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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
programme audiences.
• Support preparation of materials for workshops, technical meetings, and dissemination sessions.
• Translate analytical findings into clear and actionable messages for programme planning and decision-making.
5. Coordination and oversight of subnational AHEAD workstreams
• Coordinate planning, implementation, follow-up, and quality assurance across subnational AHEAD workstreams.
• Monitor progress and support timely completion of agreed subnational activities and outputs.
• Ensure consistency of approaches, methods, documentation, and outputs across subnational and national
workstreams, in coordination with UNICEF and relevant technical teams.
Minimum requirements
Desirables
*Listed requirements will be used for technical evaluation in the competitive process.
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- Cover letter
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