communities.
- Proven experience in data analysis
- Skilled in successfully working with geographically dispersed teams and working in a multi-cultural environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team, including cross-cultural teams.
- Experience in using Microsoft offices (power point, outlook, excel and word) and statistical packages like Epi info, SPSS, STATA and other apps like ODK.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and knowing local language is mandatory.
- Excellent analytical, written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to travel to Woredas and health facilities, estimated to be about 40%.
