Position Title: Regional Grant Officer
Duty Station: Tigray region based in Mekelle
Reports to: Regional Operations Coordinator
Regular or Part time: Regular
Starting Date: Immediate
Pathfinder Overview
Pathfinder International is a global leader in sexual and reproductive health. We place reproductive health care at the center of all that we do—believing that it is not only a fundamental human right, but is critical for expanding life opportunities for women, families, communities, and nations, and paving the way for transformations in environmental stewardship, decreases in population pressures, and innovations in poverty reduction. Pathfinder provides women, men, and adolescents with a range of quality health services—from contraception and maternal care to HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment. Pathfinder strives to strengthen access to family planning, advocate for sound reproductive health policies, and, through all our work, improve the rights and lives of the people we serve.
Program Overview
TRANSFORM/Primary Health Care (PHC) is a USAID-funded Activity to improve healthcare outcomes to Prevent Childhood and Maternal Deaths (PCMD) in Ethiopia, which in turn supports the Government of Ethiopia’s efforts within the Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP). USAID Transform: Primary Health Care Activity will operate in the five most populous regions of Ethiopia (Amhara, Oromia, Tigray, Sidama, and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region). This will be accomplished in part by mitigating the drivers of child and maternal mortality in Ethiopia’s most populous regions through the facilitation and implementation of quality health service delivery; improved management and performance of health systems; and implementation of innovative and evidence-based social behavioral change and communication interventions. The USAID Transform: Primary Health Care Activity will enhance the capacity of the health system to effectively use management tools and implement best practices at all levels of the health system and health care delivery with a major focus at the primary care level that includes primary hospitals and primary health care units.
Position Purpose
The Regional Grants Officer provides overall leadership support in the respective regions for the TRANSFORM/PHC Activity in areas related to management and contractual functions of sub-granting and shall ensure adherence to Pathfinder and USAID standards, polices and regulations. The Grants Officer will be responsible for administering and monitoring sub-grants to woreda health offices, Zonal Health Departments, Primary Hospitals and regional health bureaus by working closely with the regional program team. The Grant officer reports directly to the Regional Operation Coordinator, works very closely with the Grants Manager at the country office and with the regional finance and technical teams in the region.
Key Responsibilities