Position Responsibilities:
a. Provide evidence-based technical advice for implementation of polio eradication activities (such as immunization campaigns or supplemental immunizations) that are appropriate to the circumstances in endemic countries and/or countries with outbreaks of polio or other VPDs such as measles.
b. Participate in activities designed to promote polio, measles and other emerging vaccine preventable disease eradication, routine immunization, data quality and surveillance of new vaccines. Attend meetings and webinars with international and local partners in order to stay abreast of the most current developments in the outbreak and status of worldwide eradication. Incorporate and share lessons learned and best practices developed during work conducted on Donor polio eradication projects with country and field staff.
c. Provide technical advice to Donor’s Strategic Information and Workforce Development (SIWD) Branch of the Global Immunization Division (GID) regarding the training and field work of National Stop Transmission of Polio (NSTOP), and Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) teams