The programme is part of a partnership between DFID and Ethiopia FMoH, and aims to provide Technical Assistance and Capacity Building to the FMoH and RHBs to improve quality, equity, choice and financing for comprehensive family planning and safe abortion services in Ethiopia
The FMoH aims to provide equitable and quality health services for all with compassion and patient-centered care. The ministry needs to envision beyond the capacity to implement agreed at national policy, strategic plans and guidelines to deliver these services and address public demand. This required to set up a “delivery unit”, which is a small group of highly-skilled people who help to achieve outcomes for multiple initiatives that the leadership considers as critical or top priority.
Marie Stopes International Ethiopia and FMoH seek applications from experienced technical expert to serve as a member of Regional Health Bureau Delivery Units (RHB-DU), Health System Strengthening (HSS) and MH/FP Regional Advisor for the awarded project, Family Planning by Choice (FPbC) Program. This will be a local hire position seconded to the FMOH, with an anticipated start date of December 30, 2018.
The Regional Advisor for Deliverology and Health System Strengthening and MH/FP provides technical support and facilitate the timely implementation and delivery of the regional health bureau HSTP priorities. S/He assists in designing, adopting and institutionalizing a comprehensive regional HSS to ensure sustainable impact. S/He will work under the leadership of the RHB Head as the member of the RHB-DU; collaboratively with the management team, Maternal and Child Health and other relevant work processes at the Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs) and partners to adapt innovative models to drive the achievement of regional priority targets and HSS that are sustainable, effective, and responsive to the local context. S/He will be responsible to provide high quality technical assistance in facilitating the implementation of regional priorities, policy implementation and capacity-building initiatives aimed at enhancing the capacity of the RHB in policy analysis, planning, delivery, monitoring and evaluation. The Incumbent will provide high-level support and onsite trainings to the process owners, team leaders and staffs of the RHB and at various levels within the region to support evidence-based decision making while supporting the focus on top priorities. S/He will be responsible to ensure satisfactory implementation of Family planning (FP), Maternal Health (including Safe Abortion Care) and adolescent and youth Sexual and Reproductive health (AYSRH) programs at the region, and support for improving financing for health, in particular domestic financing for FP and safe abortion services in the region. S/He will provide technical and coordination support to ensure the proper functioning of existing FP and Safe Abortion Care (SAC) Technical Working Groups of the region.
The Regional advisor will be required to frequently liaison and consult with decision makers and experts with in RHBs and ensure all policy and HSS related technical assistance are responsive to the regional priorities and FPbC program.
DUTIES/TASKS
Support Implementation of Regional Priorities and Planned Activities,
Technical Assistance to RHB and its subsidies, CoE sites and QAHs
Capacity Building and Training
Support Coordination and Partnership
Support planning, monitoring execution of project activity, service quality, documentation and use of data for decision
Other Activities
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualification Requirements:
Education
Experience
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Leadership Competencies
Duration and time frame for technical assistance
Management and Supervision
Deliverables
Number of Position: (01)
Duty Station: Secondment to Addis Ababa Regional Health Bureau, Addis Ababa
Salary: As per MSIE Salary Scale
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