The USAID/Ethiopia Health Office is responsible for the design, implementation, and oversight of all USAID-financed health activities in support of the Ethiopian Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP) and successor strategies. The Health Office is currently comprised of four teams: Family Health, Health Systems and Resilience (HS&R), Malaria and Infectious Disease. The Family Health Team portfolio covers a range of program elements including, but not limited to: Family Planning and Reproductive Health (FP/RH); Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH); Clinical Nutrition, and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). The Family Health Deputy Lead provides technical and strategic leadership to USAID, the Government of Ethiopia and other USAID partners on MNCH, FP/RH, nutrition, and WASH activities. These activities represent a combined value of $225 million over five-years. The incumbent will ensure interoffice coordination as well as cross-office coordination among humanitarian, nutrition, WASH, MCH, FP/RH, and health system strengthening (HSS) activities to optimize Mission resources. The incumbent reports to the Office Director or his/her designee. The Family Health Deputy Team Lead will oversee the day-to-day management, implementation, and coordination of MNCH, FP/RH, nutrition, and WASH activities. S/he will analyze, synthesize, and utilize international best practices and recent evidence to guide USAID, partners and the GOE to impactful health programming. The incumbent will provide technical, operational and management support to the Family Health Team in the Health office and will be involved in the planning, design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of public health programs. S/he will utilize his/her technical skills, clinical expertise, and knowledge of project implementation, monitoring, and evaluation to ensure programs are meeting desired results as well as identify opportunities for new initiatives. The Family Health Deputy Team Lead will serve as Contracting Officer’s Representative/Agreement Officer’s Representative/Activity Manager (COR/AOR/AM) or alternate for relevant MNCH agreements or contracts, and provide technical support, planning, design, implementation, management, and evaluation expertise for the activities s/he manages. S/he will also be responsible for preparing relevant components of the annual operational plan (OP) and Health Implementation Plan and will contribute to the annual Performance Plan and Report (PPR), as well as supporting overall USAID Ethiopia health functions. The incumbent will work in collaboration with the HS&R, Malaria and HIV teams and other USAID technical offices within USAID Ethiopia to ensure appropriate links among programs are made. The Family Health Deputy Team Lead will use his/her independent judgment and initiative with minimal supervision. The incumbent will be directly supervised by the Health Office Director, or designee. In the absence of the Family Health Team Lead, the Family Health Deputy Team Lead will serve as Acting Team Lead. The incumbent will also be responsible for supervising a team of up to ten staff members and their overall portfolios. The Family Health Deputy Team Lead is expected to participate in national technical working group meetings including clinicians, representatives from various directorates within the FMOH, other government and nongovernmental agencies, as well as other donors, particularly those within incumbent’s technical areas.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION
a. Education: Minimum of Masters degree or local equivalent from an accredited program in Public Health, International Development, Health, Social or Behavioral Sciences, Organizational Development, Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, Medicine, or Nutrition.
b. Prior Experience: Minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in the public or private health within Ethiopia, or international development field in Ethiopia with a minimum of three years of this experience in supervising and managing staff and direct management of activities focusing on at least one of the following areas: MNCH, FP/RH, Nutrition, and/or WASH. Experience in designing, implementing, monitoring, and/or evaluating activities/projects as well as experience working with donors and development partners.
c. Language: English and Amharic at Level IV.
13 April 2024
