Consultant, Vaccination Campaigns in The Africa Region

**Vacancy No.**

S15089

**Category of Contract**

Consultant

**Position Type**

Consultant

**Application Deadline**

07/08/2025

**Job Posted On**

24/07/2025

**Duty Station**

Global, with frequent deployments to the Africa region

**Grade**

Consultant, Not Applicable

**Duration**
- 4 months

**Organizational Context**:
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191-member National Societies (NSs). The overall aim of the IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by NSs with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” The IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.

IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of the IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality.

IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Headquarters are organized into three main Divisions: (i) National Society Development and Operations Coordination; (ii) Global Relations, Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization; and (iii) Management Policy, Strategy and Corporate Services.

IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas. IFRC also has country cluster delegation and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat.

IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.

Due to the recent global financial cutbacks in public health and immunization activities, technical support to many country Ministries of Health in the African region has been withdrawn thereby seriously threatening the planning and implementation of vaccination campaigns in 2025 and 2026. As a consequence, a partnership between the IFRC and the Measles and Rubella Partnership (M&RP) seeks to establish a Measles & Rubella Country Platform (M&R Country Platform) to overcome this gap in technical support to the Ministries of Health. The M&R Country Platform serves to advance the goals of the Immunization Agenda 2030 and is committed to reducing measles and rubella morbidity and mortality by supporting countries to implement the _Measles and Rubella Strategic Framework 2021- 2030_.

**Job Purpose**:
The main project objective is to respond to Ministry of Health requests for high-quality technical assistance in planning and implementing measles or measles/rubella vaccination campaigns. To meet these Ministry of Health needs, IFRC is recruiting consultants to be deployed within the African region to support multiple countries in planning, coordinating and conducting measles or measles/rubella vaccination campaign/s during 2025 and 2026. The IFRC consultant will provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health, Red Cross/Red Crescent National Society and other relevant in-country partners to ensure the planning and implementation of high-quality measles/rubella vaccination campaigns.

**Job Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Specific terms of reference for consultancy**

Working with the Ministry of Health and under the overall guidance and supervision of the IFRC project lead, the consultant for the Measles and Rubella Country Platform will be engaged prior to and during measles or measles/rubella vaccination campaigns and will provide technical assistance in the planning and implementation of the following tasks:
**1. Application preparation**

**2. Planning**
- Assist in the development of a timeline and milestones structure for the upcoming vaccination campaign utilizing the SIA readiness assessment tool.
- Assist with the analysis of all provided data to enhance and support the planning and implementation phases of the campaign.
- Ensure that the best practices for SIA preparations, and the lessons from previous SIAs are reflected and addressed in the upcoming campaign.
- Ensure focus on hard-to-reach geographic areas and resistant populations to ensure high vaccination coverage particularly among previously missed children.
- At national and/or subnational level, ensure microplans are full