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Position: Senior Technical Officer (Social Behavioral Change)-Preparedness for Vaccine Preventable Disease
Report to: Head of Social Behavioral Change Communication
Directorate/Department/Organ: Africa CDC
Division: Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR)
Number of Direct Reports: 1
Number of Indirect Reports: 0
Job Grade: P3
Number of Positions: 5
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Location: Nairobi, Kenya, Libreville, Gabon, Lusaka, Zambia, Abuja, Nigeria, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Northern)
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The African Union, established as a unique Pan African continental body, is charged with spearheading Africa’s rapid integration and sustainable development by promoting unity, Solidarity, cohesion and cooperation among the peoples of African and African States as well as developing a new partnership worldwide. Its Headquarters is located in Addis Ababa, capital city of Ethiopia.
In seeking to achieve this objective and deliver on this mandate, the Africa CDC, is building strong, trustful and respectful partnership with other public health organizations. In this regards, Africa CDC and GAVI have signed a memorandum of understanding highlighting 7 shared priorities including (1) Scale up Routine Immunisation (2) Build public trust and confidence in routine immunisation and COVID-19 (3) Facilitation of efficient regulatory pathways and timely authorisations of vaccines and efficient, effective pharmacovigilance (4) Strengthen diagnostic and disease surveillance capacity for epidemic prone vaccine preventable diseases (5) Engagement on the continental vision to expand vaccine manufacturing in Africa (6) Information sharing, coordination and aligned public communication on vaccine-related goals and (7) strengthen Pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.
The implement this MoU, Africa CDC and GAVI have developed a two-years operational Joint Action Plan (JAP) with detailed activities. The Africa CDC therefore seeks to recruit a national and citizen of any Member State of the African Union to the position of Senior Technical Officer (Senior Social Behavioral Change Officer)-Preparedness for Vaccine Preventable Disease within the Emergency Preparedness and Response Division.
Under direct supervision of the head of social behavioural change, the Senior Technical Officer will be responsible for provide technical guidance on vaccine preventable disease surveillance, prevention and control, by providing data from communities that support the Building of Public trsut in vaccination a key aspect of the Africa CDC-GAVI Joint Action Plan.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
Specifically, the Senior Technical Officer shall perform the following major duties and responsibilities:
Collect and synthesise data using BeSD tools to guide on the roll out of vaccine preventable disease prevention and control
Knowledge and experience
Required skills and Competencies:
Functional Skills
Personal Abilities
TENURE OF APPOINTMENT:
The Appointment will be made on a fixed term contract for a period of one (1) year, of which the first three (3) months will be considered as a probationary period. Thereafter, the contract may be renewed for a similar period subject to funding availability, satisfactory performance and agreed deliverables.
GENDER MAINSTREAMING:
The AU Commission is an equal opportunity employer and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.
LANGUAGES:
Proficiency in one of the AU working languages (Arabic, English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, and Spanish) is mandatory and fluency in another AU language is an added advantage
REMUNERATION:
Location | Annual lump-sum in USD (P3 Step 5) inclusive of all allowances for internationally recruited staff | Annual lump-sum in USD (P3 Step 5) inclusive of all allowances for Locally recruited staff |
Abuja, Nigeria | 100,972.49 | 83,397.18 |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 96,921.34 | 78,461.08 |
Nairobi, Kenya | 89,989.42 | 75,028.50 |
Libreville, Gabon | 95,892.29 | 78,828.86 |
Lusaka, Zambia | 88,925.87 | 75,385.94 |
Applications must be submitted no later than May 2, 2025 11h59 p.m. EAT.
-Only candidates who meet all job requirements and are selected for interviews will be contacted.
-Consideration will be given only to those candidates who have submitted a fully completed online application with a curriculum vitae (CV), an African passport, and the required academic qualifications, such as Diplomas, Bachelor’s degrees, Master’s degrees and any relevant certificate in line with the area of expertise.
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