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Ethiopian Muslims’ Relief and Development Association (EMRDA)

<figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td>Organization</td><td>Ethiopian Muslims’ Relief and Development Association( EMRDA)</td></tr><tr><td>Position&nbsp;</td><td>Woreda Project coordinator&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Sector</td><td>Health care&nbsp; &nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>One in each woreda ( Total 8)</td></tr><tr><td>Sex</td><td>Both,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Location 1</td><td>Afar Region, Chifra,&nbsp;&nbsp;Dalol, Telalak, Koneba, Mille and Assaita woredas</td></tr><tr><td>Location 2</td><td>South Omo Dasenech and Hammer woredas</td></tr><tr><td>Recruitment&nbsp; &nbsp;</td><td>Contract,&nbsp; &nbsp;1 Year with possibility of extension&nbsp; &nbsp;based on availability&nbsp; of grant</td></tr><tr><td>Recruitment date&nbsp;</td><td>As soon as possible&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Main role</td><td>The primary function of woreda project coordinator will be&nbsp;implementing Community Engagement and Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) interventions within a community-based health promotion program.&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Specific Responsibilities&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>1.Conduct Community Needs Assessment and village mapping: Conduct a thorough needs assessment to understand the specific health needs, priorities, and challenges of the community. Engage community members, leaders, and stakeholders in the assessment process to ensure their active involvement and ownership.&nbsp;2. Program Planning and Coordination: woreda-level coordinators are responsible for planning and coordinating the implementation of community engagement and SBCC interventions at the woreda level. This includes developing detailed work plans, timelines, and budgets in collaboration with program managers and other stakeholders.&nbsp;3. Stakeholder Engagement: coordinators engage and collaborate with various stakeholders at the district level, including government officials, community leaders, civil society organizations, and healthcare providers. They establish effective partnerships and maintain regular communication to ensure the smooth implementation of interventions and promote community ownership.&nbsp;4. Training and Capacity Building: They provide training and capacity-building support to community health workers, volunteers, and other frontline workers involved in the program. This includes training on SBCC techniques, community mobilization strategies, effective communication, and behavior change theories. Facilitators also organize refresher training sessions to enhance the skills and knowledge of the workforce.&nbsp;5. Community Mobilization: coordinators play a key role in mobilizing communities and promoting their active participation in health promotion activities. They facilitate community meetings, focus group discussions, and other participatory approaches to gather input, address concerns, and ensure community involvement in decision-making processes.6. SBCC Strategy Implementation: coordinators implement SBCC strategies at the woreda level, ensuring the effective dissemination of health messages and materials. They collaborate with communication experts, creative teams, and media partners to develop culturally appropriate and linguistically sensitive communication materials, campaigns, and media outreach activities.&nbsp;7. Initiate and follow up Community based Family circle program and Community action cycle in collaboration with stakeholders&nbsp;8. Monitoring and Evaluation: coordinators monitor the progress and impact of community engagement and SBCC interventions at the district level. They collect data, conduct regular monitoring visits, and participate in review meetings, evaluations to assess the effectiveness of interventions, identify challenges, and make recommendations for program improvement.&nbsp;9. Reporting and Documentation: They prepare regular reports on the implementation of community engagement and SBCC activities, including progress updates, challenges faced, and outcomes achieved. Coordinators document best practices, success stories, and lessons learned to inform future program planning and share knowledge with stakeholders.&nbsp;10. Quality Assurance: coordinators ensure the quality and adherence to standards in the implementation of community engagement and SBCC interventions. They provide guidance and support to HEWs field teams, monitor the fidelity of interventions, and facilitate corrective actions as needed to ensure the effectiveness and integrity of the program.&nbsp;11. Advocacy and Networking: They engage in advocacy efforts at the district level and community level to promote policy changes and create an enabling environment for health behavior change. coordinators establish networks and partnerships with relevant organizations to leverage resources, share experiences, and coordinate efforts for sustainable health promotion.&nbsp;Overall, the role of woreda-level project coordinators in community-based health promotion programs is to facilitate the implementation of community engagement and SBCC interventions, ensure coordination among stakeholders, and promote community participation and ownership. They serve as a bridge between the program managers, community members, and various stakeholders, working towards improving health outcomes at the woreda level.&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Salary&nbsp;</td><td><ul><li>Based on organizational scale&nbsp;</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

Woreda Project coordinator

JSI is a public health organization dedicated to improving the health of people and communities in more than 70 countries.&nbsp;Almost 40 years of global experience supports and informs JSI’s work in Ethiopia. Since 1994, JSI has worked in partnership with the government and local civil society organizations to support the Ethiopian government’s health and development priorities.JSI is working in all regions across Ethiopia, in urban as well as rural areas—though most projects reach the largest population groups by focusing on the four most populous regions.Operationally, JSI has the integrity of strong management systems, combined with the flexibility of a decentralized structure that meets clients’ and partners’ needs.&nbsp;

JSI RESEARCH & TRAINING INSTITUTE, INC

BackgroundJSI Research &amp; Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) is a global nonprofit 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.&nbsp;In Ethiopia, JSI has been working to improve health outcomes for 30 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.&nbsp;Activity Overview&nbsp;JSI is implementing the Strengthening Service Delivery (SSD) in Ethiopia Project, which is funded by the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). The project is aimed at building upon the substantial innovative investments the BMGF has made in improving the lives of people in Ethiopia.&nbsp;The SSD project focuses on building upon and leveraging previous and current BMGF and other donor investments to improve the quality of downstream, supply-side integrated services, and supply in three high-impact areas: 1) strengthening provider competencies to deliver integrated, high-quality services; 2) improving service delivery structures and processes required for high-quality care; and 3) improving the last-mile delivery of the supplies and commodities. It also aims to utilize existing resources and opportunities from other BMGF-funded projects including Improve Primary Healthcare Service Delivery and Integrated Health System Strengthening Projects and other partners.&nbsp;OVERVIEW OF THE POSITIONThe position requires a comprehensive understanding and analysis of the health system in terms of maternal, newborn, and child health, immunization, and nutrition interventions, last-mile delivery, and availability of RMNCH commodities. Enhancing the workforce capacity through blended approaches (Combined online and face-to-face) is also one of the key activities. Furthermore, s/he will need to collaborate with BMGF-funded project implementing partners and other stakeholders for the effective coordination and integration of the project activities.&nbsp; Furthermore, the role involves working closely with the&nbsp; Woreda and health facility leadership and staff to enhance their capacity and demand-driven technical support. Regular supportive supervision, and follow-up visits to the health facilities, training of healthcare providers in collaboration with the CPD centers and health system, on the-site technical support for improving integrated RMNCH services at the facility and community levels and ensuring the availability and management of commodities and supplies are major tasks of the post.&nbsp; S/he will work under the direct supervision of the regional program coordinator and the Woreda health office.&nbsp;KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES<ul><li>Develop tailored and detailed activity plans for MNCH and nutrition, and last-mile availability and supply of commodity-related activities under the project and facilitate their implementation in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.</li><li>Provide training for the health facility staff, and woreda staff through blended approaches (combined face-to-face and online approaches) to build their capacities in MNCH and nutrition and supply chain management specifically last-mile delivery and availability of RMNCH commodities.</li><li>Support the woreda to integrate and the operationalization of project activities&nbsp;</li><li>Work closely with the regional coordinator and central team and collaborate with the other projects, and local implementing partners to ensure effective coordination and integration of MNCH activities.</li><li>Ensure the integration of gender and social inclusion considerations in the implementation of all MNCH interventions and activities.</li><li>Represent the project in relevant technical working groups, conferences, and meetings related to MNCH nutrition, and supply chain and in-service training at the woreda level.</li><li>Regularly conduct supportive supervision to monitor progress, identify challenges, and course-correct activities as needed.</li><li>Prepare regular reports (bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual) on the assigned activities' progress and share them with relevant stakeholders.</li><li>Undertake other duties as requested by the supervisor.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Woreda program coordinator_Amibara - Afar

Organization BackgroundJSI is a US-based public health nonprofit organization dedicated to providing high-quality technical and managerial assistance programs throughout the world. 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 of, RMNCAH services, primary health care (PHC) including community health program, digital health, health information systems (HIS), supply chain management, public health emergency responses, and social and behavior change.Activity OverviewJSI seeks an experienced Health System Strengthening officer for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Lowland Health Activity. The purpose of the Activity is to improve health and nutrition outcomes in the pastoral geographies of Ethiopia, through increased access and utilization of quality reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent &amp; youth health and nutrition (RMNCAH-N) services.Position SummaryHealth System Strengthening (HSS) Officer is responsible for implementing HSS interventions at various levels across the community, facility, and public health system.&nbsp; The HSS Officer works under the supervision of the Regional Team Leader (RTL) and in close collaboration with central office level Health System strengthening team. S/he will be based in the Regional Project Office, with extensive travel within the Region.Duties and Responsibilities:<ul><li>Plan and implement specific components of HSS interventions in the region in collaboration with central office.</li><li>Assist the Regional Health Bureau and other public health system in strengthening the public health facilities under the guidance of the Regional Team Lead.&nbsp;</li><li>Coordinate and conduct planned trainings for primary hospitals, health center staffs, HEWs, Woreda Health office, Zone health department and RHBs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Participate in monitoring and evaluation of LMG interventions;&nbsp; HIS interventions (Use of Data for Decision Making, connected Woreda, Revised HMIS, &amp; DHIS2); Health Reforms (Community Scorecard, Ethiopian Health Center Reform Implementation Guidelines (EHCRIG); and Ethiopian Hospital Service Transformation Guidelines (EHSTG);&nbsp; Ethiopian Primary Health Care facilities Alliance for Quality ) in close collaboration with regional team under the guidance of the Regional Team Lead</li><li>Facilitate and support woreda health offices and facilities to develop and implement quality improvement projects on RMNCAH) and support the implementation of quality improvement initiatives to enhance primary healthcare service delivery, with a focus on RMNCAH.</li><li>Work with health facility managers to ensure that RMNCAH services are fully integrated into existing healthcare delivery platforms</li><li>Identify and implement appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to address health systems service delivery gaps</li><li>Work with district managers, health care providers, local structures, LHA&nbsp; partners, and&nbsp; team members to identify clinical service delivery issues that impede access to care and uptake of services and devise joint solutions</li><li>Advocate with&nbsp; district and community-level health institutions and community structures &nbsp;to raise awareness about their role in improving health outcomes</li><li>&nbsp;</li><li>Provide technical guidance and support to healthcare facilities at the woreda level, with an emphasis on primary healthcare and RMNCAH services.</li><li>Conduct follow-up visits, on the job mentoring, and supportive supervision to ensure the implementation</li><li>Promote a partnership approach for all activities undertaken with relevant stakeholders in the regions</li><li>Support community-based initiatives and outreach programs to improve health-seeking behavior and access to services.</li><li>Prepare regular progress reports and documentation on activities, achievements, and challenges related to primary healthcare and RMNCAH services at the woreda level.</li><li>Perform other duties as assigned.</li></ul>

Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Officer

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