Vacancy Announcement
Position Title: HHA Project Coordinator – Maternity Cover
Department/Program: HHA (Healthy Heart Africa)
Level: BI
Reports to: Sr. NCD Project Manager
Based in: Addis Ababa
Duration of contract: 4 months
Remuneration: As per organization pay scale plus other PSI Ethiopia staff benefits.
Application Deadline: December 18, 2018
Who we are
We’re Population Services International (PSI), the world’s leading non‐profit social marketing organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire by marketing affordable products and services that range from mosquito nets to contraceptives to HIV testing. We are a $560m enterprise based in Washington, DC, operating in the private and public sectors in more than 65 countries.
Join us!
There are over 9,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. It’s a diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals with an unusually wide range of backgrounds – from the medical industry to the music business – all with unique skills we bring to the job.
PSI/Ethiopia is an innovative network member of PSI with a team of more than 220 people passionate about marketing and dedicated to serving Sara! Since 2003, we have marketed products and led programs to prevent HIV, improve reproductive health, and improve child health. We market condoms and increase condom use among people most at risk of HIV. We increase access to clean water by selling Wuha Agar, a water disinfectant. At PSI/Ethiopia we do more than simply provide products and services, we seek to create true change – by making markets work for the poor – to increase the use of critical health products and services that are available, affordable, and desirable to the most vulnerable Ethiopian people.
We are looking for a Project Coordinator who is dynamic and energetic to implement our new initiative in the Non-Communicable Diseases’ (NCD) space, the Healthy Heart for Africa initiative funded by AstraZeneca. The project will focus on providing project management, mentoring and support the public health facilities to deliver 1 million screenings for hypertension.
Sounds like you? Read on!
Your contribution
Under the supervision of the Sr. Area Program Manager, s/he will:
- Provide project coordination and mentoring support to the public health facilities and community-based intervention.
- Ensuring each sites has a designated focal person for NCD (specially for HTN) and their involvement on the MDT team
- Plan and organize training to health facilities staff and Health Extension Professionals (HEP)
- Manage the site set- up, delivery and reporting of community and facility based screening activities
- Ensure the management of the patient journey processes from awareness, to screening, to diagnosis, treatment, receiving medication to adherence based on the national protocol and guideline.
- Ensure that compliance with Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) treatment protocol, processes and forms at implementation sites
- Ensure focal person and other key site staff are fully informed about program, performance and improvement plans.
- Develop and submit periodical report to the M&E coordinator about site mobilization, engagement, screening and treatment service.
- Ensure the availability of Education and awareness materials, M&E tools at the sites
- Manage all the review meeting and joint s supportive supervisions of the site and Participate on the site MDT team meeting
- Work with the regional health bureaus and town/sub city health office for program implementation, planning and supervision.
- Conduct a periodic joint supportive supervision and review meeting with the regional health bureaus
- Conduct a data quality assurance to the health facilitates
- Develop and submit monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the town health office/sub city and regional health bureaus
- Co-lead the joint planning of HTN related activities to the public health facilities with the regional Health bureaus
- Work closely with HHA-AstraZeneca implementation officers on the program implementation at the facility level.
Your KPIs
- Number of patients screened.
- Number of patients with elevated reading.
- Number of patients diagnosed and treated.
- Number of patients treated with medicines.
Job Requirements
Your background
- Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health or related field.
- Have at least 5 years of relevant experience in similar health areas where a combination of demand creation and service provision capacity building is required to bring change.
- Have demonstrated experience in mentoring and supporting public health facilities, both on creating awareness around specific diseases and ensuring that supplies are consistently available.
- Hands on experience on enforcing the use of protocols and guidelines among health providers.
What it takes to succeed
- Passionate, excellent presenter and fast learner
- Partnership connector and able to multi-task
- Experience using data for decision making
- Proficiency in MS Office main products
- Excellent personal organizational skills including the ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure
How to Apply
Are you intrigued? Apply!
Application steps.
- Please fill out the application form using the following link which will take 5 to 10 minutes. Online Application Form
- After completing the online application then send us your CV and application letter directly through [email protected]
- Clearly, mark in the subject line Application for HHA Project Coordinator position.
- If you successfully make your application, you will receive an automatic response acknowledging receipt of your application. If not check again your subject line.
- We will call or e-mail you back if you qualify the requirements above.
- Application deadline: December 18, 2018
PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.
More Information
- Job City Addis Ababa
