Gender and Immunization Specialist

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

  • Career category: Health professional
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: Fr35,254,000 XOF-Fr55,562,000 XOF / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 06/01/2025
  • Location: Mali
Child protection/ Children’s rights Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI) Health
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

For every child, hope
The Gender and Immunization Specialist will provide technical support to the EPI in improving the production of gender-specific data, enhancing the gender competencies of stakeholders and health frontline workers, and involving women's and girls' organisations in identifying and responding to gender-related challenges that impact vaccination.

How can you make a difference? 
  • Provide technical assistance to EPI in mainstreaming gender into immunisation programming;
  • Prioritizing support for gender-responsive and gender-transformative interventions in reaching zero-dose children and missed communities with vaccinations
  • Measuring and monitoring the effectiveness of gender-related immunisation interventions
  • Programme Management
  • Learning and Evaluation

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

EDUCATION
An advanced university degree (Master's) in one of the following fields is required: social sciences, Gender and Development, Public Health, global/international health, Policy and/or management, health sciences, or epidemiology.

A first university degree combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
 
WORK EXPERIENCE
- A Minimum of five (5) years mainstreaming gender in health/immunisation policies and programmes, preferably with the UN and/or international NGO.
- At least three years of experience conducting or supporting formative research and gender analysis, including quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, to understand the drivers related to gender and the health system, including immunisation.
- Strong communication and advocacy skills and the ability to effectively report on results
- Excellent facilitation, training, networking, and advocacy skills.
- Experience working in a developing country, including through government systems.
- Background and/or familiarity with health emergencies
 
LANGUAGES
Fluency in French required. Knowledge of English and an additional official UN or local language is an asset.

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