Senior Programme Management Consultant – Ethiopia AHEAD Immunization, Italy, Rome; Remote ## 596364

Job no: 596364 Contract type: Consultant Duty Station: Florence Level: Consultancy

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Ethiopia Categories: Health UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built.

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our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. For every child, the right to Health How can you make a difference? Purpose of Activity/Assignment UNICEF’s Office of Strategy and Evidence (OSE) works in 190+ countries to ensure data and evidence drive results for children. Within OSE, the Health Unit leads measurement and analytics for maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (MNCAH) and Immunization. The team supports countries to strengthen data systems, produces global databases, and leads initiatives to support country monitoring and data use. This work underpins UNICEF’s broader goal to promote health equity and improve outcomes for women, children, and adolescents. The Actionable Health Analytics for Decision-making (AHEAD) initiative, led by the Statistics and Monitoring team within the Integrated Health Analysis Unit of OSE, supports countries in improving the use of subnational administrative immunization data through data quality assessment, denominator review, triangulation, and analytical interpretation. In Ethiopia, AHEAD has been supporting the Ministry of Health, UNICEF Ethiopia Country Office, and partners to strengthen immunization data quality, generate alternative denominator estimates, and produce evidence to inform national and subnational immunization planning. This consultancy will provide focused country-level support to Ethiopia for AHEAD-related immunization analytics and coordination. The assignment will support the operationalization of the AHEAD approach in Ethiopia by strengthening coordination with country-level counterparts, organizing technical inputs, supporting documentation of methods and findings, facilitating follow-up actions emerging from AHEAD analyses and managing subnational team working on AHEAD implementation. The consultant will help ensure that analytical work is translated into clear, usable outputs for decisionmaking at the national level, including support to workshops, technical discussions, report development, and communication with government and partner stakeholders. Scope of Work Under the supervision of the Statistics and Monitoring Specialist of the Integrated Health Analysis Unit, Data and Analytics Section of OSE, and in close collaboration with the UNICEF Ethiopia Country Office, Ministry of Health counterparts, and relevant technical partners, the consultant will provide country-level programme management, coordination, documentation, and operational support for AHEAD-related immunization analytics in Ethiopia. The consultant will support coordination across national and subnational workstreams and ensure timely implementation, follow-up, and delivery of agreed outputs. 1. Ethiopia AHEAD country engagement and coordination
* Support coordination with the UNICEF Ethiopia Country Office, Ministry of Health, and relevant partners on AHEAD implementation.
* Organize and follow up on technical meetings, workshops, and country engagement discussions.
* Maintain a tracker of key activities, stakeholders, decisions, timelines, and follow-up actions. 2. Support implementation and documentation
* Support documentation of Ethiopia-specific AHEAD activities, including data quality review, denominator assessment, triangulation, and interpretation of findings.
* Prepare meeting notes, action matrices, decision summaries, briefing materials, and other key documents.
* Support the development or refinement of TORs, agendas, and templates for technical working groups or related coordination structures. 3. Ethiopia AHEAD operational workplan and implementation monitoring
* Develop and maintain a rolling workplan covering milestones, deliverables, responsibilities, and timelines.
* Consolidate inputs from UNICEF, Ministry of Health, regional teams, and technical partners to support prioritization and sequencing of activities.
* Monitor implementation progress, identify bottlenecks, and facilitate timely follow-up and resolution of agreed actions. 4. Communication and technical materials
* Prepare Ethiopia-focused briefing notes, talking points, presentations, FAQs, and summaries for technical and
* Support preparat