International Consultant - Vaccine Portfolio Optimization and Prioritization and Gavi 6.0 Application

Provides WHO Kenya and the Ministry of Health with technical leadership and operational support for vaccine-portfolio optimization, prioritization and the Gavi 6.0 application. The consultant guides evidence-based analysis, stakeholder consultation, financing scenarios and documentation; strengthens immunization investment decisions, capacity and consensus; evaluates portfolio options against.

• Provide technical leadership and operational support to Ministry of Health VPOP process
• Assess vaccine portfolio and investment options
• Analyse vaccine budget financing scenarios and prioritization options
• Prepare situational analysis literature review and financing reports
• Facilitate stakeholder consultations and KENITAG deliberations
• Prepare VPOP reports Gavi submission package and final consultancy report

• Advanced degree in public health epidemiology medicine health economics health policy pharmacy statistics or related field
• At least seven years in immunization programmes vaccine policy public-health planning health economics or related fields
• Vaccine introduction immunization evaluation or immunization-policy-development experience
• Experience supporting National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups or equivalent bodies
• Evidence review programme assessment and policy-analysis experience
• Expert English

• Gavi-supported-country experience
• Familiarity with Gavi 6.0 strategy and vaccine-financing mechanisms
• Kenya health-system and immunization-programme knowledge
• Multi-stakeholder consultation and consensus-building experience

• Immunization
• Vaccine Policy
• Health Economics
• Vaccine Portfolio Optimization
• Priority Setting
• Evidence Based Decision Making
• Stakeholder Consultation
• Consensus Building

• Microsoft Excel
• PowerPoint
• Word