Position: Resource Persons
No. of vacancy: 9
Duration: 3 months
Location: Health Office of Nuwakot, Lamjung, Nawalparasi East, Palpa, Arghakhachi, Achham, Baitadi, Kanchanpur and Doti districts – 1 no each

Summary of Job Purpose:  

This position will be responsible to support the case  investigation and contact tracing (CICT) and risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) interventions of the districts; support the relevant government agencies in delivering the vaccines to the designated vaccination centers/health facilities, record-keeping, carry out CICT training, consultative and refresher meeting at district and municipal level; undertake gap analysis of targeted populations and the number of people inoculated; coordinate/support the relevant government other agencies for the timely preparation and distribution/dissemination of SBC materials/ messages; to identify the rumors and myths related to the vaccine and work with relevant stakeholders or  address such myths; support Suaahara II in the implementation of RCCE to support the vaccination campaign and CICT; technical backstopping to Community Engagement Facilitators for overall CICT implementation and its reporting and recording; and prepare progress reports on weekly basis and submit to the concerned officials.

Educational Qualifications and Experiences: 

• Bachelors’ degree in Public Health, Health Care, or other relevant discipline
• At least 3 years of work experience in CICT during COVID-19 context or other epidemics
• Proactive and capable to work with minimum supervision
• Knowledge on supply chain management; good facilitation skills on training delivery and event facilitation
• Good coordination skills among government and non-government agencies
• Strong skill in data management, reporting and recording
• Preference will be given to the candidate from the same district and experience in vaccination, community mobilization in pandemics
• Working experience in government counterpart is an asset