Gender and Immunization Technical Support

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UNICEF’s latest study explored gender-related barriers to immunization in Egypt, Iraq, Sudan, Syria and Yemen and outlined recommended approaches and entry points for addressing these barriers at the individual, household, community and institutional levels in order to increase immunization reach and coverage in under-immunized communities. As per the recommendations, UNICEF is investing in gender-responsive health system strengthening, supported by building health worker and UNICEF country offices capacity to develop plans for accelerating implementation of the recommendations of the gender barrier analysis, improving the collection, analysis and use of data disaggregated by sex, age and additional factors, developing feedback mechanisms to improve the quality and acceptability of services and strengthening safeguarding and complaint mechanisms to support a predominantly female health workforce

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in  Public Health or Health and immunization specialization. 
• A minimum of five years of experience in health/immunization and development programmes.
• Proven gender expertise in relation to health systems and health behaviours, attitudes and practices.
• Solid technical knowledge of gender and immunizaiton curricula, tools and resources.
• Demonstrated experience with programme design, development and implementation, monitoring and evaluation using both quantitative and qualitative techniques.
• An excellent command of the English language – both written and oral. Arabic and French are additional assets.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/575108

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