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Stronger SAFE Deputy Project Manager

  • Key role working as part of our Ethiopian team.
  • Be a significant contributor to eliminating trachoma in Ethiopia, Oromia region.
  • Full-time position based in Ethiopia, Shashemene.

The Fred Hollows Foundation, an international NGO founded in 1992 has been a driving force in the development and implementation of blindness prevention programs in some of the poorest and most isolated regions in the world. Currently operating in 25 countries throughout Africa, South Asia and South East Asia, The Foundation is working to end avoidable blindness. Our Ethiopia program and the ‘Stronger SAFE’ program is focused on trachoma elimination.

Under the overall supervision and guidance of the Stronger SAFE Project Manager, the Deputy Project Manager will support effective organization, coordination and management of the field team and their day-to-day activities, and support high quality field data collection during the Stronger SAFE project implementation. You will act as the central operational point within the project team to ensure effective program implementation and participate in project field work, including the examination of participants for trachoma.

To be successful in this position, you will have BSc in Ophthalmic Nursing, Ophthalmic officer and a minimum of 5 years work experience in eye care. You will have project management experience and good contextual knowledge of Ethiopia’s health system and public health issues. Key to your success will be your team work, leadership and communication skills.

This is an exciting time to join The Fred Hollows Foundation as we seek to deliver even greater impact and enhance our ability to accomplish our vision.

How to apply:

How to apply & who to contact

Applications should be made via our website: https://www.hollows.org/au/careers/current-vacancies and should include your resume and cover letter addressing all areas expressed in the ‘experience, skills & attributes’ section of the Job Description as well as details of your current and expected salary.

Closing Date for Application: Sunday 30th July, 2017

To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have the appropriate right to work in Ethiopia, willingness to be based in Oromia with frequent visits to the field sites in surrounding woredas, and preparedness to undergo background checks including criminal records check and qualifications check.

The Fred Hollows Foundation is committed to protecting the rights of children in all areas where we work. Applicants are advised that The Foundation reserves the right to conduct police checks and other screening procedures to ensure we maintain and promote a child safe environment.

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The Fred Hollows Foundation

We are an international development organisation working towards eliminating avoidable blindness and improving Indigenous Australian health.It started around Fred and Gabi’s dinner table Four years after he was diagnosed with cancer, and knowing he didn’t have much longer to live, Fred and Gabi Hollows decided they needed to find a way to continue his work. They started The Foundation with a group of friends and supporters to keep alive Fred’s dream: that everyone, no matter whether rich or poor, would have the right to high quality and affordable eye care. They promised to continue to fight for the change Fred so badly wanted.Today we continue Fred’s vision: we see a world in which no person is needlessly blind and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders exercise their right to good health.Fred died less than one year later. It was a terribly sad time, but brightened by the knowledge that through The Fred Hollows Foundation his work would carry on. – Gabi Hollows The Fred Hollows Foundation today Since its humble beginnings in Fred and Gabi’s kitchen, The Foundation now works in more than 25 countries and has restored sight to over two million people.We are driven by Fred’s vision to eliminate avoidable blindness, for Indigenous Australians to have access to quality heath services and to stand up for what is right. We believe that collaboration, getting things done with integrity, and empowering local communities is the best way to make a difference.Today, there are 32.4 million people in the world who are blind – but many don’t need to be. We focus on preventable and treatable diseases such as cataract, trachoma and diabetic retinopathy. Our in-country work involves local training and providing affordable technology, so doctors, nurses and health care workers can recognise, diagnose, refer and treat eye problems in their communities. We use research to improve our understanding of avoidable blindness, then use our findings to implement strategies and advocate for change.The Foundation is overseen by our Board of Directors, which includes Gabi Hollows. CEO Brian Doolan leads day-to-day operations, and we’re still advised by Fred’s great mate and fellow humanitarian, Dr Sanduk Ruit. We are independent, not-for-profit, politically unaligned and secular.Fred’s influence Fred was the type of man who knew exactly what he wanted, then went about getting it. Through his years with the Aboriginal Medical Service, National Trachoma and Eye Health Program and his work in developing countries, he was driven by the injustices he saw.Being the man he was, he spent his final years planning to establish factories in Eritrea and Nepal and develop low cost lenses in these two countries that he cared deeply about. Months before his death, he also flew to Vietnam to keep a promise to train ophthalmologists in modern eye surgery techniques so that local people would be empowered to help their own communities.We’re working just as tirelessly as Fred did to end avoidable blindness – by fighting injustice, building local capacity, empowering the countries where we work, and staying true to our values. He had a big dream and it’s a dream that lives on in the work of The Foundation.We will only be done when every person, regardless of who they are, where they live or whether they are rich or poor, is living in a world free of avoidable blindness. – Brian Doolan Together, we can do this We know exactly how to help mothers who are pulling out their eyelashes in agony from trachoma. We know how to treat children who are needlessly blind from cataract and to get them back to school. We know how to prevent people with diabetes going irreversibly blind because they can’t access quality eye care.We know how to help, but there’s a lot of work still to be done across the world and in Indigenous communities in Australia. Eliminating avoidable blindness can be achieved – with the help of our partners and, most importantly, you, our invaluable supporters.

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Stronger SAFE Deputy Project Manager

  • Key role working as part of our Ethiopian team.
  • Be a significant contributor to eliminating trachoma in Ethiopia, Oromia region.
  • Full-time position based in Ethiopia, Shashemene.

The Fred Hollows Foundation, an international NGO founded in 1992 has been a driving force in the development and implementation of blindness prevention programs in some of the poorest and most isolated regions in the world. Currently operating in 25 countries throughout Africa, South Asia and South East Asia, The Foundation is working to end avoidable blindness. Our Ethiopia program and the ‘Stronger SAFE’ program is focused on trachoma elimination.

Under the overall supervision and guidance of the Stronger SAFE Project Manager, the Deputy Project Manager will support effective organization, coordination and management of the field team and their day-to-day activities, and support high quality field data collection during the Stronger SAFE project implementation. You will act as the central operational point within the project team to ensure effective program implementation and participate in project field work, including the examination of participants for trachoma.

To be successful in this position, you will have BSc in Ophthalmic Nursing, Ophthalmic officer and a minimum of 5 years work experience in eye care. You will have project management experience and good contextual knowledge of Ethiopia’s health system and public health issues. Key to your success will be your team work, leadership and communication skills.

This is an exciting time to join The Fred Hollows Foundation as we seek to deliver even greater impact and enhance our ability to accomplish our vision.

How to apply:

How to apply & who to contact

Applications should be made via our website: https://www.hollows.org/au/careers/current-vacancies and should include your resume and cover letter addressing all areas expressed in the ‘experience, skills & attributes’ section of the Job Description as well as details of your current and expected salary.

Closing Date for Application: Sunday 30th July, 2017

To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have the appropriate right to work in Ethiopia, willingness to be based in Oromia with frequent visits to the field sites in surrounding woredas, and preparedness to undergo background checks including criminal records check and qualifications check.

The Fred Hollows Foundation is committed to protecting the rights of children in all areas where we work. Applicants are advised that The Foundation reserves the right to conduct police checks and other screening procedures to ensure we maintain and promote a child safe environment.

 2017-07-30

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