Technical Director Immunization

Jhpiego is an international non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. For more than 50 years and in over 150 countries Jhpiego has worked to improve the health of women children and families by strengthening health systems and delivering high-quality evidence-based interventions.

Jhpiego seeks a highly experienced Technical Director Immunization to provide strategic and technical leadership for its immunization portfolio in Pakistan. The Technical Director will serve as Jhpiegos senior technical authority on immunization and vaccine-preventable disease prevention and control providing expert guidance to government counterparts Jhpiego programs donors and partners.

The Technical Director will provide strategic and technical leadership across routine immunization polio eradication and transition supplementary immunization activities and campaigns zero-dose and under-immunized populations new vaccine introductions immunization systems strengthening vaccine-preventable disease surveillance and outbreak preparedness and vaccination response. The role will ensure that Jhpiegos programs apply current epidemiological evidence national and global guidance high-quality immunization implementation and health system strengthening approaches to drive sustainable improvements in immunization coverage equity quality and health system resilience.

• Provide overall strategic and technical leadership for Jhpiegos immunization portfolio in Pakistan and serve as the organizations senior technical authority on immunization and vaccine-preventable disease prevention and control.
• Set technical direction and ensure quality across routine immunization zero-dose and under-immunized populations new vaccine introductions vaccination campaigns/SIAs VPD surveillance and outbreak preparedness and response.
• Translate national priorities global guidance emerging evidence and epidemiological trends into practical strategies and technical approaches for Jhpiego-supported programs.
• Provide senior technical review and guidance to Jhpiego leadership and project teams on immunization strategies technical approaches workplans guidelines and major deliverables.
• Identify emerging immunization priorities technical gaps and opportunities for Jhpiego to strengthen its contribution in Pakistan.

• Provide senior technical guidance on strengthening routine immunization systems including service delivery microplanning workforce performance supportive supervision vaccine management cold chain last-mile delivery and use of immunization data.
• Guide strategies to reach zero-dose under-immunized and underserved populations and improve coverage equity continuity and quality of immunization services.
• Provide technical leadership for new vaccine introductions and optimization including policy and technical decision-making readiness assessment delivery strategies training monitoring and post-introduction learning.
• Provide technical oversight for vaccination campaigns and SIAs including planning readiness implementation quality monitoring and linkages with routine immunization.
• Promote approaches that ensure polio and campaign investments strengthen routine immunization systems workforce capacity community engagement surveillance and data use.

• Provide senior technical leadership to strengthen linkages between routine immunization vaccine-preventable disease surveillance polio eradication and outbreak preparedness and response.
• Support analysis and interpretation of surveillance epidemiological immunization and campaign data to identify immunity gaps high-risk populations geographic hotspots and emerging threats.
• Provide technical guidance during suspected or confirmed VPD outbreaks including risk assessment identification of affected and at-risk populations and development of appropriate vaccination response strategies.
• Provide technical oversight for outbreak-response vaccination including target-setting microplanning readiness assessment vaccine and supply requirements monitoring corrective action and post-response review.
• Strengthen national and provincial capacity for outbreak preparedness and rapid response working with EPI surveillance PEI emergency response and health security structures as appropriate.
• Support strategies to maintain essential immunization services during outbreaks humanitarian emergencies and other disruptions.

• Serve as a trusted senior technical advisor to the Federal Directorate of Immunization Provincial EPI programs Ministry of National Health Services and other relevant government counterparts.
• Represent Jhpiego in national and provincial immunization technical working groups advisory mechanisms coordination platforms and partner forums.
• Build and maintain strategic technical relationships with Donors (Gavi Gates Foundation) WHO UNICEF professional associations academic institutions civil society and other immunization partners.
• Support national and provincial policy planning prioritization and technical decision-making related to immunization and VPD control.
• Position Jhpiego as a recognized technical partner in immunization vaccine delivery VPD control and immunization systems strengthening in Pakistan.

• Provide technical oversight to project teams to ensure high-quality implementation and achievement of immunization results.
• Review program performance identify technical and implementation bottlenecks and guide corrective action and adaptive management.
• Promote integrated use of immunization coverage surveillance campaign and program performance data for technical decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Guide analysis and interpretation of program results and ensure findings are translated into actionable recommendations for government and project teams.
• Mentor and build the technical capacity of Jhpiego staff government counterparts and implementing partners through coaching technical assistance and supportive supervision.
• Support documentation and dissemination of implementation experience innovations lessons learned and effective practices.

• Lead Jhpiegos technical engagement related to donor supported initiatives (Gavi Gates Foundation Department of State CDC) and emerging investment opportunities in Pakistan.
• Support government and partners with immunization strategy development investment prioritization and relevant funding applications.
• Identify opportunities to expand Jhpiegos immunization portfolio in areas aligned with government priorities and organizational technical strengths.
• Provide technical leadership for concept notes proposals and donor engagement related to immunization vaccine delivery and VPD prevention and control.

• Advanced degree in Medicine Public Health Epidemiology Health Policy Health Systems Global Health or a related field with specialization in immunization infectious diseases health systems strengthening or public health preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in immunization public health or health systems strengthening programs.
• Demonstrated experience supporting national and subnational immunization programs in Pakistan including collaboration with Federal Directorate of Immunization (FDI) and provincial Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) teams Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) structures National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) and other technical advisory mechanisms as well as national and provincial outbreak preparedness coordination and response efforts.
• Strong knowledge of routine immunization polio eradication vaccine introduction vaccine-preventable diseases and surveillance immunization financing vaccine delivery systems and health systems strengthening
• Experience working with Gavi-funded programs and understanding of Gavi funding mechanisms and country planning processes strongly preferred.
• Proven experience engaging ministries of health donors UN agencies and development partners.
• Demonstrated success in technical leadership program management and stakeholder coordination.
• Experience supporting proposal development resource mobilization and strategic planning activities.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving and organizational skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English; knowledge of Urdu or other local languages is an asset.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 40% of the time.

• Experience supporting HPV vaccine introduction polio eradication/transition supplemental immunization activities or other new vaccine introductions.
• Experience in outbreak response emergency vaccination campaigns polio campaigns or immunization programming in fragile and hard-to-reach settings.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and mentoring technical staff.
• Established professional relationships within Pakistans immunization and public health sector.
• Track record of successfully managing donor-funded programs and multi-stakeholder partnerships.

Competencies:

• Strategic leadership and vision
• Technical excellence in immunization and public health
• Stakeholder engagement and diplomacy
• Partnership development
• Results orientation
• Team leadership and mentoring
• Resource mobilization and business development
• Communication and influencing skills
• Data-driven decision making
• Cultural sensitivity and adaptability

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and note that the successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. The position will be closed for further applications once it is successfully filled. We will be conducting interviews on a rolling basis so we encourage interested candidates to apply at their earliest convenience. Thank you for your interest in joining our team.

Jhpiego is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Failure to follow the instructions of applying your application would be denied.

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