Job Summary

Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia is a pioneer Family planning and SRH organization established in 1966. FGAE is an indigenous non-government organization which has been working to promote Sexual Reproductive Health and Family Planning rights and services. It has been collaboratively working with the government, CSOs and community-based organizations in areas of family planning, SRH, HIV/AIDS, and other interventions focusing on women, youth and the wider community. Women Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) project is a global initiative encompassing many countries in the sub-Saharan African regions to implement WISH2ACTION program. FGAE seeks to employ qualified and competent professionals for the following vacant posts:

Employer: Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia - FGAE

Job Position: WISH Project Cluster Manager

Date: Posted 13 March 2021

Deadline: 23 March 2021

Location: Hula (Hagere Selam)

Career Level: Mid Level ( 2+ - 5 years experience)

Employment Type: Full time

Salary: As per organization scale

Terms of employment: For 5 months with possibility of extension

Job Purpose:

Under the general direction of Area Office Women Integrated Sexual Health Project coordinator, Cluster Manager is responsible for ensuring the project implementation of WISH project at cluster or Woreda level. He/She is responsible for strategy and detailed activities implementation at the cluster level in congruence with WISH2 project plan and donor requirements. The manager is the field level FGAE’s contact person for clustered partner public and private health facilities. He/she works with the clusters to ensure WISH2 project work plan implementation, monitoring and reporting.   

Major Responsibilities:

• Coordinates WISH cluster activities in the assigned project areas;
• Under the close supervision of the WISH project coordinator at the area office, the cluster manager plans, implements, and supervises the performance of the clusters and health facilities under them;
• Conducts facility gap assessment prior to the initiation of partnership with potential facilities to be clustered and as may be required and develop follow action in discussion with his immediate supervisor and partners to address gaps identified
• Provide technical mentoring and management support to the clusters and facilities under them; 
• Plans and leads the establishment of Cluster Management Committees (CMC) and serves as the secretary of CMCs in his/her areas of support;
• Works with the project coordinator to plan the training of clustered facility providers on FP and other SRH services. The manager also follows up the initiation of WISH2 supported services following training of providers.
• Exercises a closer look on the availability of trained providers in each of the facilities his/her clustered facilities and communicates his supervisor on the event that trained providers resign for planning replacement through trainings; 
• Follows up the timely meeting of the CMC, supports in identifying critical agendas of the meeting, liaise with the chairperson in crafting action items to address gaps and to improve performance. The manager also follows up implementation of planned action items and ensure proper documentation of minutes and action items developed; 
• Liaise with the Woreda level project partners including local administrations, women, children and sport affairs offices, health offices, etc, so as to garner support for the smooth execution of project activities;
• Review performance with facility level service providers, Health Extension workers, community and religious leaders for enhanced communication with target audiences and to boost their service uptake;
• Ensures that data capturing tools and systems are available and properly used at clustered facility levels;  
• Follows up closely to ensure that QOC standards are met by clustered facilities. Adheres to the requirements of the QoC guideline to see that self-assessments are done, external assessments are carried out by CMC’s quality of care sub-committee, by him/her self or by the AO QOC sub-committee. 
• Follows up to make sure that planned action items developed following self and external assessments and supportive supervision visits are addressed by those who are responsible as indicated in the action plan.
• Makes sure that health facilities report adverse events timely in line with QOC standards. 
• Collects, consolidates, analyzes and shares the data captured at the facility level to the WISH project Sr. M and E officer at the area office;
• Prepares and submits periodic programmatic reports about his/her cluster performance to the WISH project coordinator;
• Closely works with clusters in his designated Woredas for designing culturally acceptable, gender specific community mobilization strategies and referral systems to enhance SRH service up take; 
• Closely monitor and support public and private health facilities to make sure that they don’t run out of stock of FP and other SRH supplies and commodities;
• Provides support and implement planned activities in line with agreed manuals, policies, standards guidance he/she receives from his immediate supervisor;
• Collects and documents practices and lessons and share to the WISH project coordinator
• Perform other duties as assigned by its immediate supervisor

Job Requirements

1. Education: BSc in Nursing or Public Health
2. Work Experience: 2 years related experience after graduation
3. Skills: Experience in working with Public health facilities lower level structure community including HEWS, HDA, community leaders and etc, good communication skills in the local language of the project implementation sites, experience of managing community-based projects / interventions and motorcycle driving license is desired.

General:

• Good team player and willingness to work extra hours;
• Energetic and enthusiastic to work and willingness to travel to project sites as may be required;
• Advice on appropriate intervention, ability to design models and implement program review and evaluation; ability to make logical and timely decisions
• Familiarity with key national and donor organizations SRH/Family Planning programs and services;
• Familiarity and experience with mentoring, networking and partnership development.

Personality Attributes

• Supportive;
• Pleasant and polite attitude;
• Ability to act as part of multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team;
• Dynamic and highly self -motivated;
• Able to work with minimal supervision and ability to withstand pressure

Attitude and Values:

• The candidate must adhere to the safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements of this role
• Must be Pro-choice

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send no-returnable applications with CV and copies of credentials and other supporting documents with in 10 calendar days of this announcement ONLY through the following post address:

Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia Southern Area Office

Finance & Admin Services Division P.O. Box: 606

Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia is an equal opportunity employer and female applicants are highly encouraged to apply.