Individual Contractor - Information Management Specialist at UNICEF

Goal and Objective:  

Under the direct supervision of the Health Specialist  and in close coordination with cold chain  specialist –the incumbent will support the collection, review, quality assurance, analysis and visualization of immunization programme performance data amidst COVID 19 pandemic including vaccine stock data from ESAR country offices

The incumbent will support the following areas

Activities and Tasks:  

• Map and establish dataflows in countries covered by the regional office. Set up and trouble shoot system for data gathering from 21 ESAR countries on the status of immunization and other essential health service delivery
• Provide support to Country office to collect, validate, review and analyze EPI data sets including Vaccine management data base and provide detailed feedback and follow-up with country offices
• Conduct in-depth data analysis to identify areas with higher number of un/under immunized/zero-dose children for targeted technical assistance (conflict affected, hard-to-reach, urban poor etc).
• Produce infographics, presentations and other visual information products to strengthen data-driven planning and decision making at regional offices, across partners and country offices.
• Support design and planning of a web-based dashboard for data aggregation and analytics of the information gathered for 21 ESAR countries
• Support the visualization and dissemination of the Continuity of essential health services and country profile data products through web based dashboards and slides posted on the UNICEF ESAR Health Sharepoint Collaboration Site/Knowledge Hub

Work relationships: 

• The consultant will work in close collaboration with the Immunization team,  the Health System Strengthening Specialist,and the  Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Specialist, and report to the Immunization coordinator.
• Within the region, the consultant will work closely with the national Immunization Programme Managers, including cold chain and logistic teams. The consultant will also coordinate with the global consultants which are currenlty working in the region
• The consultant will work with WHO as a major stakeholder in immunization and will interact with key resource persons in WHO IST team involved in the deployment of COVID 19 vaccine.

Desired competencies, technical background, and experience

Education

• Advanced university degree in one or more of the following areas: Public Health, Epidemiology, or other related discipline. *First university degree combined with additional two years relevant professional work experience and understanding of relevant functions may be considered in lieu of advanced university degree.

Work Experience

• A minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience at national and international levels Experience managing, analyzing, and visualizing data using web-based data visualization dashboards/platforms (e.g. Tableau, PowerBi, Shiny, Superset) and programming languages/analytical tools (e.g. SQL, Java, Python, R, Matlab) is a requirement. Prior work experience with a multi-lateral or international health and development agency.
• Track record of producing quality deliverables on time.

Special Skills

• Strong ability to multi-task and a drive for on-time delivery required.

Language Proficiency

• Fluency in spoken and written English is a requirement. Working knowledge of French or Portuguese will be an asset.