Ethiopian Midwives Association (EMwA) is a legally registered, autonomous, and not-for-profit professional association established in 1992 and re-registered under the new civil society proclamation. EMwA operates in all regions of Ethiopia and works for the quality of midwifery education and care. EMwA has been a member of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) since 1993.
EMwA envisions to see every woman, newborn, and their families have access to standard midwifery care. The mission of the association is to promote and enhance the expansion, performance and status of midwifery profession through adapting quality and evidence based practices; adhering to the code of ethics and conduct empowering the professionals.
The primary goal of EMwA is to contribute towards the reduction of maternal and child mortality and morbidity in Ethiopia and this endeavor is towards contributing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) global initiatives.
Understanding the current state of the SRMNAH workforce is necessary to identify the specific challenges, gaps and bottlenecks which need to be addressed in order to strengthen the workforce, and to consider suitable strategies for overcoming them. State of midwifery is one of the best survey in order to understand the current status of midwifery professions and midwifery care in the entire country. It is a global and a regional plan to undertake state of midwifery in a periodical time. EMwA as one of its five years plan would like to undertake a national state of midwifery to understand the socio demographic, the distributions, the level of satisfaction of midwives, etc…. EMwA would like to hire competent and potential candidate for the following position.
Reports to: MERL Department Manager
Length of Contract: definite period for five months
Start Date: Immediately
Eligibility, Roles, Responsibilities, and Obligations
The state midwifery survey manager will take on the role of preparing technical aspects of survey design, including sampling strategy, sample size calculation, survey implementation, data management, analysis and report writing. As such, he/she will provide his/her expertise and advice on the implementation of different components of the survey according to the plan. This state of Midwifery is primarily intended to provide an evidence to support policy makers at national and regional levels to provide evidence based decision making related to midwifery services and to the profession and need the involvement of FMOH and other partners. Therefore, survey manager will be required to work closely with ministry of health and other assigned team members. This includes the below overall responsibilities:
Reporting and Supervision
The survey manager will be reporting to EMwA team and will work under general supervision and direction provided by the EMwA team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepare and advise on the design of survey,
- Work with EMwA team on sampling strategy, and sample size calculation;
- Prepare data collection tools and provide training for data collectors, support and attend pilot. to ensure smooth operation of the survey related activities;
- Ensure data quality during data collection process
- Supervise data collection process
- Prepare dummy table and data entry template with SPSS and epi info of the latest version
- Support data entry
- Conduct data analysis and report writing;
- Provide trainings and hands-on exercises on survey design, statistical analyses and statistical software packages to EMwA staff;
- Produce research Report and submit the EMwA team for review
- Incorporate comments and Present the research report during validation workshop
- Communicate with EMwA technical leads on any relevant technical considerations related to the above functions;
Job Requirements
- MPH or M.Sc. or PhD in Midwifery and other health related fields with 10+ or 5+ years of experience on research, survey design and implementation of large-scale surveys, respectively.
- Experience on research design, sample selection, data management, analysis, and overall research project management
- Experience of work in research institutes, in the areas of Maternal and child health programs, and reproductive health
- Proficiency in data analysis and report writing
- Proficiency using Statistical Software packages: Stata, SPSS and Epi Info.
- Strong networking and communication skills
- Ability to work and deliver with tight deadlines
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants who met the above MINIMUM requirements should send the following through e-mail: [email protected] or in person to Ethiopian Midwives Association’s Head Office located on Equatorial Guinea Street, Haya Hulet, behind Elsa Kolo or behind Meklit Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Please DO NOT SUBMIT scanned copies of transcripts, academic degrees and other training certificates with your application, except the above listed. You will provide them upon request.
Note:
Only short listed applicants will be contacted.
- Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply.
- All travel and related costs should be covered by the applicant if invited for written exam and/or interview.
- A cover letter / application letter (not more than one page)
- A CV (not more than 5 pages)
A one page table summarizing your educational background, work experience, technical skills and competencies to facilitate the screening process. Refer the vacancy announcement while doing this.
All other certificates and the detail credentials will be submitted up on request.
More Information
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