Vacancy Announcement

Position Title: Institutionalization Manger, RISE

Department/Program: AY FP (RISE)

Level: D3

Reports to: Deputy Director

Based in:  Addis Ababa with 50% LOE at MOH

Duration of contract: Indefinite based on performance and availability of funds

Remuneration: As per organization pay scale plus other PSI Ethiopia staff benefits.

Application Deadline:  February 14, 2020

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 wants reimagine healthcare, put the consumer at the center, and whenever possible, bring quality care to the front door.  We achieve health impact in Ethiopia by working with both government and private partners and harvesting technology innovation to bring quality care closer to communities, schools, and homes.   We empower consumers by including them in the design of healthcare solutions, offering them more healthcare choices, and helping them to have a voice in influencing national priorities.  We work with all market actors in the health system to understand their needs, designing and delivering solutions so that market systems can sustainably serve consumers for the long term, helping to support the Government of Ethiopia in achieving Universal Health Coverage. 

We are looking for an Institutionalization Manger for a Smart Start Scale up Program called RISE (Roadmap to Integrate Smart Start in Ethiopia) to oversee the day to day operation of RISE which is a scale up and institutionalization program that involves geographic expansion as well as system influence to embed the innovation (Smart Start) as part of the Ethiopian Public Health System. Under the supervision of the RISE deputy director, the Institutionalization Manger will be primarily responsible, to lead the system influence and institutionalization aspect of RISE. 

Sounds like you? Read on!

Your contribution

You will work under the supervision of Deputy Director. More specifically, you will

Technical Leadership

• Identify Smart Start integration entry points such as strategies, policies, platforms, partnership opportunities, systems and the likes
• Define the roadmap of the system influence and institutionalization process with defined set of activities; clear roles & responsibilities; MEL framework and Key performance indicators including dashboard design on DHIS2.
• Design and implement clear accountability framework to smoothly track the deliverables of the system influence/institutionalization process.
• Orient, train, coach and mentor the implementers of the institutionalization process at different level of the MOH structure. 
• Regularly update and guide the leadership at MOH, CIFF (the donor) and PSI/E on the institutionalization process so that they can provide the necessary support
• Steer the learning and knowledge management process within RISE in general and on the system influence component in particular as it is a relatively new initiative for all the involved actors.  
• Ensure that quality service delivery for the girls is always the principle when the system influence/ institutionalization process is implemented. 
• Closely work with the RISE Scale up manager and the team to track the impact of system influence over time.

People Management

• Manage and support the regional level institutionalization managers (5-8)
• Design a mechanism to support and coach the region-based team in close consultation with the regional Health Bureaus.

What it takes to succeed

• System Thinker: Who understand the Ethiopian Primary Health care system and able to easily identify, leaver and amplify the nuances for system influence.
• A self-starter: You have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision; you are someone who is proactive in looking for new opportunities;
• Consistent and determined: Influencing system is time taking and labor intensive which requires to understand people and their interest in doing their routine. Someone who is determined and always look at the bigger picture regardless of the challenges on the daily basis is needed
• Eager and Passionate to serve young people: RISE is for and with the young people in general and married adolescent girls/couples in particular.
• Communicator: who has excellent interpersonal and written communication skill
• Evidence based decision Maker: capable to interpret both qualitative and quantitative data, transform it in to compelling communication material to influence both mind sets and skill sets as system is all about infrastructure as well as people.

• Flexible: who is capable to see other alternatives when trail/attempts fail; someone with strong conviction that CHANGE is possible!

Your background

What are we looking for? The basics

• Master’s degree in Public Health, SRH, population studies or related fields with six (6) years of demonstrated experience in Ethiopian Primary Health Care system out of which four (4) years at a Managerial level

OR

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, SRH, population studies or related fields with eight (8) years of demonstrated experience in Ethiopian Primary Health Care system out of which four (4) years at Managerial level

• Able to work within a very complex, program set up that involves government, implementing partner and high touch donor. 

What would get us excited?

• Computer application skills.

• Experience in working, flexible and agile partnership management.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and other local languages.

• Good time management and organizational skills.

• Experience in technical project implementation in general and family planning in particular.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and with limited supervision.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and good team spirit.

• Willingness to travel up to 50% time away from head office.

• Ability to follow deadlines, accuracy and attention to detail.

• Have key competencies such as being Detail-oriented; Good delegator; Strong Manager; Believes in young people particularly in girls; Emotional intelligence; Master planner and executor; Good at multi-tasking; Problem-solving mentality; Demonstrated flexibility;

• Ability to deliver in time under stressful situation without compromising quality.