RECO Immunization Study Manager

ABOUT VILLAGEREACH VillageReach transforms health care delivery to reach everyone. We are driven by a vision of a world where each person has the health care needed to thrive. VillageReach’s goal is to reduce inequities in access to quality primary health care for 350 million people by 2030. We work with governments, the private sector, partners and communities to build responsive primary health care systems that deliver health products, information and services to the most under-reached. As a locally driven and globally connected organization, VillageReach has offices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique and the United States. Summary The Manager- Research and Evaluation of Community-led Outcomes (RECO) Immunization Study will be a key senior level position to lead the management and oversight of a small-scale pilot implementation of CHW-led vaccine administration in Lomami province, DRC. The position will hold responsibility and accountability for the implementation of all pilot activities, according to the agreed upon budget and workplan, and report progress regularly to both colleagues at VillageReach and the donor. They will work closely with the VillageReach DRC team, along with Global Technical Team, the Research, Evidence & Learning teams, and relevant country stakeholders relating to community health, research, and immunization. Context VillageReach is implementing a small-scale study in Lomami province in DRC to pilot and gain evidence on the role of CHWs as Vaccinators. We will work closely with the MoH and other immunization stakeholders to engage community health workers (known in DRC as relais communautaires or RECOs) to administer vaccines, whereby community health workers receive specific training and remuneration to administer vaccines. The pilot will generate evidence on whether CHW-led vaccination is an effective, locally acceptable approach for reaching under-vaccinated populations, and inform scale up across the country. We will also look at this approach from a cost effectiveness angle, to inform resources required for scale-up. There are four phases that we envision for the pilot study to be carried out: (1) Stakeholder engagement and high level approvals phase at national level (2) Study design and final ethical approval of the study protocol (3) Implement the study; training participants, collecting data, supervision (4) Final analysis, write up, and dissemination. To execute this study, we will collaborate with community members, health workers and government stakeholders, as participants and partners. qualitative research methods, and have strong project management experience to ensure that activities across various sites are executed according to the protocol, on time, and within the available budget allocation. Role Description: Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time. Manage…