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Overview of position | Afghanistan and Pakistan are the world’s remaining polio-endemic countries. In 2022, as of November 30, Afghanistan reported 02 WPV1 reported in Kunar and Paktika provinces and 13 environmental cases in Eastern Region, Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. These results confirm the need for continues community engagement efforts with a particular focus on previously inaccessible areas, high-risk districts, and areas where children are still missed for different reasons. To support activities, UNICEF is planning the recruitment of District Communication Officers (DCOs) who will work closely with extenders and their direct supervisor PCOs to ensure timely and effective implementation of polio programme activities. Under the general guidance of UNICEF regions Polio team leaders and direct supervision of the PCO in charge of the province, the incumbents will be responsible for managing, implementing, and monitoring of activities related to immunization, community engagement and social mobilization at the district level. The DCO will contribute to the implementation and monitoring of social mobilization and community engagement and health education plans, knowledge-sharing sessions, implementation of action plans, collecting and addressing rumors on the ground through available networks, and providing technical support to staff members across health facilities. |
Role objectives | Specific Tasks/Activities District Communication Officer:
oBefore campaign to monitor and report on:
oDuring campaign:
oAfter campaign to monitor and report on:
oBetween campaigns
●Under the direct supervision of PCO, develop and implement the district level quarterly communication plans, with a clear focus on missed children and refusal. The plan should be evidence based and data driven ●Identify cluster level refusal and engage with the refusal families ahead of the campaign through local influencers including religious leaders, professionals, and women networks ●Manage implementation of the community initiatives led by influential groups (religious leaders, professional groups, youth and women networks) and engage local community members to improve vaccines uptake ●Oversee messaging within the district, ensuring that all messages are locally relevant according to the district findings and issues, and aligned to national guidelines (standard messages and monthly topics); disseminate monthly messages through district meetings, partners (DEMT/DoPH) and community influencers ●Coordinate and implement all communication activities in the district, including district level immunization campaign inauguration, advocacy meetings, monthly meetings at clusters and healthcare centres, etc. ●Monitor and report on access to vaccination issues within the district to PCO in a timely manner for prompt action. ●Conduct local level interface dialogue with inaccessible local influencers together with district team to address inaccessibility ●Ensure timely supervision of communication activities for campaign-based social mobilizers in the district ●With support from PCO, plan and implement trainings for campaign-based social mobilizers, local influencers and other social activists, based on needs assessment, and using agreed updated curriculum. ●Retrieve the list of children still missed after the campaign from District Polio Officer after each SIA and facilitate revisits and record coverage ●Retrieve a copy of district routine immunization micro plan from NGO/DEMT in-charge and ensure all low performing areas and access compromised areas are planned for ●Retrieve and analyse routine immunization data for BCG, OPV1/Hep 1 and OPV3/Hep 3; and follow up on low coverage and OPV/Hep 3 drop out greater than 10% ●Conduct at least 4 monitoring visits of routine immunization sessions in a month and provide feedback to DEMT/PEMT/DoPH using the applicable format. ●Work in collaboration with the District Coordinator and District Polio Officer, District Management Team and District Health Officer to ensure that the accountability framework for vaccine management is in place and that cold chain capacities are adequate Operation and reporting ●Prepare necessary documentation and facilitate payment of fees/incentives to all campaign-based social mobilizers who have performed their tasks as per agreed deliverables after each SIA and keep records for reference. ●Collect social data and communication data from campaign-based social mobilizers and share with PCO in a timely manner; coordinate and provide feedback to social mobilizers. ●Ensure appropriate and timely dissemination and display of IEC materials at least 2-3 days before each Supplementary Immunization Action (SIA) ●Facilitate the recruitment of campaign-based social mobilisers in the district in coordination with PCO and district selection committee. Pre-campaign activities ●Train cluster and vaccination teams on basics of vaccine management ●Conduct district level cold chain inventories and share it with the provincial level team. ●Work with the supply committee to review and deliver consumables, management tools and vaccines to clusters on a timely basis ●Report on above mentioned activities to immediate supervisor and provincial team During the campaign activities ●Collect feedbacks on vaccine management during evening meetings follow up on corrective actions ●Conduct daily field visits to ensure compliance with good practices and capacities are strengthened ●Monitor the use of vaccines and proper vaccine management on the online dashboard ●Monitor vaccine availability at cluster and address stock outs as soon as possible ●Fill in the daily Summary Sheet and the Vaccine Vials Tracking Form with figures from cluster level and the ODK questionnaire with vaccine monitoring data ●Conduct Intra-campaign monitoring using ICM checklist ●Participate in all district level evening meetings during campaign ●Spend 40% time for RI monitoring in fixed sites, mobile and outreach sessions After the campaign activities ●Monitor to ensure that all unusable vials are returned outside the cold chain and in plastic ziplock bags to the provincial level and that all usable vials are returned at provincial level in cold chain. ●complete Form A on the paper-based system and ODK within 3 days after completion of campaign ●Pay field visits and verify the total absence of type 2 vaccine in clusters
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Project reporting | N/A |
Key competencies | N/A |
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Further information | Qualification:
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