Advertised in daily Classified Source newspaper dated 21 October, 2024. Applications are invited for appropriate candidates in UN-WHO to complete fill their vacant position.
UN-WHO
Date Posted:
::
21 October, 2024
Department:
::
UN-WHO
Category | Sector
::
UN-WHO
Newspaper:
::
Classified Source Newspaper
Education:
::
Bachelor
Total Vacancies:
::
Details in attached ads
Vacancy Location:
::
Karachi,
Job Type:
::
Full Time
Expected Last Date:
::
05 November, 2024
Vacant Positions: District Coordinator
DISTRICT COORDINATOR
Presently, the UN-WHO Karachi is on the lookout for suitable candidates for their vacant position i.e. District Coordinator to join their team.
JOB Description: District Coordinator
”
Purpose of the post: The position of District Coordinator is to provide technical assistance to Deputy Commissioner conducting Polio Eradication activities in the assigned district. Incumbent will facilitate the implementation of effective polio immunization campaigns in the district by coordinating appropriate actions with the established counterparts and partners and ensuring that adequate resources are made available on a timely basis. Responsible for: management and oversight of surveillance by enhancing community networking and essential immunization related activities
Organizational context: Under the technical supervision of the Provincial Team Lead with overall supervision of the Coordinator Polio Eradication, the District Coordinator will undertake the following duties:
1. Provide technical support to the DEOC and Health Department in ensuring programme coordination for a functional and fit for purpose structure to stop WPV1 circulation and close the ongoing outbreak.
2. Provide supervisory support to district level staff including surveillance and campaign operation functions.
3. Ensure high quality campaigns are conducted through well-defined micro-plan incorporating inputs from LEAS to ensure the security plans and operational plans are aligned.
4. Ensure corrective actions during pre, intra and post campaign with emphasis missed areas, poorly covered areas, areas with high number of missed children (refusals and NAs) revealed by lCM, PCM and LQAS.
5. Prioritize and focus on the low performing/high risk UCs, with focused interventions towards team selection, high quality trainings, rationalized and appropriate micro plans, detailed communication plans.
6. Coordinate COMNET and Operation Team for UC and Area Specific plans for missed children’s coverages and refusal conversion plans, with emphasis on persistently missed children.
7. Build the capacity of the frontline workers through well planned and needs based trainings as per the current guidelines of Stall Method.
8. Timely raise issues of accountability such as absenteeism, poor performance, non-Compliance to the DC, DHO and partners for course correction, while notifying the Provincial EOC.
9. Ensure highly sensitive poliovirus surveillance system in district by follow up with DSO/DSC and focal persons to timely completion of all planned activities in regards to AFP cases detection and Environmental collection.
10.Provide technical support to DEOC in situation analysis, performance assessment, trend analysis and development of action plan to stop/prevent poliovirus transmission in the district.
11.Other duties as requested by the Provincial Polio Team Leader of WHO.
Functional skills and experience for internal applicants:
o Incumbent must have at least 2 year of professional work experience in PEI, immunization activities, health emergencies OR other field-level public health programs.
o The incumbent must be a Pakistani National and currently employed with the Polio programme at WHO Pakistan or elsewhere at NOA or higher level.
o Technical knowledge in public health, epidemiology, surveillance, disease outbreak investigation, and data management including analysis and interpretation of campaign, RI and AFP surveillance data is required.
o Familiarity and work experience with native community.
o The incumbent must have clear understanding of gender equality, sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.
Core competencies:
o Teamwork.
o Creating empowering and motivative environment.
o Communication.
o Producing results.
o Building and promoting partnership across the organization and beyond.“
Interested candidates should email their CVs (necessary documentation) by 05 November, 2024. The job title must be clearly stated in the Subject line. UN-WHO provide equal Opportunity for all equally competent candidates.
