Immunization – Technical and Implementation Director
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Immunization – Technical and Implementation Director
Jhpiego – John Hopkins University
Manila, Philippines
Responsibilities
Work closely with the Country Program Manager, Jhpiego HQ technical and implementation support team, the National Immunization Program (NIP) Team, other relevant teams of the Department of Health, and other key child and adolescent health and immunization stakeholders in developing and implementing an immunization work plan, including childhood immunizations and HPV vaccination;
Represent Jhpiego in technical discussions, policy forums, stakeholders or partners forum, and advocacy efforts relevant to childhood, school-based, and adolescent immunization, child and adolescent health, vaccine-preventable disease epidemiology and surveillance, and health systems strengthening, including invitation as a resource person in NITAG meetings;
Provide updated global and national technical guidance and recommendations to Jhpiego country and program management team on routine childhood and adolescent immunization, child and adolescent health, and health systems strengthening, aligned with country, subnational, and local government contexts;
Lead and supervise the learning and performance management or capacity development activities, including follow-up on the use of tools developed, for the local government units, with the Jhpiego country immunization team and other field implementation staff, in partnership with the National Immunization Program and subnational counterparts;
Provide leadership and supportive supervision to members of the Jhpiego country immunization team in the monitoring, evaluation, and learning, project coordination, other staff involved in project implementation and provide guidance and oversight to contracted short-term technical services providers;
Provide guidance and inputs in the recruitment of other relevant positions or the contracting of short-term technical service providers for the needs of the immunization project(s);
Lead the development the monitoring, evaluation, and learning plan or results framework, together with the Jhpiego country immunization team and field implementation staff;
Ensure the quality and appropriate data collection, processing, and health information management related to quality indicators and analysis to share the results with the stakeholders, together with monitoring, evaluation, and learning officer;
Oversee the generation of quality program monitoring, evaluation, learning, and progress reports and timely updates, as required by the donor, grant agency, or public sector stakeholders;
Maintain strong communication and relations with key internal and external stakeholders, including provincial and city/municipal health offices, other national government agencies, donors, and development partners, as appropriate;
Ensure the timely implementation and progress of ongoing projects, together with Jhpiego HPV vaccination learning project team;
Participation in the identification of opportunities for new strategic partnerships relating to immunization, child, and adolescent health, which may include communication with Gavi country management, as directed by the Country Program Manager;
Ensure the portfolio of the program is properly managed, and proactively identify and flag grant financial or progress problems to the finance and the program management team and assist in their resolution.
Required Qualifications
Advanced degree in public health, child and adolescent health, or health systems management;
Expertise in childhood and adolescent immunization, including HPV vaccination, and vaccine-preventable diseases;
7-10 years of professional experience in a program position involving design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation;
Specific knowledge of and experience in implementing projects on immunization service delivery, and health systems strengthening;
Strong skills in partnership development, and stakeholder engagement and management;
Rigorous and detail-oriented who can deliver very high-quality work, notably financials and written progress and donor reports;
Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to successfully represent and advocate for the quality of immunization service delivery for children and adolescents;
Proven team management skills;
Ability to travel nationally and internationally;
The role requires travel to support field implementations teams, wherever required.