Overview
The Immunization Officer (Urban) reports to the Health Specialist and is accountable for the development and implementation of an integrated and coordinated urban health strategy. This role supports polio eradication and contributes to the overall economic, health, and social development of Pakistan.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement the urban immunization package, including detection of missed children and defaulters, real-time data collection, microplanning, and monitoring.
- Plan and implement the urban immunization package in defined areas, including 24/7 birth dose initiative, weekend, and evening outreaches.
- Establish coordination with provincial EPI/PEI partners.
- Ensure timely planning of urban immunization services and close monitoring.
- Support operationalization of Integrated services in 24/7 birth dose sites and outreaches.
- Extend opening hours of immunization services and support integrated EPI outreaches.
- Mobilize required sectors at the provincial authorities' level and strengthen intersectoral coordination.
- Develop and review updated micro plans for urban slums and peri-urban areas.
- Work with ACSM teams to strengthen community capacity to detect and refer missed children.
- Identify zero dose and defaulter children through digital referral by community health workers.
- Support in establishing real-time data collection system.
- Review and analyze data collected for urban immunization.
- Organize review meetings at the provincial and district level.
- Support SIAs as required.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 2 years relevant professional experience in service delivery in urban settings, including integrated service delivery, coordination, data analysis capacity, and coordination of different sector experience.
- Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered an asset.
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.
Qualifications
A university degree (Bachelor's) in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: medical sciences, Health, Public Health, Family Health, Child Development, Nursing or another relevant field.
