The his part of a partnership between DFID and Ethiopia FMoH, and aims to provide Technical Assistance and Capacity Building to the FMoH and RHBs to improve quality, equity, choice and financing for comprehensive family planning and safe abortion services in Ethiopia
The FMoH aims to provide equitable and quality health services for all with compassion and patient-centered care. The ministry needs to envision beyond the capacity to implement agreed at national policy, strategic plans and guidelines to deliver these services and address public demand. This required to set up a “delivery unit”, which is a small group of highly-skilled people who help to achieve outcomes for multiple initiatives that the leadership considers as critical or top priority.
Marie Stopes International Ethiopia and FMoH seek applications from experienced technical expert to serve as a member of Regional Health Bureau Delivery Units (RHB-DU), Health System Strengthening (HSS) and MH/FP Regional Advisor for the awarded project, Family Planning by Choice (FPbC) Program.
The Maternal Health/Family Planning and Adolescent and Youth Health (AYH) Advisor will be part of the RHB advisor’s team seconded to Regional Health Bureau(RHB), Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Core Process through the DFID funded Family Planning by Choice (FPbC) programme. The Regional MH/FP/CAC and AYH advisor provide strategic, technical and programmatic support to RHB, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Core Process in areas of FP/CAC and AYH Programming. S/he will work, Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs/ZHDs), CoE sites, QAHs and other relevant partners in enhancing equitable access to high quality, efficient and effective family planning/CAC and youth friendly services. More specifically, the advisor provides high-level technical assistance to the Maternal health team leader and other staffs at the RHB, ZHDs and district health offices as it relates to family planning, CAC and youth friendly services. S/he will work with relevant team of professionals at the RHB, CoE sites and QAHs to make sure that regional project objectives and planned activities by the RHB Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Core Process are implemented as per the national policy, strategy, and guidelines. Besides, s/he provides guidance and support to the Family Planning by Choice (FPbC) programme and Marie Stopes International Ethiopia Country Program in areas of FP, CAC and youth friendly Programming.
DUTIES/TASKS
Technical Assistance to RHB and its subsidies, CoE sites and QAHs
Planning, monitoring of execution of project activities and monitoring service quality
Liaoning and partnership
Capacity building and training
Coordination and representation
Monitoring and documentation
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualification Requirements:
Education
Experience
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Leadership Competencies
Number of Position: (01)
Duty Station: Secondment to Addis Ababa Regional Health Bureau
Employment Type: Contract until December 2020
Salary: As per MSIE Salary Scale