Duration of work: 1 year with possible extension
Tentative Start Date: Immediately
Number of posts: 1
Background
Addis Ababa University in partnership with Emory, Hawassa, and Mekelle Universities and the ministry of health, Oromia, Amhara, SNNP, Sidama and Tigray regional health bureaus, is finalizing preparation to start implementation of the Saving Little Lives (SLL) project in Ethiopia. The Saving Little Lives (SLL) program is outcome and impact-oriented initiative. The primary goal of SLL is to reduce neonatal mortality by 35% at the population level at the scale-up sites using SLL’s synergistic interventions that target the primary drivers of perinatal and neonatal mortality. The SLL interventions will be systematically expanded at the regions’ 290 hospitals (15 specialized, 69 general and 206 primary) and their catchment health centers in the aforementioned regions. The target facilities are estimated to manage 1.27 million births annually which is 45% of total births expected in the four regions.
Job Summary:
The SLL Regional Coordinator will work closely with the Evaluation Coordinatorand the PI to ensure smooth implementation of the SLL project activities in Oromia region. The SLL Regional Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing and supervising the effective integration of the SLL micro-plan in the RHB annual plans, implementation and monitoring of the SLL activities detailed in the micro-plan and generation and use of relevant project qualitative and quantitative data.
Specific roles and responsibilities include
REPORTS TO: SLL Principal Investigator and the Oromia RHB MCH Director
Job Requirements
Basic Qualifications:
Additional Qualifications: