Knowledge Management Communications Specialist, Short-Term Consultant
Panagora Group is a woman-owned small business (WOSB) providing novel and integrated solutions in global health and international development. We aim to provide innovative solutions that strengthen national capacity and promote sustainability through robust local participation and capacity strengthening, utilizing highly integrated and private-sector solutions. Throughout our work, we embrace a virtuous circle of knowledge stewardship, collaborative learning, and the application of evidence to heighten and accelerate positive health and development outcomes.
The purpose of the Global Health Supply Chain– Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) Ethiopia Program is to ensure uninterrupted supplies of health commodities in support of United States Government (USG)-funded public health initiatives in Ethiopia. The project provides direct procurement and supply chain management support to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), and Population and Reproductive Health. In supporting USG-funded global health activities, GHSC-PSM will develop and manage a wide array of services for health commodity procurement and related systems strengthening technical assistance encompassing different elements of comprehensive supply chain management initiatives in collaboration with FMOH, PFSA, and other partner organizations. GHSC-PSM Ethiopia supports country strategies and priorities that fall under the following three project objectives: Health commodity procurement and logistics, Systems strengthening technical assistance, and Global and local collaboration to improve the long-term availability of health commodities.
Panagora seeks a short-term (March-August 2023) Knowledge Management and Communications Specialist to join the dynamic team of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project. The employee will be presented with a unique opportunity to contribute to the largest global procurement effort in the history of international development-funded initiatives, thereby directly impacting the populations' livelihoods and health. We are looking for individuals who seek opportunities to grow their careers while contributing valuable inputs within a women-owned and employee-owned organization. The Knowledge Management and Communications Manager will report directly to the USAID GHSC-PSM Knowledge Management/M&E Director while assigned to the Ethiopia project office and is responsible for the implementation of the program communications strategy, internally and externally, and compliance with USAID communications requirements for GHSC-PSM in Ethiopia.
This position will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with intermittent travel throughout the program’s target regions if required.
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