Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UNICEF is the world's leading children's rights organization, working to promote children's survival, protection, and development. The VCCM Data Analytics Consultant will support the collection, analysis, and visualization of vaccine stock data to strengthen stock management and improve decision-making processes in immunization supply chains. Responsibilities

• Support the deployment of Thrive360 country instances • Support the design and implementation of Thrive360 country instances • Contribute to the operationalization of Thrive360’s ticketing system • Collect and analyze country mitigation measures on vaccine stock risks • Strengthening the interoperability between Thrive360 and relevant logistics information management systems • Expand subnational stock visibility to district levels and strengthen data management and use • Increase subnational vaccine stock visibility and reporting in Gavi eligible countries, especially in Francophone ones • Document dataflows, reporting rates, timelines and data quality issues • Develop measurable targets to reduce the time between data collection, analysis and sharing for use by at least ten percent in five countries • Prepare eight comprehensive vaccine situation reports, draw recommendations and share them with respective country, CoE and HQ teams • Prepare two infographics showcasing the use of stock data by NLWGs and how escalation of supply chain challenges at the lower levels affected vaccine availability • Conduct random data validation spot-checks, identify issues and recommend improvements • Conduct country needs assessment, develop workplan and produce progress reports: The consultant will prepare the following reports/documents: • A work plan outlining specific activities countries need to conduct with detailed objectives and timelines • Monthly quality-assurance, analysis, feedback and presentation of routine vaccine stock, SIAs, BCU and consumption data • Capacity development report on various trainings and remote technical assistance provided to country vaccine managers • Final report including documentation of best practices, lessons learned, and recommendations regarding the tracking of stockouts, interventions and impacts • Forecasting and supply planning (FSP) Strengthening • Facilitate the identification (through multi-level stakeholder engagements) of required FSP4All tool improvements and upgrade the current version, including providing technical input for digital enhancements • Build country capacity to utilize the FSP4All tool to support countries with developing, finalizing and updating national forecasts and supply plans (including during annual forecasting exercises) • Conduct reviews of forecast and supply plans in two Gavi-eligible countries, draw recommendations for advancing or postponing actions • Facilitate national FSP Assessments using the UNICEF FSP-QAT and support the development and implementation of improvement recommendations • Conduct forecast and supply plan accuracy analyses and other key FSP KPI reviews to inform global, regional, and national monitoring • Coordinate FSP capacity-building activities on best practices leveraging the FSP toolbox, FSP4All, FSP-QAT, and related tools • Support Forecasting and Supply Planning (FSP) capacity building • Conduct in-depth analysis, data quality review and publishing findings • Conduct in-depth analysis to identify trends and patterns in vaccine stock management focusing on lower levels of supply chains • Triangulate stock data with relevant immunization/health data streams e.g. eJRF, CCEi, EVM, Forecast, BCU, and others • Guide countries in MYA reviews and long-term vaccine projections to inform supply chain redesign and/or cold room capacity planning • Analyze in-country stock movements, bilateral purchases, donations, adjustments, product switches, utilization of doses originally intended for other interventions e.g. SIAs, BCU others • Conduct capacity development and on-the-job training • Facilitate two capacity development workshops and organize two webinars on stock management, forecasting, risk identification, ticketing, data use and improvement of data quality • Produce practical guides on how to reduce the time between data collection, analysis and use • Organize a targeted approach to strengthen capacity based on specific data analysis • Support the rollout of eLMIS & traceability systems • Dissemination of the Gavi costed roadmap toolkit • Contribute to countries eLMIS selection needs assessment and TOR reviews • Building capacity and training including the development of knowledge management repositories on iSC • Digitalization of Forecasting and Supply for all (FSP4ALL) toolbox • The digitalization of iFSP tool • User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and document lessons learned • The iFSP tool adoption • CVM Gaps Analysis and Gavi cash grant applications • Facilitate countries to conduct a CVM gaps analysis and writ