Project Description:
Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA-Ethiopia), implemented in collaboration between the Ethiopian Public Health Association and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is designed to generate both cross-sectional and longitudinal data on a variety of reproductive, maternal, and newborn health indicators that can inform both national and regional governments. It is designed to respond to the need, highlighted in the 2016 Information Revolution Roadmap, to generate timely population-based data for decision making within Ethiopia. The project is being implemented under the directorship of Dr Solomon Shiferaw and Dr Assefa Seme from the School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University.
PMA-Ethiopia builds upon the previous success of the Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020)/Ethiopia and the PMA Maternal and Newborn Health survey in SNNP region. PMA Ethiopia features an expanded topical scope, moving beyond family planning to also include maternal and newborn health indicators, expanding geographically to provide greater regional representation within the smallest regions, and an expansion of survey methodology to include both cross-sectional and longitudinal data collection.
Position Description:
The consultant will take on the role of advising the central team on technical aspects of survey design, including sampling strategy, sample size calculation, survey implementation, data management, analysis and report writing. As such, he/she will provide his/her expertise and advice on the implementation of different components of the survey according to the plan. As this is a five-year project which will try to respond to emerging research needs of the Ministry of Health and other key stakeholders, the advisor will be required to participate in any modification and refinement of survey design ahead of each round of data collection. This includes the below overall responsibilities
REPORTING AND SUPERVISION
The MNH Statistics Technical advisor will be reporting to Principal Investigators of PMA Ethiopia and will work under general supervision and direction provided by the Principal Investigators of PMA Ethiopia. He will also be in regular contact with the Gates Institute.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
Preferred skills and attributes include:
Contract Terms & Conditions
Deliverables
The Statistics Technical Advisor will contribute to the following deliverables:
Required number: 2 (Two)