Overview
Develop a comprehensive, evidence-based Risk Communication Strategy for the Epidemiology Unit, covering the National Immunization Programme and Disease Surveillance and Response.
Key Responsibilities
- Review existing national policies, strategies, guidelines, tools, and practices of risk communication.
- Analyse previous risk communication approaches, including strengths, gaps, and lessons learned.
- Assess current institutional capacity, coordination mechanisms, and communication channels.
- Map and analyse stakeholders involved in risk communication and community engagement.
- Plan, facilitate, and document consultative meetings and technical discussions.
- Identify and characterize key audience groups.
- Identify existing community structures, networks, and platforms.
- Develop a comprehensive Risk Communication and Community Engagement Strategy.
- Define governance and coordination mechanisms for risk communication.
- Clarify roles and responsibilities at national, provincial, and district levels.
- Recommend capacity-building and coordination mechanisms.
- Develop a monitoring and evaluation framework for the RCCE strategy.
- Propose systems for collecting community feedback, monitoring emerging risks, and adapting communication approaches.
- Organize and facilitate stakeholder consultation and validation meetings.
- Present the draft RCCE strategy for discussion and collect structured feedback.
- Revise and finalize the strategy based on inputs received.
Required Experience
- 5-year experience in Epidemiology and risk communication, with the experience of developing similar strategies.
- Experience in working with public health institutions, mainly the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health and provincial and regional directorates of health services.
Qualifications
Masters - Public Health, Communication or Behavioural Science, Psychology or any other relevant field
