Background:

 Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based international health development organization, currently implementing more than 150 programs which directly reach more than 20 million people across 35 countries in Africa. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref has fully-fledged offices in Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal, South Sudan, and Zambia; eleven advocacy and fundraising offices in Europe and North America; and a staff complement of over 1,500.

The Ethiopia Country office is registered in 2002 and operational for more than two decades. Currently, we are operational in all regions of Ethiopia with more than 300 staffs and wide portfolio of PHC, RMNCAYH-N, Youth Development, WASH and DPC including NTDs.

Our vision is to bring about ‘Lasting health change in Africa’, by supporting Ethiopia’s vision of healthy, productive and prosperous society.  We believe that the power to transform Africa's health lies within its communities, and therefore strive to ensure that health systems are not only functional but that communities are empowered to hold these systems accountable for the delivery of quality and affordable health care.

About Integrated Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Project

Integrated Health System Strengthening Project is a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) investment co-designed with Amref Health Africa and MOH to support the design and implementation of a platform mechanism/s for health systems strengthening for primary health care (PHC) in Ethiopia. The focus of this investment is primarily at the subnational level (regional and district) with links to national efforts. The design will focus on integration of key HSS pillars – e.g., Human Resources for Health (HRH), Health Care Financing (HCF), Data, and Leadership and Governance – to support PHC administrators and managers toward optimizing health systems for improved service delivery. 

Job Purpose:

The Human Resource for Health (HRH) and Leadership, Governance and Management (LGM) Senior Technical Advisor will lead the evidence-based IHSS-HRH interventions from the center to the regions and will be the powerhouse for IHSS HRH/LGM domain and Amref Health Africa. S/he reports directly to the IHSS Technical Director. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Provide technical support in HRH/LGM to the IHSS team in the center and five IHSS regions

• Make sure the IHSS-HRH interventions in the 50 IHSS woredas across the five regions (Afar, Amhara, Oromiya, Sidama and Somali) are feasible, cost effective and impactful

• Contribute to the national, regional, zonal and woreda level efforts of improving quality of health workforce, training and continuing professional development (CPD), regulation, human resource information system (HRIS), national health workforce account (NHWA) and LGM.

• Foster strategic collaborations between MOH and Regions, Development Partners, Universities, Professional Associations and to improve health workforce and LGM.

• Participate and contribute to the national HRH steering committee.

• Run HRH/LGM analysis triangulating data sources at the national, region and woreda level and make recommendations for improvements

• Support to enhance the regional and woreda health workforce planning and management.

• Provide technical advice to MoH, Regions to optimize workforce education, training and development and to strengthen workforce regulation.

• Help the generation and use of HRH/LGM research evidence and data for decision making and lead the publications of these pieces in local and international journals and other outlets.

• Perform other related duties as required by the IHSS Technical Director.

Job Requirements

Academic Qualification:

• Master’s degree in public health, or other health disciplines.

 Required Expectancies:

•  Demonstrated HSS and HRH and LGM expertise

• Ability to build and work with networks

• Well organized, results focused, creative, innovative and flexible

Required Experience:

• Minimum seven (7) years of experience working in health systems strengthening, deep-expertise in Human Resource for Health (HRH) and Leadership, Governance and Management (LGM) issues in Ethiopia and/or other countries.

• Experienced team leader with highly collaborative mindset. Passionate about working on the ground with frequent encounter with woredas and health facility teams with more challenges compounded by limited resources.

• Ability to prioritize and manage activities in frequently-changing environment and adapt to complex nature of working with local counterparts with high turnover leadership, scarce resources and limited motivation of staff.

• Proven technical leadership in developing strategies, conceptualizing, planning, and implementing projects or programs.

• Demonstrated track record in building partnerships with government health agencies, donors, and other key health stakeholders including at sub national level.

• Skill to be highly composed at times of multiple actions at a time, attention to detail, professionalism, and reliability.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including demonstrated ability to effectively facilitate high-level meetings; prepare clear and concise briefs, presentations, and reports.

• Strong interpersonal and capacity building skills, including training, mentoring and coaching skills.

How to Apply

• Interested applicants please visit THIS LINK to submit your application.

• You will be directed to our online portal where you will need to create an account in order for you to be able to submit your application. Your application should include quoting HRH/LGM Senior Technical Advisor/I-HSS in the subject line of a cover letter, detailing why you are the best fit for this position, and your CV with relevant skills and experience. Closing date will be January 15, 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you face challenge applying on our website contact us at ETrecruitment@Amref.org.Duly note that Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any money at whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process and has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment. Amref Health Africa is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Amref Health Africa is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy.