About the Job
Organization Background
JSI Research &; Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. Founded in 1978, JSI collaborates with government agencies, the private sector, and local nonprofit and civil society organizations to identify and implement solutions to the most pressing public health and education challenges.
In Ethiopia, JSI has been working to improve health outcomes for more than 25 years, implementing more than 60 projects and working in every region. JSI has historically managed a large portfolio of projects focusing on the quality, and equity in access to, reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) services, primary health care (PHC) including community health programs, digital health, health information systems (HIS), supply chain management, public health emergency responses, and social and behavior change.
Projects Overview
The Strengthening Service Delivery (SSD) Project focuses on building upon and leveraging previous and current Gates Foundation and other investments to improve the quality of downstream supply-side integrated services accessed often by women, newborns, children and youth. This project has three primary outcomes: enhanced provider’s competencies to deliver quality person-centered care, strengthened integrated service delivery structures and quality processes and improved last-mile commodity management and product availability. JSI with partners including Engender Health, Ethiopian Midwives Association, Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, in Supply Health, Think Place, and local universities and development associations is implementing focusing on the above three project focus areas to further expand structures and processes improvements and to enable better care offerings in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child, adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCHN) services.
Overview of the Position
This position requires close monitoring and technical support of the implementation of innovative approaches and interventions to identified gaps and challenges in RMNCH in SSD project interventions sites. These include, but not limited to PPH prevention and management using E-Motive bundle, optimized Family Planning-Immunization-Nutrition integrated model of care implementation, DMPA-SC SI implementation at PHC level and implementation of eCHIS enhancements to address challenges in immunization and MNCH. The role involves working closely with JSI technical and field teams, local implementing partners, health system staff and health care workers/ implementers. The candidate will also develop monthly and overall workplans, provide technical support to field staff and document share best experience between health facilities for improved implementation and service delivery.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Conduct comprehensive assessment of intervention implementation in intervention woredas and facilities, monitor implementation status, progress and proactive identification of gaps
Assess facility readiness and provide the necessary support for new interventions implementation
Work closely with JSI technical and field teams, local implementing partners, health system staff and health care workers/implementers to ensure effective implementation of interventions including, but not limited to PPH prevention and management with EMOTIVE bundle, optimized FP-Immunization-Nutrition integrated model of care, DMPA SC SI implementation research, newborn care strengthening and implementation of eCHIS enhancements for RMNCH and zero-dose identification and linkage
Provide training and support capacity building activities to the field implementing team and health care workers in support of implementation of the interventions;
Support project monitoring and evaluation activities and those related to implementation research with due focus on the generation and compilation of timely and quality data from relevant sources;
Develop weekly, monthly and quarterly activity and monitoring plan in alignment with project implementation plan and site-specific plans and facilitate their implementation in collaboration with local partners and implementers
Prepare regular reports on intervention implementation activities and progress and share with technical leads and teams
Liaise between the central and regional JSI teams to cascade and provide technical guidance and updates down to regional and field teams in a timely and context specific manner
Proactively collect insights, challenges, and feedback from implementation, synthesizing the information and share it back to the central team for support and decision
Conduct regular follow up for onsite technical assistance and supportive supervision to monitor progress, identify challenges
Coordinate and facilitate regular meetings with field level implementation team to share updates, experiences and lessons
Ensure collaboration, management support and ownership from the health system and other stakeholders working in partnership with JSI
Ensure the necessary supportive tools, job aids, supplies and commodities are in place and in proper use to deliver the service effectively
Where relevant, ensure community structures are actively engaged and activities are aligned and coordinated between facilities and community structures
Regularly review data monitoring platforms for the interventions and provide performance-based feedback to different levels, region, woreda, health facilities
Support project level activities and preparations for scale up in line with MOH and project plan alignment
Adhere to and promote JSI’s culture and values, and uphold JSI’s standards related to fraud, ethics, accountability and management
Requires frequent travel minimum 80% of the time to field implementation sites
Additional tasks assigned by the supervisor
About You
Qualification And Experience
Master’s degree in public health / medical degree and related health fields
A minimum of five years of demonstrated experience in RMNCH program implementation
Experience in training and capacity building skills in key RMNCH areas;
Experience in implementing RMNCH interventions in Ethiopia;
Good understanding of national MNCH policies, strategies and guidelines
Trained on the prevention and management of postpartum haemorrhage/E-motive bundle and DMPA SC SI is a plus
Experience on training and/mentoring service providers
Excellent command of spoken and written English language
Ability and willingness to travel to health facilities located in the project regions/districts
JSI is a child-safe organization, and the safety and well-being of children is a priority of our organization. We have robust recruitment procedures to ensure that all staff are suited to work with the children served by our programs. JSI is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer committed to workplace diversity. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, gender, disability, marital status, genetic information, political affiliation, or military status (special disabled veterans or veteran status) in any employment decisions.
Requirement Skill
Clinical knowledge
How To Apply
Interested applicants who met the above minimum requirements should send and apply at http://WWW.Ethiojobs.net. Please submit Only your application letter and CV in English detailing your experiance , exposure and skills that are relevant to the post. Please do not attach copies of your transcripts, academic degrees or recommendation letters with the application. You will provide them upon request.
