Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Supervisor: Private Health Sector Development Director
Essential Job responsibilities:
The Private Sector Capacity Building Manager will perform a combination of programmatic and technical assignments for the USAID-Ethiopia funded PHSP program. He will work to increase and sustain the active participation of private sector associations, professionals groups, private training institutions, and health service providers in policy discussion, advocacy and networking with the intention of improving the quality of public health quality of services in all USAID-funded private health sector programs. The position holder will be responsible for facilitating and overseeing the USAID| Private Health Sector Project technical and financial supports provided to the provider and professional associations for ensuring strong and efficient associations capable of advocating for and representing interests of the private health sector. The Manager will closely work with Federal and regional government offices in order to assure active participation of all stakeholders for improved partnership and collaboration.
The Capacity Building Manager’s Duties include:
Work with private health sector associations to identify areas of cooperation and required Private Health Sector Project support interventions, to strengthen technical, operational and financial capacities to drive and manage their organizations to achieve their missions
Develop and manage program strategies, annual and quarterly work plans to provide organizational and technical capacity strengthening support to associations
Design and supervise capacity building supports for professional and provider associations to assure they can sustain technical, financial and operational performance. with enhanced efficiency and organizational performance In addition he/she will work with private health sector associations to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of private sector capacity building efforts exerted to the private health sector; propose and facilitate new and improved capacity building interventions
Support the participation of private health sector associations and their members at national and regional advocacy works and health policy discourse to foster the private sectors’ involvement in the public health service and health policy development
Facilitate the USAID| Private Health Sector Project support interventions and administration of sub-grantee agreements with associations, overseeing the technical and financial support administration tasks of grant approval, disbursements, activity execution, technical and expenditure reporting and sub-grant agreement closure
Represent USAID| Private Health Sector Project in the national and regional private sector meetings in consultation with USAID| Private Health Sector Project Private Health Sector Development Director
Support USAID| Private Health Sector Project program staff and STTA consultants on activities related to professional and PHFAs
Facilitate recruitment firms and resource persons for trainings and other services, and supervise STTA consultants and provide quality assurance so that tasks are delivered meeting the expected quality and completeness
Document the support provided to provider and professional associations, especially quarterly, bi-annual and annual report including key achievements and outcomes, identifying lessons learned, challenges faced and synthesizing the way forward
Prepare and submit monthly and quarterly reports to M&E team. Support M&E team in data analysis and final reports to be submitted to USAID and government offices as may be appropriate
Perform other relevant tasks as assigned by his immediate supervisor.
Job Requirement
Masters degree in Development Studies or Socio-economic program related study specializations, or relevant social science fields
Bachelor degree or postgraduate courses in Management, Business Administration, Commercial Laws, Projects Management is a plus
At least 6 years’ experience coordinating, conducting and managing capacity building and organizational development supports
Work experience with local enterprises and associations
Experience working closely with the private health programs in Ethiopia. Experience in health systems and basics of the Commercial Private Health Sector
Knowledge of the National Health Policy environment, Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP I-IV), and The Health Transformation Plan I and II
Strong interpersonal, team building and representational skills
Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with a range of stakeholders (UN, government, NGOs, indigenous organizations etc.)
Strong ability to coordinate partners and program managers and teams
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Experience in the development, implementation, monitoring and reporting of projects
Ability to work independently and delivering a product on time
A clinical and/or public health knowledge or experience is a plus