Location: All regions

Duration of contract: 2 months, with possible extension

Required number: Six (6)

Report to: Health System and reproductive health research directorate

Job Summary: The post-holder will be travel to assigned regions, and will work under the health system and reproductive health research directorate.

Project Information:

The state of health in a country can be measured through indicators describing long-term program achievements and effects on the populations. Measures such as the levels of fertility or child mortality can be obtained through surveys conducted at the household level. These measures, in turn, are affected by a number of factors, such as the general standard of living, socioeconomic conditions of the population, their accessibility to health services, and the capacity and quality with which the services are delivered.

EPHI has been designated as the survey manager for National Health Equity Survey (NHEA) to be conducted on behalf of the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Ethiopia. The survey is to be conducted on a nationally representative sample of enumeration areas (EAs) and households, to document the presence of health equity in health resource access, service utilization, outcome and their determinants.

The purpose of the 2022 NHES is to provide a comprehensive overview of the country’s health equity status in health resource access, service utilization, outcome and their determinants in health system of Ethiopia. This information will enable the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) as well as other national and international institutions working on the health system strengthening and health service delivery.

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute, therefore, would like to hire competent applicant as per the following requirement.

Major duties and responsibilities:

• Pre-test the study topic guide
• Must able conduct interview at a reasonable speed using tape recorder
• Transcribe/translate qualitative data
• Identify all eligible interviewees in Health administrative structure [policy makers, planner and managers/directors/ who have served on the position],
• Interview all eligible respondents in the Regional Health Bureau, and Zone Health Departments
• Maintain good team spirit with team members and supervisor
• Collect data as per protocol, including probing and from the right source
• Report all best practices and challenges to the supervisor
• Work under the supervision/guidance of the field supervisor
• Willingness to stay in the field and work in any part of the country

Job Requirements

• Must have minimum of MSc/MPH degree in health-related fields, with proven experience in qualitative data collection; transcription and translation

Additional Job Requirements:

• Knowledge of the Ethiopian health care system
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to build rapport and feel comfortable working in a team
• Good written and spoken English and other local languages
• Ability to read text, absorb and pick out the interesting, important and relevant parts
• Willingness to learn and develop skills; Knowledge of data backup/recovery

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply. 

How to Apply

Note:- Interested applicants can register in Online through CLICK HERE send their CVs and relevant documents at the address given below within 7 days from the first appearance of the announcement

Remarks: Please attach copies of transcripts, academic degree or recommendation letters together with the application.