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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, Health…
The current cholera outbreak, the largest ever reported in the country over the past 20 years, started in March 2022 and has affected all 29 health districts of Malawi. This outbreak demonstrates a different pattern as it started during the dry season, out of the historical seasonality of cholera in the country, on the heels of Tropical storm Ana (January 2022) and Cyclone Gombe (March 2022) with floods leading to population displacement and further disruption in access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene.
The unprecedented scale of the outbreak triggered the declaration of a Public Health Emergency by the President of Malawi in December 2022, leading to the activation of national coordination mechanisms and a scale-up of the response. As of 25 January 2023, more than 30,000 cases and more than 1,000 deaths have been reported.
Given the current polio and cholera outbreaks, the Government of Malawi immediately launched outbreak responses with support from WHO and UNICEF. A total of 4 rounds of polio campaigns were conducted across the country in 2022, reaching 3.6 million children under five and achieving 99% polio immunization coverage. Meanwhile, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners (Ministry of Health, World Health Organization, Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and UNICEF) have prepared a phase-2 plan for responding to the ongoing outbreak that will cover the period of May-December 2023.
This phase will consist of 4 polio National Immunization Days (NIDs) targeting 8.8 million 0 – 15-year children in each round. Like in the phase-1 response, these multiple rounds of the campaign will require significant technical assistance inputs to the Department of Health and the district health authorities.
How can you make a difference?
The Zonal Polio Outbreak Response consultant will work closely with the Ministry of Health (MOH), District Health Offices (DHO), WHO and other partners, to implement high quality integrated polio immunization campaigns in selected districts. Following are the specific tasks:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Academic qualification:
Work experience:
Minimum two years progressively responsible professional work experience at the district or national level in below mentioned areas:
Technical skills, knowledge and strength areas:
Languages:
Fluency in Chichewa and English is required.
Please refer to the attached full Terms of Reference Terms of Reference Zonal Polio Consultant.pdf for more details on the consultancy and requirements.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
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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/individual contractors 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.
HOW TO APPLY…
Interested Individual Consultant should provide the following:
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract 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 and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors 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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