UNICEF Principal Technical Officer Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs. UNICEF Ethiopia looking for “Principal Technical Officer“. Applicants with a degree in Masters Degree may apply on or before 20th Jan 2023.
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UNICEF Principal Technical Officer Jobs 2023
The UNICEF has published a job vacancy announcement on 5th Jan 2023 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Principal Technical Officer to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| Recruiter | United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) |
| Position | Principal Technical Officer – Vaccine Preventable Diseases |
| Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Masters Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Eight years |
| Application Deadline | 20th Jan 2023 |
UNICEF Job Vacancy 2023
How can you make a difference: The Principal Technical Officer-Vaccine preventable diseases, shall perform the following major duties and responsibilities and the RCCs:
- Support on prevention and acceleration of vaccination programs.
- Provide timely and effective support to Member States;
- Provide technical assistance to priority countries in coordination, planning, monitoring and safely Conduct effective reactive and preventive vaccination campaigns.
- Ensure integrated activities that improve immunization performance.
- Monitors VPD outbreaks (measles/rubella, YF, meningitis) and provide remote and in-country support to countries on the preparedness and response interventions
- Develop and disseminate guiding documents related to VPD for outbreaks to improve long-term immunization programme performance
- Develop and recommend frameworks for multisectoral regional immunization programs.
- Assist in efforts to build the immunization response capacity of MS and regional economic communities;
- Support African Union Member States to develop ICG requests for Cholera, Meningitis and Yellow Fever outbreaks for reactive vaccination campaigns as per the ICG guidance where needed.
- Support MS countries to identify and assess integration opportunities of accelerated disease control initiatives into the broader immunization programme and primary health care system;
- Participate in Africa CDC coordination initiatives and technical meetings/discussions on vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) at regional and global levels where required.
Position in Organization:
- Principal Technical Officer – Vaccine Preventable Diseases
- Job no: 558374
- Contract type: Consultant
- Duty Station: Addis Ababa
- Level: Consultancy
- Location: Ethiopia
- Categories: Communication, Partnerships, Fund Raising
- Deadline: 20th Jan 2023
Qualification & Experience:
- Master’s degree in Public Health or a related field from an accredited academic institution with at least 8 years of relevant professional experience in a public health program management support role with demonstrated involvement in the successful development and management of immunization and public health emergency preparedness and response programs.
How to Apply UNICEF Principal Technical Officer Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/558374
The Closing Date: 20th Jan 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
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| Official Website | www.unicef.org |
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