Technical Officer

Under the overall guidance of Coordinator (IVD) and direct supervision of the Regional Advisor (Accelerated Disease Control) incumbent will provide technical support to Member States by performing the following duties: Review current status of the four objectives ofthe Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategy 2013-2018 in SEAR countries andsupport implementation of specific actions to achieve the objectives, with a specific focus on objective 4 that relates to transition planning; Review progress of transition planning in the five priority countries in SEAR and evaluate against the Polio TransitionPlanning Guidelines issued by the Transition Management Group (TMG) at WHO-HQ;Support the finalization and implementation ofcountry-specific transit on plans, including a plan for the regional office, asper the GPEI Polio Transition Planning Guidelines;Support implementation of all critical activities in the transition planning process, including asset mapping and,development of communication and resource mobilization strategies;Facilitate stakeholder agreement on final transition strategies and the execution of the transition plans;Ensure that the knowledge generated, and lessons learned from polio eradication activities are documented and shared for thebenefit of other health initiatives;Provide guidance for cross-border collaboration among SEAR countries and with other regions, on surveillance and implementation of the polio eradication activities;Provide support to Member States for maintenance of polio-free status and expansion of surveillance of other vaccine preventable diseases;Other tasks as assignedby the supervisors
Required Qualifications:
Education
Essential:

Language Skills;
Essential: