Health Officer Adolescent Engagement for HPV Vaccine routinization and Polio social mobilization

3 weeks ago


Abuja, FCT, Nigeria UNICEF Full time

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

Under the general guidance of the Health Manager -Immunization and oversight from the Chief of Health and HIV and in close collaboration with the Chief of SBC section, chief Gender & Development Manager, the incumbent will be part of the HPV introduction TWG at national/state levels to support the effective and efficient routinization of the vaccine, technical support is required to facilitate strategic planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of the process. Meaningful youth engagement of young people, the incumbent shall support the development of communication messages, taking into consideration their ideas and aspirations, identify key/relevant influencers and gatekeepers, platforms, modalities of service delivery, and what and how to integrate additional youth-friendly services.

Key function, accountabilities, and related duties/tasks:

  • Support the States to integrate adolescent girl-centered approaches for the planning of demand-generation activities for the routinization of HPV to the selected states through UNICEF Field Offices.
  • Support the state communication and social mobilization teams to produce and implement an evidence-based, integrated Adolescent, demand generation and mobilization plan for the NVI, assist the state Health team for polio social mobilization innovation.
  • Support the state ACSM Advocacy, Communication, and Social Mobilization working group for the HPV routinization and polio campaign to support the development of adolescent-friendly social media messages as well as polio social mobilization messages.
  • Support identification and coordination of state-level and LGA-level stakeholders education, women affairs, NGOs, faith-based, youth, etc. for community engagement, mobilization, mapping of adolescent-friendly platforms, networks, and enumeration of eligible girls in and out of school.
  • Support the LGA team to Identify facilities and map catchment areas for facility-led community outreaches hub and spoke model
  • Support the Design and implementation of a knowledge management plan for innovative documentation and reporting of every stage of the campaign – including dashboards, infographics, human interest stories, etc.
  • Provide technical assistance to the State Communication/Social Mobilization Technical Working Groups on updating the weekly dashboard.
  • Provide updates to NTWG, UNICEF Field, and Country Offices by completing daily and weekly updates through the Field Offices and providing any other updates on request.
  • Attend communication/social mobilization meetings and workshops as directed by supervisors, HPV TWG, Polio EOC and as required by the state teams.

Deliverables:

The incumbent will:

  • Submit a work plan at the beginning of each month to the supervisor including the plans for activities and travel if there are any.
  • Compile a state micro plan for adolescent mobilization and the advocacy communication and social mobilization plan for the HPV routinization and polio campaigns.
  • Map the state-level and LGA-level stakeholders education, women affairs, NGOs, faith-based, youth, etc for community engagement, mobilization, mapping of adolescent-friendly platforms, networks, and enumeration of eligible girls in and out of school.
  • Develop innovative IEC materials for the mobilization of Adolescent and Young People AYP platforms and community engagement.
  • Provide an update on the pre-introduction, introduction, and post-introduction processes and decision-making for the smooth introduction of the HPV vaccine o the field office and the country office.
  • Identify and map AYP/AYP-friendly social media influencers for an intensive AYP-friendly campaign.
  • Develop training materials for AYP-friendly platforms, state managers, LGA managers, and stakeholders towards community mobilization and demand generation for HPV vaccines.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

  • A university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health/nutrition, pediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology, or another relevant technical field.
  • A minimum of two years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: public health/nutrition planning and management, maternal and neonatal health care, or health emergency/humanitarian preparedness
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of the major Nigeria local Languages is of added value
  • Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
  • Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency

Deadline: 30 Sep 2024


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