Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based international health development organization, currently implementing more than 150 programs which directly reach more than 20 million people across 35 countries in Africa. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref has fully-fledged offices in Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal, South Sudan, and Zambia; eleven advocacy and fundraising offices in Europe and North America; and a staff complement of over 1,500.
The Ethiopia Country office is registered in 2002 and operational for more than two decades. Currently, we are operational in all regions of Ethiopia with more than 300 staffs and wide portfolio of PHC, RMNCAYH-N, Youth Development, WASH and DPC including NTDs.
Our vision is to bring about ‘Lasting health change in Africa’, by supporting Ethiopia’s vision of healthy, productive and prosperous society. We believe that the power to transform Africa's health lies within its communities, and therefore strive to ensure that health systems are not only functional but that communities are empowered to hold these systems accountable for the delivery of quality and affordable health care.
ABOUT INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING (HSS) PROJECT
Integrated Health System Strengthening Project is a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) investment currently being co-designed with Amref Health Africa and MOH to support the design and implementation of a platform mechanism/s for health systems strengthening for primary health care (PHC) in Ethiopia. The focus of this investment is primarily at the subnational level (regional and district) with links to national efforts. The design will focus on integration of key HSS pillars – e.g., Human Resources for Health (HRH), Health Care Financing (HCF), Data, and Leadership and Governance – to support PHC administrators and managers toward optimizing health systems for improved service delivery.
JOB PURPOSE
Amref is seeking a competent Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Senior Advisor to lead the Gender Intentionality and inclusively efforts of the HSS investment described above. The senior advisor will be the primary responsible person in leading the GESI activities directly and guide other HSS activities to be Gender intentional and inclusive of relevant community groups such as adolescents, youth and people with special need. S/he is expected to co-design GESI specific and GESI generic technical assistance packages including tailored monitoring and evaluation framework by working closely with Senior Managers of HSS and Monitoring and Evaluation teams. The successful candidate will be part of the GESI Team of Amref Country office to join hands in the efforts of Amref to be Gender Transformative organization.
S/he will assist the HSS Director in providing high-quality technical support to Integrated HSS project teams in a manner that Gender and Inclusivity addressed to the highest possible standards. S/he will be working closely with the Gender Advisors of BMGF funded Improving PHC Service Delivery Project implemented by Amref and JSI and USAID IYA project to synergize the GESI activities between different projects of Amref. S/he is expected to represent the Project and Amref in national and Regional Gender working Groups and other partnership platforms serving as GESI expert and advocate promising intervention of integrated HSS project.
The role requires frequent travel to regions and woredas to actively engage the PHC and other sector leaders, Technical working groups, frontline HCWs and communities to ensure the project’s support on gender intentionality and inclusivity are participatory and contextualized. Hence, the position holder is expected to have an in-depth understanding of the gender and inclusivity dynamics in the country specially at sub-national level and the implication to the Health System.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
QUALIFICATIONS
The successful candidate will have a strong background in Gender and social inclusion mainly in the health sector; as well as demonstrable experience in the delivery of technical assistance on GESI activities and engaging with government counterparts at regional, zonal and woreda level with linkage to the national entities. S/he should also be highly motivated, a creative problem solver; have strong analytical, communication, process facilitation, and collaboration skills.
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Required Qualifications and Experience
Knowledge, Skills and Competencies