Vaccine Coordinator

Period of Performance: From April 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022 for a period of 9 months.

Level of Effort: The Consultant will work on part-time basis according to the deliverables listed below.

Background: The Vaccination Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating vaccine management activities, including ordering vaccines, ensuring vaccines are stored and handled correctly, vaccine inventory tracking, and staff training in their respective governate. The Vaccination Coordinator ensures proper storage of vaccine in compliance with MoPH standards, maintains record keeping and appointment system, and maintains systems to assure high compliance with the regulations of MoPH.

Purpose: The purpose of this scope of work is to support the procurement of the services of COVID-19 vaccine coordinators to facilitate the implementation of the new vaccination project.

Deliverables:

Vaccine Management:
Ordering vaccines for respective governate.
Overseeing proper transport and storage of vaccine deliveries.
Maintaining vaccine inventory information and organizing vaccines within storage units
Reviewing and analyzing temperature data for any shifts in temperature trends
Responding immediately if temperatures are outside acceptable ranges.
Performing physical inventory of all vaccine in stock.
Monitoring Vaccine cold chain
Maintaining all documentation, such as inventory and temperature logs
Accounting for doses of returned or transferred vaccines since the last order
Completing and submitting reports, as per MOPH protocol
Manage vaccine Registry Systems
Ensuring appropriate handling of vaccines during disaster or power outage

Performance Area:
Ability to supervise clinic staff including immunization nurses, as needed.
 

Assessing the quality of vaccination process in vaccination centers and adjusting the flow of beneficiaries as needed.
Ensuring that any staff who are involved in vaccine handling and administration are properly trained.
Assists in the development and revision of vaccine policies, procedures and protocols, as required.

Minimum Qualifications:
BS degree in Nursing, Business, Public Health, or other related health or business field.
Graduate degree in public health, health management or related field is preferred.
A minimum of one year of satisfactory working experience.
Experience working with COVID vaccines.
Good command of written and spoken Arabic and English
Good command of Microsoft Office including Excel and PowerPoint
Good leadership skills

Fixed Price Fee: A total of USD 600 per month will be paid based on completion of International Medical Corps requirements and IMC’s acceptance of deliverables

Location of Work: Consultant resides in Lebanon and will conduct his/her work in different areas based on the need. The consultant will be responsible for the travel arrangements to and from the working locations.

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