Project Officer, GAVI, Vaccine Logistic and Cold Chain Management - (Open to Indian Nationals only) - Ajmer, Rajasthan

The Project Officer will be responsible for:

Programme Planning and Implementation:Provides advice and support to the development and phased implementation of the Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) that includes vaccine logistics and cold chain management on one single information system platform in the states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. This activity will involve a systematic and phased scale up of a system for SMS-enabled real time Management Information system (MIS) for cold chain and vaccine logistics management (VLM) at the respective district level. Partners with the state and district level health vaccine structures to assess and understand the capacity needs and support required for the effective and timely implementation of the eVIN in select states. This activity will involve working closely State Level Health officials, coordinating with the GAVI- HSS partners namely UNICEF and WHO and other development partners working on immunization.Capacity Building and technical assistance for Government: Assists the Senior Project Officer to identify capacity-building needs on eVIN and undertake capacity-building activities at the district level. Facilitates the review of the system and capacities relating to the delivery of eVIN in conjunction with State Rural Health Mission. This will include: Undertake extensive field visits to monitor the implementation of the system and providing technical inputs to address gaps and bottlenecks;The project officers will be required to carefully monitor the eVIN system and alert designated authorities the district level with regards to vaccine inventory and cold chain management;The project officer will assist, support and monitor the identified implementing agency in the implementation of the system at the district and sub district level. This includes the capacity building initiatives at the district levelDocument to the implementation process and analytical learnings from the implementation to feedback into the effective scale up in all the districts of Uttar Pradesh. Prepares periodic status reports, annual reports, case studies, etc. in a qualitative and timely manner.

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