PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.

Starting in 2018, Ethiopia has been domesticating the Nurturing Care Framework to promote holistic child development. With funding from Banium family foundation, and in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau and other partners, PATH is implementing a project to support health sector early childhood development initiative at national level and in Addis Ababa. The project supports the aims to 1) strengthen the enabling policy and program environment for promoting child development through the health sector and 2) leverage the health system to ensure that children 0–3 years receive integrated Nurturing Care through the routine MNCH and Nutrition services. The project interventions included: Supporting inclusion of missing Nurturing Care content in national policies, training curricula, service delivery guidelines, job aids, data systems, planning documents, and information, education, and communication (IEC) materials; Facilitating joint planning and coordination between different ministries and other stakeholders; Developing training, job aid and IEC material and Supporting capacity-building of health workers and key stakeholders. Through the project support 50% of public health centers in Addis Ababa offer integrated ECD services to caregivers and their children from pregnancy through the early years, as a part of the routine service.

Job Summary

PATH would like to hire a Data Collectors who will be collect qualitative data using data collection tools, transcribe the data, submitted the data and related document per the agreed timelines.

Scope of work

Under the ECD program Sr. team Lead’s guidance and the consultant the data collectors will collect qualitative data using data collection tools, transcribe the data, submitted the data and related document per the agreed timelines.

The following are General and Specific activities to be managed by the Data Collectors during his/her contractual employment period:

General Objective:

To assess integrated ECD interventions in health facilities that are implementing the ECD initiative in health sector in Addis Ababa and at national level.

Specific Objectives:

1. To assess value addition and feasibility of the ECD integration into routine primary health services, and associated enablers and barriers for such integration.

2. To assess if the tools used to deliver integrated ECD interventions are used as intended and what needs to be improved.

3. To assess effectiveness of the integrated ECD interventions in providing the developmental monitoring, counseling, and promoting play and responsive care for child development.

4. To assess national level efforts made to create enabling policy and program environment for the integrated ECD interventions.

Method of Work:

The assessment might employ a qualitative study design involving key informant interviews, client exit interviews, observations of service delivery, and data review. The assessment will be conducted between Nov-Dec 2022 in health facilities that started implementation of the iECD and with key informants at the administrative levels in Addis Ababa Health Bureau, MOH and other stakeholders.

PATH seeks to recruit a consultant to conduct a rapid Assessment of integrated ECD initiative in the health facilities in Addis Ababa and at national level, Ethiopia.

Accountability:

The Data Collectors will execute all the duties and responsibilities indicated above:

• Under the direct supervision and guidance of the Consultant.

• In collaboration with Addis Ababa Health Bauru.

• In Collaboration with ECD Sr. team leader and other key technical partners.

DELIVERABLES

• The data collector will submit the collected raw data, transcribed data and related document per the agreed timeline and work plan.

Number of positions:  6 (six)

Duration:  Maximum of 15 days in a month of November/December

Job Requirements

Required Skills/ Competencies / Experience

He/she should have:

• BSc and above in public health, nursing, or related field

• At least 2 years work Experience in the health facility on maternal and child health services setting (ANC, Delivery and PNC service delivery)

• Community and facility-based health research data collection experiences

• Experience in maternal newborn and child health, and nutrition, program.

• Experience in conducting in-depth interview and focus group discussion.

• Good understanding of the Ethiopian health sector, primary health care and health extension program

• Able to understand the tools developed for data collection

• Have Experience in qualitative data collection

• Good communication and teamwork experience

Language:

• Very Good writing and speaking skills in Amharic

• Working knowledge of oral and written English

Additional Requirements:

1. The individual consultant is required to provide a copy of the Professional TIN Certificate and renewed business license while submitting the proposal otherwise he/she will be subjected to a 30% Withholding tax deduction.

2. Those who have a Professional License certificate are also expected to produce receipts at the time of payment.

How to Apply

Submit your CV, credentials and financial proposal in person to PATH Ethiopia Country Program, located around, Bole Sub-city, Woreda 03, 711 Moenco Road or through P.O. Box 493 code 1110, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia