Immunization Program Manager At JSI

JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) is a US-based not-for-profit organization that specializes in public health. For the past 30 years, JSI has been providing technical assistance to health programs in more than 106 countries across a wide range of technical areas. 

JSI is currently recruiting for an Immunization Program Manager based in Accra, Ghana, to support program implementation of a project focused on strengthening family engagement in immunization services in Kpone Katamanso a sub-district of Greater Accra.

Job Description

• The purpose of the project is to understand and increase family engagement in household immunization decision-making. This will be accomplished through formative research on how families in Ghana make decisions about immunization and related gender barriers and opportunities.
• The team will develop and deliver tailored engagement strategies and messaging on immunization that emphasize a family-based approach. Mothers, fathers, and other influential family members of vaccine-eligible children will be engaged through community-based actors such as community health workers (CHWs).
• The interventions will promote health-seeking behaviors that are beneficial for both routine and COVID-19 immunization. Interventions will be evaluated for effects on increased family engagement in and endorsement of immunization; knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to immunization among male caregivers and other family members; and immunization uptake among children.

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Responsibilities

• The Immunization Program Manager will work closely with the Immunization Technical Consultant, the Gender Consultant and HCD Consultant to coordinate the design and implementation of a co-facilitation workshop and roll-out of program activities to increase family engagement in immunization services.
• The consultant will also provide management support to the data collection firm, as they implement baseline data collection, cleaning, and basic data analysis for the project.
• The consultant will be expected to review and provide input on all deliverables from contractor and other program consultants.
• The consultant is also expected to support the planning and implementation of a dissemination event of baseline data and support program documentation as needed.
• The consultant will coordinate regularly with the program team based in Washington DC and will be monthly reports on program implementation.
• The consultant will be expected to support program implementation of the project.

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Required Skills or Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree or Master’s Degree in Public Health, Social Work, International Development or an equivalent field
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the health or development sectors
• Excellent skills and previous experience in program management
• Experience with immunization and/or gender-based strategies a plus at (sub)national levels in low-resource health contexts
• High level of creativity, adaptability, and expertise in delivering technical assistance consulting services to social entrepreneurs, innovators, and mission-driven international organizations.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams, under pressure, demonstrating initiative and flexibility
• Experience working with a range of stakeholders from Ministry of Health to partners to frontline health care workers
• Professional proficiency in English and Ghanaian
• Exemplary interpersonal communication skills required to interact effectively with end users/participants, as well as senior project leadership and partners

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