Cold Chain Monitor Job
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Date Posted:
2024/09/05
Category:
Direct
Province:
Sindh
Location:
Karachi
Industry:
Nonprofit
Gender:
Both
Minimum Education:
Bachelors or Master’s in Public health or relevant field.
Experience:
5 to 6 Years
Last Date:
1567720800
Description:

JOB PURPOSE
The incumbent will be responsible for cold chain and vaccine management with an understanding of temperature monitoring procedures and products. S/he will also be responsible for coordination with designated staff at WHO PQS and Path.

RESPONSIBILITIES
-Compiling monthly data from sentinel sites to submit to national authorities and WHO PQS via the ODK2 online tool.
-Carrying out surveillance visits each month to selected sites based on the site visit plan, to improve completeness of inventory and reporting as well as provide support/feedback to health facility staff.
-Carrying out and/or coordinate root cause of failure analysis RCFA through visits to facility level and submit reports to in-country stakeholders and WHO PQS via the ODK2 online tool if trigger thresholds for indicators are reached.
Including the relevant technical national and regional cold chain staff, to the extent possible, in all PMM activities, including site visits and RCFA.
-Convening key technical EPI cold chain staff every quarter to review the data and CCE performance issues identified and discuss mitigation actions.
-Participating in PMM Working Group calls or other relevant meetings if requested.
-Developing Annual work plan of surveillance activities with feedback from EPI.
-Input into data collection and report design and ensure data is collected to predetermined standards.
-Health facility-level data collection and reporting tools adapted to the local context.
-Monthly performance reports using the ODK2 tool, combining routine health facility reporting, field visit, and RCFA findings.
-Ad-hoc written RCFA reports.
-Up to date CCE inventory for sentinel sites.
-Train regional and health facility staff on the PMM concept and indicators, reporting tool/templates, data standards, reporting frequency, agree on roles and responsibilities of local government focal points, etc either through individual visits or combined workshops.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES KSA
Required Qualification
-Bachelors or Master’s in Public health or relevant field.

Required Experience
-At least 5 years of relevant experience in cold chain and vaccine management required with an understanding of temperature monitoring procedures and products.
-Experience with CCE maintenance.
-Understanding of the national EPI system.

Required Skills
-Strong analytical capacities, excellent ability to synthesize information and relate action to results.
-Ability to multi-task and produce quality outputs on short deadlines.
-Excellent communication, presentation, team-work and cooperation skills.
-Excellent command of English language, report writing skills.
-Excellent command of the local language.
-Computer skills, including quantitative analysis and reporting tools.
-Travel up to 50% of the time to selected facilities, as needed, to support training, data collection, and issue investigation.