Jhpiego’s Mission
Jhpiego enhances the health and saves the lives of women and families in limited-resource settings. For over four decades, we have put evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice to overcome barriers to high-quality health care services for the world's most vulnerable populations. From our origins as technical experts in reproductive, maternal and child health, Jhpiego has grown to embrace new challenges, including HIV/AIDS, malaria and cervical cancer prevention — reflecting the increasing interconnectedness of global health.
Jhpiego’s Values
At Jhpiego, we value our customers who have our respect, responsiveness, and commitment to excellence; our staff and global network of colleagues who bring cultural diversity, innovation, and a wealth of world experience; and our work culture, which is reflected in our team spirit, transparent communication, mutual respect, flexibility, and dedication.
Title: Education and Training Advisor-WaSH Grade: E
Department: Ethiopia Country Office, Addis Ababa Sept. 2016
Summary Scope of Work:
The Education and Training Advisor for WaSH will provide technical support to the USAID/Growth through Nutrition project to decrease maternal, neonatal and child mortality by improving the nutritional status of women and children less than 5 years through sustainable, comprehensive and coordinated evidence-based interventions. The advisor will particularly be working on Intermediate Result 5.4 that focuses on strengthening the pre-service and in-service WaSH and nutrition trainings for WaSH, agriculture nutrition and health agents. Accordingly, s/he provides support to ensure that WaSH and nutrition training of the cadres follows evidence-based and standard education and training approaches. S/he focuses on strengthening essential WaSH competencies so as to ensure the use of safe water, sanitation facilities, and good hygiene that can positively affect nutritional outcomes by addressing the basic, immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition. S/he is also expected to maintain excellent working relationships with the donor, the Federal MoH, MoWIE, MoE, TVET Agency, and project institutions including Ethiopian Water Technology Institute and the respective regional bureaus. The Advisor will work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Advisor to coordinate and systematically disseminate lessons-learned with other USAID-funded WaSH activities.
Reporting Structure:
Responsibilities (include Leadership, Business Development, and Knowledge Management)
All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:
Leadership
Program Management & Implementation
Business Development
Knowledge Management and Sharing
Required Skills & Abilities:
Education & Qualifications: