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For every child, the right to Health

How can you make a difference?

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

UNICEF’s Office of Strategy and Evidence (OSE) works in 190+ countries to ensure data and evidence drive results for

children. Within OSE, the Health Unit leads measurement and analytics for maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent

health (MNCAH) and Immunization. The team supports countries to strengthen data systems, produces global databases,

and leads initiatives to support country monitoring and data use. This work underpins UNICEF’s broader goal to promote

health equity and improve outcomes for women, children, and adolescents.

The Actionable Health Analytics for Decision-making (AHEAD) initiative, led by the Statistics and Monitoring team within

the Integrated Health Analysis Unit of OSE, supports countries in improving the use of subnational administrative

immunization data through data quality assessment, denominator review, triangulation, and analytical interpretation. In

Ethiopia, AHEAD has been supporting the Ministry of Health, UNICEF Ethiopia Country Office, and partners to strengthen

immunization data quality, generate alternative denominator estimates, and produce evidence to inform national and

subnational immunization planning.

This consultancy will provide focused country-level support to Ethiopia for AHEAD-related immunization analytics and

coordination. The assignment will support the operationalization of the AHEAD approach in Ethiopia by strengthening

coordination with country-level counterparts, organizing technical inputs, supporting documentation of methods and

findings, facilitating follow-up actions emerging from AHEAD analyses and managing subnational team working on AHEAD

implementation. The consultant will help ensure that analytical work is translated into clear, usable outputs for decisionmaking

at the national level, including support to workshops, technical discussions, report development, and

communication with government and partner stakeholders.

Scope of Work:

Under the supervision of the Statistics and Monitoring Specialist of the Integrated Health Analysis Unit, Data and Analytics

Section of OSE, and in close collaboration with the UNICEF Ethiopia Country Office, Ministry of Health counterparts, and

relevant technical partners, the consultant will provide country-level programme management, coordination,

documentation, and operational support for AHEAD-related immunization analytics in Ethiopia. The consultant will

support coordination across national and subnational workstreams and ensure timely implementation, follow-up, and

delivery of agreed outputs.

1. Ethiopia AHEAD country engagement and coordination

• Support coordination with the UNICEF Ethiopia Country Office, Ministry of Health, and relevant partners on

AHEAD implementation.

• Organize and follow up on technical meetings, workshops, and country engagement discussions.

• Maintain a tracker of key activities, stakeholders, decisions, timelines, and follow-up actions.

2. Support implementation and documentation

• Support documentation of Ethiopia-specific AHEAD activities, including data quality review, denominator

assessment, triangulation, and interpretation of findings.

• Prepare meeting notes, action matrices, decision summaries, briefing materials, and other key documents.

• Support the development or refinement of TORs, agendas, and templates for technical working groups or related

coordination structures.

3. Ethiopia AHEAD operational workplan and implementation monitoring

• Develop and maintain a rolling workplan covering milestones, deliverables, responsibilities, and timelines.

• Consolidate inputs from UNICEF, Ministry of Health, regional teams, and technical partners to support

prioritization and sequencing of activities.

• Monitor implementation progress, identify bottlenecks, and facilitate timely follow-up and resolution of agreed

actions.

4. Communication and technical materials

• Prepare Ethiopia-focused briefing notes, talking points, presentations, FAQs, and summaries for technical and

programme audiences.

• Support preparation of materials for workshops, technical meetings, and dissemination sessions.

• Translate analytical findings into clear and actionable messages for programme planning and decision-making.

5. Coordination and oversight of subnational AHEAD workstreams

• Coordinate planning, implementation, follow-up, and quality assurance across subnational AHEAD workstreams.

• Monitor progress and support timely completion of agreed subnational activities and outputs.

• Ensure consistency of approaches, methods, documentation, and outputs across subnational and national

workstreams, in coordination with UNICEF and relevant technical teams.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete TOR here: TOR TMC0006929.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

Education:
Advanced university degree (Masters) in Public/Global Health, Data Science or Statistics, Information Systems, Business or Public Administration or a related field.

Work Experience:
- Three to five years of progressively responsible experience in programme management, strategic operations, or coordination of large‑scale initiatives within global health, immunization, or data‑driven health programmes in Ethiopia.
- Proven experience coordinating country engagements in international or multilateral institutional settings, including collaboration with government counterparts, technical partners, and managing technical portfolios in the Immunization and Immunization data space.
Skills:
- Strong programme management and strategic planning capability, with demonstrated ability to design and manage
  
  structured processes, enhance operational systems, and support complex cross-team coordination with clear accountability and disciplined follow-up.
- Strong facilitation and coordination skills, with experience driving alignment across technical, regional and country teams, and the ability to manage multiple parallel activities with strong attention to detail.
- High proficiency with collaboration and knowledge-management tools, including SharePoint, Teams and cloud-based project/knowledge management systems, and the ability to support development of operational frameworks, governance tools and country-engagement systems that improve programme coherence and scalability.
Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Amharic is required.

Desirables:

Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
*Listed requirements will be used for technical evaluation in the competitive process.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
Cover letter
A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template) Financial proposal TMC0006929.docx

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Senior Programme Management Consultant – Ethiopia AHEAD Immunization, 6 months; Remote #596364