Team Leader/EPI Technical Specialist At Crown Agents

About the role

Job Title: Team Leader/EPI Technical Specialist

Location: Juba, South Sudan

Start date: 1st September 2022

End date: 31st March 2023*

LOE (#days): FTE

*Subject to review

Background:

Crown Agents is preparing to bid for the anticipated UNICEF-supported RFP for the “Implementation of National Vaccine Campaigns in South Sudan” and is currently seeking a Team Leader/EPI Technical Specialist who will provide strategic, technical, and managerial oversight of the programme.

The Covid-19 vaccines are deployed through 735 fixed health facilities, 251 mobile teams, 470 outreach teams, and Covid-19 intensification activities separately supported by Ministry of Health partners. Almost 10% of the population have now been vaccinated.

Despite progress, change is slow and a move from business as usual to new strategies is needed to move the country closer to its targets of having 40% coverage in the short term and eventually meeting the long-term target of 70% coverage of fully immunised eligible people. To do this, two national campaigns (one in September and one in January 2023) are being planned to cover the 77 counties and 3 administrative states.

Position Summary:

Based from the Crown Agent’s South Sudan office in Juba, the Team Lead will provide overall managerial and technical support to the delivery team including consortium partners and State Ministries of Health/County Health Departments. He/she will ensure that the programme deliverables are met on time and on budget and will be the external liaison with the client and other key stakeholders involved in the campaign process.

Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities of the Team Leader Include:

Leadership

Set the strategy and oversee total implementation of programme deliverables against contracted deliverables
Build and support a cohesive technical and operational team that is effective, efficient, and outcome-orientated
Socialise and lead team to work in ways that align to Crown Agents’ Ways of Working, GESI and Adaptive Management delivery strategies
Lead and drive continuous quality improvement processes
Where applicable coordinate activities with other Crown Agents programmes in country
Work closely with Crown Agents Global Health team to distil and apply lessons learnt from work in South Sudan across the Crown Agents portfolio of programmes

Stakeholder coordination/Implementing Partner Coordination

Establish and maintain effective, trust-based relationship and dialogue with Crown Agents programme sub-contractors, MoH and other programme stakeholders such as UNICEF and WHO
Ensure the smooth contracting of Implementing Partners across the various counties
Represent Crown Agents at SMOH and CHD
Represent Crown Agents at with stakeholders in meetings and other forums as needed

Technical Leadership and Programme Management

Provide overall technical, programmatic, financial oversight of the programme
Provide strategic management of the programme including ensuring that all start up activities are contracted on time and that are delivered on budget meeting the contract deliverables
Work closely with the Programme Management and Technical Advisory teams within Crown Agents HQ to ensure programme deliverables are implemented according to UNICEF standards and regulations

About you

Person Specification:

To succeed in this role, you will have:

Significant experience working in the global health field in a leadership role
Strong proven technical expertise in the field of routine immunisation programming
Preferred immunisation/Covid-19 immunisation experience in South Sudan
Strong in-depth knowledge of the immunisation field in South Sudan, including all relevant government and non-governmental stakeholders
Experience working with UNICEF preferred
Expertise in stakeholder engagement, inspiring action based on evidence and influencing change, including with governments, partners and clients
Proven experience managing programmes including work planning, financing management and programme quality assurance and control

About us

You’ll be working with Crown Agents which is a high impact social enterprise passionate about transforming the future for millions of people. Since our creation in 1833 we have worked across the globe to improve public services and drive economic growth. Our expertise is finding new solutions to difficult problems for clients in the areas of health, governance, economic growth, humanitarian action and supply chain services. We work with and train leaders at local, national and international level to achieve lasting change drawing on our insight and experience.