Internal/External Vacancy Announcement
EngenderHealth is a leading global women’s health organization. EngenderHealth’s vision is a world where sexual and reproductive health rights are respected as human rights, and women and girls have the freedom to reach their full potential. This emphasis on rights directly underpins EngenderHealth’s values and principles: choice, quality, and excellence. To achieve transformational change leading to true social and economic progress, EngenderHealth collaborates with diverse organizations across sectors with shared goals of highlighting women’s value to sustainable development.
EngenderHealth seeks applications from experienced expert to serve as Regional Comprehensive Abortion Care Advisor for FMOH under A’ago project. The programme is part of a partnership between Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands (EKN) and Ethiopia FMoH, and aims to provide Technical Assistance and Capacity Building to private and public health facilities in Amhara, SNNPR, Oromia and Afar Regions to increase access to quality safe abortion and post abortion care services. This will be a local hire position financially supported by EngenderHealth/EKN with an anticipated start date of July, 2019. Qualified women applicants are highly encouraged to apply. Applications will be considered on first come-first served base.
Position: Regional AYH /CAC Advisor
Program/Office: A’ago project
Reports to: Functionally to Regional Team Leader, Administratively to A’ago project Director
Duty Station: Bahirdar, Amhara Regional Health Bureau (ARHB)
Job Summary:
The Regional CAC Advisor will positioned at the respective regional bureau, under the maternal and child health case team and provides technical and programmatic support to the regional health bureau, MCH case team in areas of safe abortion and post abortion care services. S/he will work collaboratively with the A’ago team, EngenderHealth regional team, the regional health bureau team and other relevant partners in enhancing equitable access to high quality, efficient and effective CAC services. More specifically, the advisor provides technical assistance, including clinical expertise to the MCH case team leader other relevant teams in the region as it relates to CAC and post abortion family planning (PAFP) services. S/He will provide trainings; follow up of trainings, mentoring/coaching to maternal health experts and service providers.
Detail duties & responsibilities:
1) Support Implementation of Planned Activities of comprehensive abortion care services
2) Capacity Building
3) Support Coordination and Partnership
4) Support Planning, Monitoring and Use of Data for Decision
5) Other Activities
Duration and time frame for the technical assistance:
The initial period for the technical assistance will be one year to be reviewed annually and with possible extension if agreed to by both parties and funding is available starting from July 2019
Management and supervision:
The Regional CAC Advisor will be based at the Maternal and Child Health case team at the regional health bureau, and reports to the team leader and the regional team leader in EngenderHealth, and the A’ago project Director. S/He is expected to submit monthly work plans and performance reports. In the process of supporting the regional health bureau and the EH regional team with this task, the expert should try to ensure that there is a proper skill transfer to staffs within the regional health bureau for strengthening the health system capacity.
Deliverable:
The Advisor is expected to enable and contribute to the achievement of the plans of the regional health bureau and A’ago Project in EngenderHealth.
Education, experience and certification:
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