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United Nations Children’s Fund CONSULTANT(E) INTERNATIONAL (E) EN CHANGEMENT SOCIAL ET COMPORTEMENTAL (SBC) POUR LA REPONSE A L’EPIDEMIE DU cVDPV2 ET LA CAMPAGNE SYNCHRONISÉE AU nVPO2 (SBC-SPECIALIST, P-3 Bamako, 06 mois Mali UNICEF Jobs 2024
United Nations Children’s Fund looking for “CONSULTANT(E) INTERNATIONAL (E) EN CHANGEMENT SOCIAL ET COMPORTEMENTAL (SBC) POUR LA REPONSE A L’EPIDEMIE DU cVDPV2 ET LA CAMPAGNE SYNCHRONISÉE AU nVPO2 (SBC-SPECIALIST, P-3 Bamako, 06 mois”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 15-Jul-24.
The United Nations Children’s Fund has published a job vacancy announcement on 08-Jul-24 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of CONSULTANT(E) INTERNATIONAL (E) EN CHANGEMENT SOCIAL ET COMPORTEMENTAL (SBC) POUR LA REPONSE A L’EPIDEMIE DU cVDPV2 ET LA CAMPAGNE SYNCHRONISÉE AU nVPO2 (SBC-SPECIALIST, P-3 Bamako, 06 mois to be based in Bamako, Mali. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org
Company Name: United Nations Children’s Fund
Job Title: CONSULTANT(E) INTERNATIONAL (E) EN CHANGEMENT SOCIAL ET COMPORTEMENTAL (SBC) POUR LA REPONSE A L’EPIDEMIE DU cVDPV2 ET LA CAMPAGNE SYNCHRONISÉE AU nVPO2 (SBC-SPECIALIST, P-3 Bamako, 06 mois
Duty Station: Bamako, Mali
Country: Mali
Application Deadline: 15-Jul-24
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, hope
En 2016, le Mali avait été certifié pays exempt de la circulation du poliovirus sauvage. Cependant, n’ayant plus organisé de campagne de vaccination contre la polio avec le vaccin VPOm2, et avec la faiblesse de la routine, le pays a connu une succession de cas de paralysie flasque aigue (PFA) en 2020, puis en 2021 et en 2022. Ces épidémies dans deux régions (Gao, et Ménaka.) ont pu avec les orientations stratégiques issues des données des investigations épidémiologique et enquête sociale soutenir les campagnes de vaccination contre la polio, puis circonscrire l’épidémie et accroitre la couverture vaccinale (de 38.6% à 48%).
En octobre 2023, après quelques campagnes de vaccination localisées, les zones de l’épicentre de l’épidémie ont connu une période d’accalmie. Par la suite, plusieurs autres régions ont été touchées (Taoudéni, Mopti, Ségou, Koulikoro), avec de nombreux autres cas de polio virus sauvage. Impactant ainsi les efforts avec une prolifération du virus à Sikasso, Bamako, avec une flambée du poliovirus et un total de 11 cas de variant du poliovirus circulant de type cVDPV2.
How can you make a difference?
Sous la supervision Générale de la cheffe SBC, Le/la consultant(e) international SBC Specialist Polio est chargé des tâches et fonctions suivantes :
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education:
Le consultant international en SBC doit avoir les qualifications suivantes :
Langue:
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values
Care
Respect
Integrity
Trust
Accountability
Sustainability
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.