Contractual Arrangement: External consultant
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): 3 months
Closing Date: Jul 31, 2025, 4:59:00 AM
Primary Location: Cambodia-Phnom Penh
Organization: WP_KHM Cambodia
Schedule: Full-time
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): 3 months
Closing Date: Jul 31, 2025, 4:59:00 AM
Primary Location: Cambodia-Phnom Penh
Organization: WP_KHM Cambodia
Schedule: Full-time
The WHO Country Office Cambodia is recruiting an experienced international immunization professional as a Short-Term Consultant to support the coordination of the National Immunization Program Review 2025 and the development of the updated National Immunization Strategy 2026-2030 including its Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.
Background
The National Immunization Program (NIP) in Cambodia is a national program including 25 Provincial Health Departments, 103 Operational Districts and over 1,300 Health Centers. In order to identify the progress/achievement and gap in the program, a periodic comprehensive program review has been conducted jointly by external partners and national counterparts every five to six years. The most recent NIP program review in Cambodia was in 2017.
Cambodia NIP has National Immunization Strategy 2021-2025 and beyond up to 2030 (NIS), in accordance with Immunization Agenda 2030 and WHO Western Pacific Regional Framework on vaccine preventable diseases and immunization. As five years past, it is the time for mid-term review and do any necessary update of NIS towards NIS target goals in 2030. Gavi, the vaccine alliance, also renewed its supporting policy and strategy for 2026-2030 (Gavi 6.0) that would affect to Cambodia’s NIP. Therefore, NIP discussed and agreed to conduct NIP review in 2025 and to update NIS with M&E framework, and to set up next five-year strategic plan 2026-2030 to be aligned with Gavi 6.0.
NIP program review is to find the immunization program strengths, and to identify gaps and challenges in changing health system, finance and management system changes, and global situation. The specific objective of the 2025 NIP review is to assess the performance of immunization management by five thematic areas; 1) immunization program management, planning and financing, 2) human resource management and capacity building, 3) vaccine supplies cold chain, 4) immunization service, 5) VPD surveillance and AEFI and vaccine safety monitoring. Review sites include National level (National Technical Working Group for Health, NIP, and Central Medicine Store), Provincial/Municipal Health Department, Operational District Office, Health Centers, and Hospital in the randomly selected provinces. NIP and NIP partners will split to the review sites and provinces to conduct in-depth interview and secondary data collection using standardized questionnaires and check list.
The country NIP review working group (NIP, NIP partners including WHO, UNICEF, CHAI), with two independent consultants (one national and one international) will play a role of hosting body of the review and update NIS for the period of 2026-2030 including monitoring and evaluation framework and develop the NIP plan 2026-2030 according to the review results.
WHO Cambodia commissions a contract in supporting WHO CO and NIP for 1) NIP program review preparation, implementation, making preliminary draft conclusions and recommendations, finalizing the review report together with the country NIP review working group, and 2) updating NIS including its monitoring and evaluation framework.
Deliverables
A consultant will be working in country based in Phnom Penh and work under WHO CO VDI unit, for National Immunization Program of Ministry of Health. The consultancy will include the domestic travel to the provinces as required to accomplish the task. Below timeframe and the date of deliverables are tentative and subject to confirmation. The consultancy will perform the work to support NIP and WHO CO as following:
Output 1: NIP program review
Deliverable 1.1: Provide technical support for developing
Deliverable 1.3: Support the country team on compilation, analysis and harmonization of all review findings and data
Deliverable 1.4: Support the country team in developing preliminary review conclusions and recommendations
Deliverable 1.5: Debrief to the NITAG and MOH on the results of NIP program review including conclusions and recommendations
Deliverable 1.6: Draft NIP review report to be finalized with the country team and for MOH approval
Output 2. The update of NIS and M&E framework 2026-2030
Deliverable 2.1: Update NIS 2026-2030 and M&E framework based on the NIP review report, coverage survey, EVM assessment, and through interview and meetings with relevant departments and stakeholders at all levels
Deliverable 2.2: Hold the discussion with NIP, WHO, and NIP partners on draft NIS 2026-2030 and M&E framework
Deliverable 2.3: Finalize the NIS and M&E framework 2026-2030
Expected outcomes: following to this consultancy, Cambodia NIP is expected to have
Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Qualification of Education:
Essential: Advanced university degree in public health.
Desirable: Medical Doctor
Experience
Essential: At least ten-year experience of public health, especially in the immunization program. Participation or coordination of NIP review in Asian countries. Independent program review, monitoring and evaluation related to immunization.
Desirable: Participation or coordination of NIP review in Cambodia
Skills / Technical skills and knowledge:
Essential: Excellent comprehensive knowledge on immunization program management and service implementation for all seven thematic review areas
Excellent field knowledge and practical skill on immunization activities within health system
Coordination skill to consult with multiple partners and Cambodia counterpart and seek consensus between opposing points of view
Desirable: Critical thinking and excellent skills on National Immunization Strategy development
Language requirements:
Expert knowledge of English (Read/Write/Speak)
Desirable: Basic in Khmer in hearing and speaking
Location
On site: Cambodia
Travel
The consultant is expected to travel to the assigned provinces in Cambodia. All travel arrangements for the selected consultant will be made by WHO upon receiving the confirmed schedule of the NIP review.
Remuneration and budget
Remuneration: Payband level C
Duration: 3 months, September to December 2025
Background
The National Immunization Program (NIP) in Cambodia is a national program including 25 Provincial Health Departments, 103 Operational Districts and over 1,300 Health Centers. In order to identify the progress/achievement and gap in the program, a periodic comprehensive program review has been conducted jointly by external partners and national counterparts every five to six years. The most recent NIP program review in Cambodia was in 2017.
Cambodia NIP has National Immunization Strategy 2021-2025 and beyond up to 2030 (NIS), in accordance with Immunization Agenda 2030 and WHO Western Pacific Regional Framework on vaccine preventable diseases and immunization. As five years past, it is the time for mid-term review and do any necessary update of NIS towards NIS target goals in 2030. Gavi, the vaccine alliance, also renewed its supporting policy and strategy for 2026-2030 (Gavi 6.0) that would affect to Cambodia’s NIP. Therefore, NIP discussed and agreed to conduct NIP review in 2025 and to update NIS with M&E framework, and to set up next five-year strategic plan 2026-2030 to be aligned with Gavi 6.0.
NIP program review is to find the immunization program strengths, and to identify gaps and challenges in changing health system, finance and management system changes, and global situation. The specific objective of the 2025 NIP review is to assess the performance of immunization management by five thematic areas; 1) immunization program management, planning and financing, 2) human resource management and capacity building, 3) vaccine supplies cold chain, 4) immunization service, 5) VPD surveillance and AEFI and vaccine safety monitoring. Review sites include National level (National Technical Working Group for Health, NIP, and Central Medicine Store), Provincial/Municipal Health Department, Operational District Office, Health Centers, and Hospital in the randomly selected provinces. NIP and NIP partners will split to the review sites and provinces to conduct in-depth interview and secondary data collection using standardized questionnaires and check list.
The country NIP review working group (NIP, NIP partners including WHO, UNICEF, CHAI), with two independent consultants (one national and one international) will play a role of hosting body of the review and update NIS for the period of 2026-2030 including monitoring and evaluation framework and develop the NIP plan 2026-2030 according to the review results.
WHO Cambodia commissions a contract in supporting WHO CO and NIP for 1) NIP program review preparation, implementation, making preliminary draft conclusions and recommendations, finalizing the review report together with the country NIP review working group, and 2) updating NIS including its monitoring and evaluation framework.
Deliverables
A consultant will be working in country based in Phnom Penh and work under WHO CO VDI unit, for National Immunization Program of Ministry of Health. The consultancy will include the domestic travel to the provinces as required to accomplish the task. Below timeframe and the date of deliverables are tentative and subject to confirmation. The consultancy will perform the work to support NIP and WHO CO as following:
Output 1: NIP program review
Deliverable 1.1: Provide technical support for developing
- Program review workplan and protocols
- Questionnaires and data entry tool as per review objectives for each of immunization services (quantitative and qualitative)
- Support orientation to the reviewers
Deliverable 1.3: Support the country team on compilation, analysis and harmonization of all review findings and data
Deliverable 1.4: Support the country team in developing preliminary review conclusions and recommendations
Deliverable 1.5: Debrief to the NITAG and MOH on the results of NIP program review including conclusions and recommendations
Deliverable 1.6: Draft NIP review report to be finalized with the country team and for MOH approval
Output 2. The update of NIS and M&E framework 2026-2030
Deliverable 2.1: Update NIS 2026-2030 and M&E framework based on the NIP review report, coverage survey, EVM assessment, and through interview and meetings with relevant departments and stakeholders at all levels
Deliverable 2.2: Hold the discussion with NIP, WHO, and NIP partners on draft NIS 2026-2030 and M&E framework
Deliverable 2.3: Finalize the NIS and M&E framework 2026-2030
Expected outcomes: following to this consultancy, Cambodia NIP is expected to have
- NIP program review report Full picture of NIP performance and situation in Cambodia
- Comprehensive and robust National Immunization Strategy 2026-2030 that provides clear visions and roadmap towards immunization goals 2030
- M&E mechanism that is fit to Cambodia context and aligned with global and regional strategic goals and priorities
Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Qualification of Education:
Essential: Advanced university degree in public health.
Desirable: Medical Doctor
Experience
Essential: At least ten-year experience of public health, especially in the immunization program. Participation or coordination of NIP review in Asian countries. Independent program review, monitoring and evaluation related to immunization.
Desirable: Participation or coordination of NIP review in Cambodia
Skills / Technical skills and knowledge:
Essential: Excellent comprehensive knowledge on immunization program management and service implementation for all seven thematic review areas
Excellent field knowledge and practical skill on immunization activities within health system
Coordination skill to consult with multiple partners and Cambodia counterpart and seek consensus between opposing points of view
Desirable: Critical thinking and excellent skills on National Immunization Strategy development
Language requirements:
Expert knowledge of English (Read/Write/Speak)
Desirable: Basic in Khmer in hearing and speaking
Location
On site: Cambodia
Travel
The consultant is expected to travel to the assigned provinces in Cambodia. All travel arrangements for the selected consultant will be made by WHO upon receiving the confirmed schedule of the NIP review.
Remuneration and budget
Remuneration: Payband level C
Duration: 3 months, September to December 2025
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