[Hiring] International PAHO Consultant - Communications Specialist @Pan American Health Organization

Role Description

This requisition is for a consultancy at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Qualifications

• 7 to 9 years of experience.
• Essential: Fluency in Spanish or English, with working knowledge of the other language.
• Desired: Working knowledge of French or Portuguese.

Requirements

• Under the general supervision of the Executive Manager of the Special program Comprehensive Immunization (CIM), the incumbent is responsible for, but not limited to, the following assigned duties:
• Make the adaptation of the PAHO Virtual Campus Course “Building trust and responding to vaccine misinformation. Online course for health workers” to Spanish speakers' countries via the following:
• Introduction module empowering health workers and emphasizing their importance in communicating about vaccines.
• Module on responding to vaccine hesitancy and increasing demand: Drawing on the Behavioral and Social Drivers of Immunization (BeSD) Framework, how health workers can increase vaccine demand and vaccination by addressing components within the domains of thinking and feeling, social processes, motivation, and practical issues.
• Module on vaccine misinformation: Where it comes from, tactics used in its development, how to spot it, the role of health workers in fighting it and improving media and digital literacy, and the importance of collaboration with other partners in clinical and community settings.
• Module on AI: How health workers can employ AI tools and what they should keep in mind when using them for communicating about vaccines and vaccination.
• Develop technical materials in collaboration with the relevant partners within the Organization, and work with the assigned third-party provider for the programming of the course to meet the requirements put forth by the PAHO Virtual Campus.
• General support to the CIM Communications Specialist on the topic of vaccine misinformation, vaccination-related RCCE, and behavioral and social drivers of vaccination (BeSD).

Benefits

• The consultant will work from his/her place of residence. If necessary, she/he may travel to missions within the Region.
• Duration: From 1st July 2026 to 15 February 2027.
• The rate applied to this consultancy is rate B with a daily rate of $314.