Vacancy Number: VA_021_FY20

The Carter Center is a not-for-profit international NGO committed to waging peace, fighting disease and building hope worldwide. The Carter Center country office in Ethiopia, which assists the Government of Ethiopia in Disease Elimination and Eradication Programs, is looking for a qualified professional to fill the following vacancy for its Guinea Worm Eradication Program.

Main Responsibilities:

• Co-manage EDEP field office in endemic district to ensure effective day-today programmatic implementation;
• Travels to different kebeles, villages/NVAs for up to 80% of her/his time to ensure all activities are being carried out according to the plan;
• Assists the Senior Project Coordinator in preparation and review of monthly field staff calendar;
• Ensures smooth workflow and coordination among field staff members: field coordinators, BCC supervisors, and Abate supervisor’s and other field staff (TA, and Local staff);
• Actively participates in developing annual, quarter and monthly plan of action and ensure the implementation of field office activities as per the plan;
• Ensures the field staff in village under surveillance and non-village areas are getting the required technical and logistical support from the district office;
• Closely works with Admin assistant, Accountant, and SPC in tandem to ensure that the field staff are getting the required supplies, and budget in timely manner;
• Regularly reviews the stock management system (SMS), and Procurement and Delivery Status Update (PDSU) and ensures timely refilling of the supplies;
• Assists the SPC in staff performance review and appraisal process;
• Participates in monthly program monitoring reviews (supervisors, Abate Capitanian, Field Officers, and VBVs meeting);
• Assists the field team in timely distribution of program report formats, timely collection, entering, analysis and reporting in collaboration with M&E Officer, Program Officer, and TAs;
• Participates in the routine GW surveillance, proactive tethering of dogs, and vector control activities;
• Closely works with BCC team to ensure that the BCC materials are timely distributed, and used to bring change in the behavior and practice of the community; and
• When the Senior Project Coordinator is on leave or away from the duty station, he/she will be delegated to act as the Senior Project Coordinator;
• Performs all other duties as instructed by his/her supervisor.

Reports to: Senior Project Coordinator 

Required Number: 2 (Two)  One for Gog Woreda & One for Abobo Woreda

Terms of Employment: One-year contract with a possibility of extension.

Qualification and Experience:

• BSc degree in Public Health, Environmental health or related fields from a recognized university.
• Minimum of five years relevant work experience in disease control & elimination preferably NTDs area. 

Additional/Advantageous Requirements:

• Willingness to travel and work in remote areas
• Highly energetic and able to work independently with little supervision
• Previous NGO experience
• Prior work experience in Gambella Region
• Reasonably good experience in health project management
• Good computer skills
• Recommendation letter from the most recent employer
• Able to present release letter from current employer in two weeks after job offer