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The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change supports political leaders and governments to build open, inclusive and prosperous societies in a globalised world. We do this through developing policy and advising governments.
Job Description
To date, Covid-19 has cost more than 4 million lives. High income countries are showing the incredible power that vaccinations have to save lives and allow economies to recover.
But while countries such as the UK, Italy and the US have fully vaccinated around two thirds of adults, less than one per cent of people on the African continent have received one vaccine.
This is everyone’s concern. Until the whole world has been vaccinated no one is truly safe—we have seen repeatedly that Covid-19 does not respect borders.
Africa is losing the race to vaccinate: when vaccinations become available, logistical challenges, insufficient resources and vaccine hesitancy pose risks to their deployment in time or to populations that need it the most.
Turning this situation around is a priority for the Tony Blair Institute. We are supporting a number of African governments to:
This work could not be more important or urgent. Case numbers are rising rapidly on the African continent due to the highly transmissible Delta variant, but vaccine supply will begin to rise rapidly towards the end of the year.
We are seeking talented and dedicated individuals to join our new Africa Vaccine Programme (AVP) who want to play a direct role in ensuring as many lives as possible are protected from Covid-19.
The Programme will operate in over five of our existing countries from September 2021 onwards, and our team will be made up of senior Vaccine Delivery Advisors and those with targeted public health expertise. We will also be working closely with the Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) in the delivery of the Programme.
Our Vaccine Delivery Advisors will provide flexible and responsive support to government’s changing needs. This will include delivery advice using TBI’s delivery toolkit and framework and may span donor and, government coordination, data analysis, management and presentation, resource mobilisation, strategic communications, stakeholder management, problem solving and spotting opportunities to keep up the momentum to get jabs in arms.
Postholders must be able to quickly build trusted relationships with their government counterparts and the wider vaccination community and must possess a solid understand what government needs to implement a successful vaccination campaign.
The Vaccine Delivery Advisor, Kenya will report to the Country Head Kenya with a “dotted reporting line” to the AVP Programme Manager. The Advisors will work closely with other staff recruited under this programme and in other programmes.
This is an initial 12 month fixed term role.
Key Responsibilities
Delivery and capacity building
Contribution to TBI
Person Specification
This is a role in a fast-paced team, working within complex policy areas that are highly scrutinised. We are looking for enthusiastic and resilient individuals with a “can-do” outlook and the ability to consistently achieve results in a fast-paced environment.
Successful candidates will demonstrate the following:
Candidates must have the right to work in Kenya
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