Vacancy: Immunization Demand and Coordination Consultant

Date	30 Nov 2022

Job Type	Contractor/Consultant
Industry	NGO/IGO/INGO
Description	Company Profile JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), a leader in global health, is nonprofit public health management consulting and research organization dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. Job Description TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT IMMUNIZATION ACTIVITIES FOR THE GAVI CDS PROJECT Immunization Demand and Coordination Consultant for COVID-19 Country: GHANA Location: Accra, Ghana Start Date: December 9, 2022 LOE: 36 days Terms of contract: 4 months; Consultant Reports to: Senior Technical Officer, US-based Purpose: To provide technical support to several activities under the Gavi CDS contract JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) is a US-based not-for-profit organization that specializes in public health. For the past 30 years, JSI has been providing technical assistance to health programs in more than 106 countries. The Immunization Demand and Coordination Consultant for COVID-19 activities will be based in Accra, Ghana and will support JSI in its implementation of the Gavi-funded CDS Immunization technical assistance activities in Ghana. The Immunization Technical Consultant will support two activities to strengthen COVID-19 vaccination in the country. The consultant will support the outlines as follow below: Activity 1: Assess Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among HWs and make recommendations to improve uptake Specific activities include: Consultant responsible for adaptation of the Behavioral and Social Drivers tool for health workers to the Ghana context. Consultant will conduct interviews using the BeSD tool with approximately 20 HWs. The consultant is responsible for qualitative analysis of the data and development of a summary report with recommendations for how to address issues identified through the interviews. The consultant will organize a dissemination of the findings via a zoom meeting with the Ghanaian EPI and partners to discuss the recommendations and develop an action plan to implement recommendations. A summary of the agreed upon recommendations will be provided at the end of the meeting. Anticipated LOE: for activity: 20 days Activity 2: Supporting Expanded Programme for Immunization (EPI) teams for multi- sectoral coordination for sub-national rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. Specific Activities include: The consultant will work with EPI, School Health Education Programme (SHEP) and Department of Social Welfare (DSW) in 2 priority regions to review and assess the existing coordination mechanisms/meeting processes. As part of this process the consultant will develop a questionnaire to be completed by coordination members to examine the enablers and barriers that are influencing coordination efforts. The consultant will synthesize and summarize the findings from the questionnaire. Using data from the questionnaire, the consultant will develop brief recommendations to improve coordination and communication on COVID-19 activities in the two program regions. The consultant will support a virtual orientation for each regional team to discuss next steps and plans to operationalize improvements. Actions plans from each orientation meeting will be developed by the consultant. Anticipated LOE for Activity: 16 days Position responsibilities Deliverables: Weekly email to Supervisor with bullets of activities conducted in the previous week and plan for the week ahead; Full assessment reports, and data sets, powerpoints and briefs Complete and timely expense reports for all trips taken; Detailed trip report for all trips taken; Activity 1: Adapted BeSD tool Qualitative interview database Summary report with recommendations Facilitation plan and materials for dissemination Summary of dissemination meeting Activity 2: Questionnaire for coordination members Summary of data from questionnaire Brief of recommendations from questionnaire analysis Facilitation plan and materials for dissemination Action plan for each regional orientation meeting Required Skills or Experience How To Apply Qualified persons are required to send their cover letter and Curriculum Vitae (CV) marked “Immunization Demand and Coordination Consultant”* to:* [email protected] Deadline for the submission of applications: December 13, 2022. Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No phone calls or drop-ins will be accepted. *JSI is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified individuals are welcome to apply.* Note Please note, employers receive numerous applications per posting and will only shortlist the most qualified candidates. Also Jobsinghana.com is not involved in any decision made by an employer/recruiter and therefore does not guarantee that applications sent will result in a candidate being shortlisted/selected for that position.
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