Social & Behavior Change Data Specialist, Polio, P3 at UNICEF

Purpose Of Assignment:

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) seeks to ensure that future generations of children will be free from the threat of polio paralysis. Achieving this goal depends on ensuring rapid and effective responses to poliovirus outbreaks in polio-free countries.  Polio eradication continues to be an organizational priority and, like COVID-19, is a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The number of outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV2) has far exceeded global expectations in recent years.

To provide continued support to the Nigeria outbreak response and preparedness, UNICEF is seeking to recruit a Social and Behavior Change (SBC) -Data Specialist to ensure UNICEF’s accountability during any polio outbreak is best managed as a critical component of the global outbreak Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). With increasing outbreaks and the need to implement a timely response in multiple contexts. 

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the Polio team lead and in coordination with Deputy GPEI Coordinator, the staff will perform the following duties and responsibilities:

• Build capacity of the national and state teams on data collection, analysis, and interpretation for polio SBC, gender, and misinformation management impacting outbreak response. This includes the development/update of tools and guidance, technical assistance, in-country training.
• Analyze available pre-campaign, campaign, and post-campaign data for consequential geographies and other states in alignment with the global templates and including vaccine management data;
• Design tools and guidance for gender assessments in outbreak and build the capacity of the national and state on gender assessment.
• Compile and coordinate key performance indicators for SBC.

Expected Output:

• A systematic process, guidance document, and tools developed to analyze social data from consequential geographies (Kano, Kebbi, Sokoto, Katsina and Zamfara) and other priority states
• Tools and guidance developed for gender assessments during polio outbreaks
• Training package developed for analyzing social data in polio outbreaks
• Polio SBC surge support in country (focusing on consequential geographies) are trained on social data management for SBC
• VCM engaged in the OB response have capacities to timely report, prevent, and eventually address critical misinformation, rumors, and information gaps to ensure higher quality communication interventions before, during, and after the polio outbreak response
• Management and analysis of VCM data
• Data analysis reports for SIAs
• Quarterly KPI reports
• Monthly report of activities summarizing key outcomes (end of each month)

Expected results:

• Updated tools and guidance developed for the analysis of social data related to outbreak response
• Gender assessment tools and guidance developed available to country office
• SIA analysis reports available for campaigns conducted.
• One comprehensive training module for data management for polio outbreak response focuses on analyzing social data from various sources.
• SBC Dashboards set up

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

Minimum requirement

• An Advanced university degree (masters) in computer Science, statistics or Social Sciences.
• A minimum of five years progressively working in Information management, analytics, data visualization, Statistics or M&E preferably in a public health setting.
• Experience working with Open Data Kit (ODK)
• Advance knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
•  Familiarity with SQL, ArcGIS/QGIS/Open Street mapping
• Knowledge of Python and a front-end development framework.
• Familiarity with Kibana, Power BI or Tableau.
• Working experience in UN or other international development organizations
• Familiarity with emergency responses is considered as a strong asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language is an asset
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.