Program Description
In an effort to address the critical underutilization of community based services, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has invested in the “Optimizing the Health Extension Program” (OHEP) Project in Ethiopia through partnerships with UNICEF and PATH. UNICEF and PATH will work collaboratively in support of the Government towards the same objectives and with a common work plan.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in partnership with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), and Jimma, Mekelle, Hawassa and Gondar universities have created the Dagu project, in response to the foundation’s request to: “estimate the impact of the program, ensure the validity of the approach, and provide ongoing support to UNICEF and PATH to ensure that the initiative is being implemented according to plan with ongoing monitoring of evaluation activities for the programme improvement and operational adaptation”.
The Dagu baseline survey aims to measure care-seeking behavior and treatment for suspected pneumonia, diarrhea, fever, and neonatal sepsis prior to the implementation of the “Optimizing the Health Extension Program” interventions. Now it is the time to conduct endline survey, that is planned to happen from December 2018 and January 2019.
Therefore, Ethiopian Public health Institute (EPHI) would like to hire project staff at field level on contractual basis for the project Applicants who fulfil the following qualifications and selected for the vacant spaces will work under the supervision of the Dagu team at EPHI within the Health System and Reproductive Health Research Directorate.
The Post
The post holder for both team leaders and data collectors will be assigned in the field areas after receiving the training.
The team leaders will have high level technical and administrative skill in managing the day to day activities of a team of data collectors. The team leader should always keep in contact with the regional coordinators. He/She is expected to reexaminere-examine sick children whose case –management has been observed in the survey cases. The team leader will also be responsible for the overall team performance of the team in terms of data quality, security, and documentation. Application is specific to the language category.
Required number: a total of 30
Contract period: 2 months
Major duties and responsibilities:
Technical details
Essentials
Assignment area: Amhara, Oromia, Tigray, and SNNP regions
Person Specification
Desirable