National Consultant Provincial Immunization

The Immunization consultant will provide technical support, advocacy and facilitate the required support to the provincial and district levels, including provision of technical assistance to program strategy development (planning, budgeting, and implementation); support developing micro planning to determine the accurate denominator for targeted children <5 years using socio-economic register, focusing on zero dose children, established linkages between vital statistics birth registrations in ECD centres and Puskesmas, decentralized advocacy and communication efforts with provincial governors, and Bupatis as part of a wider Routine Immunization and RCCE agenda, and support respective local authorities to implement the immunization plan with high quality,  monitoring progress and providing feedback in selected provinces.
The GOI has requested UNICEF’s support in high priority provinces with an increased number of zero-dose and under- immunized children across several critical areas. The consultants are expected to focus on the following activities: