BACKGROUND: CHAI Ethiopia carries out a wide range of programs to support the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia in improving the health status of the Ethiopian people, by ensuring access to and quality of health services. We are committed to increasing our effectiveness through an innovative programming approach that optimizes quality, impact and scale. Being the largest CHAI field office worldwide, we currently employ over 100 staff working in the following 7 programs: Access to Medicine, the Ethiopian Hospital Management Initiative (EHMI), Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH), Laboratory Services, Vaccines, Global Health Financing and Nutrition.
CHAI has launched nutrition initiatives in several Africa countries and Ethiopia is a focus country. This is a multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional program to address chronic malnutrition.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Assistant Program Officer will support the NUTRITION PROGRAM through knowledge management, data collection and analysis. He/she will provide secretarial, administrative and translation support for the NUTRITION PROGRAM, and will act as a liaison between NUTRITION PROGRAM staff and general office support (e.g. transport, logistics and administrative personnel).
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REPORTS TO: Program Manager
SUPERVISES: N/A
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Specifically, the Assistant Program Officer will: