Immunization Specialist

Job no: 594797
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Mogadishu
Location: Somalia
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: we offer 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.

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For every child, the right to Hope

How can you make a difference?

You as Immunization Specialist provide strategic leadership and technical support on immunization programmes, ensuring their integration within Primary Health Care (PHC) and strengthening health systems to deliver effective, equitable, and sustainable immunization services. You manage and coordinate the Immunization/EPI team, oversee programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and results achievement, and promote integrated approaches across health programmes. You provide technical guidance and operational support throughout the programme cycle, applying results-based management (RBM) principles to strengthen PHC, build resilient health systems, and improve health outcomes for children and communities.

• Key function, accountabilities and related duties/tasks 
• Programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Technical support and thought leadership
• Advocacy, networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Public Health, Epidemiology, Medicine, Health Policy, Health Management, Pediatrics, Family Health, Global Health, Health Education, Health Research and any other related fields.
• Work Experience: At least 8 years of relevant work experience in Health, Health Care, Primary Health Care, Program Management, Policy Development, Emergency Preparedness, Partnership Building, Capacity Building. and any other related fields.
• Skills: Strong experience in Immunization, Health Systems, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maternal Child Health, Child Adolescent Survival, Supervisory Skills is required.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Desirables:

• Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language
• Knowledge of Fragile contexts, Emergency experience, UN experience considered as assets
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts. 

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others

Advertised: 29 Jul 2026 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 12 Aug 2026 E. Africa Standard Time