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 Maternal and Newborn Health Technical Advisor will closely work with PMA Central team and Ministry of Health to provide technical assistance in designing and developing survey tools to monitor maternal and newborn health. Under the overall supervision and guidance of the PMA PIs, the MNH Advisor will deliver a high-level technical assistance in the identification of priority MNH indicators in consultation with PMA team and relevant directorates within MoH. Additionally, the technical advisor will serve as a liaison officer among the PMA project and the Policy & Planning Directorate and Maternal and Child Health Directorate at MoH; specifically, for activities related with assessing data needs and promoting data utilization by the ministry and relevant stakeholders. He/she will be member of the central team and will work closely with other technical teams.
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:
Supervision:
Deliverables
The Maternal and Newborn Health Technical Advisor will contribute to the following deliverables:
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Contract Terms & Conditions
Remuneration will be set according to standard of PMA-Ethiopia Project rate. All payments and reimbursements will be based on submitted deliverables of the consultant.