Assistant Health System Strengthening Officer (AHSSO) Full Time

About Us
Cordaid is a Dutch, international non-governmental organization which combines 100years of experience and expertise in emergency aid and structural poverty eradication. Cordaid believes in a world without poverty and exclusion. We strive for a just and sustainable society where every person counts. We stand for knowledge and talent sharing between North and South, between farmers and businesses, between activists and policymakers. Where poverty, conflict and exclusion tear up societies, we connect people and communities. We also stand for professionalism, expertise and solidarity across borders, to make a difference where it is most needed. Together with more than 600 partner organizations in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America we structurally improve the living conditions of the poorest and most excluded populations – the bottom billion.

Reference Number: Rec/029/25

The Assistant health system strengthening officer (AHSSO) conducts monthly verifications of the under PBF contracted Zone Health Facilities in order to verify declared monthly HMIS data; as well as gives support to contracted Community Based Organizations (CBO) in conducting quarterly verifications of the Health Facilities registers attendance and client satisfaction surveys (perceived quality of care).

Responsibilities and Accountability

1. Assist the responsible SSOs to facilitate the timely preparation and signing of HFs, Woreda Health Offices (WHO), Zonal Health Department (ZHD) and CBO contracts with Cordaid Negele Borena satellite Office operating as the Purchasing Agency.
2. Assist the responsible SSOs in facilitating regular BP reviews and timely submission to Cordaid Negele Borena Satellite office.
3. Assist with contracting of CBOs and PBF project
4. Conduct monthly quantity verification visits to each Health posts and assist SSOs health centre/Hospital monthly verification contracted (only Health Facilities with big catchment population)
5. Assist with cross triangulation of registers and process follow check data fabrication,
6. Assist entering the declared and verified PBF-data of the contracted facilities HPs and actors into the PBF data base system.
7. Collect random samples from the health facility registers and provide client relevant information for quarterly the client satisfaction surveys to be done by the contracted CBOs.
8. Verify the quarterly client satisfaction questionnaires of the contracted CBOs for completeness and accuracy of data.
9. Verifies and supervises the work of community-based interviewers at the household level
10. Assist the SSOs and WHOs staff to conduct quarterly quality supervisions of the Health centres,
11. Ensure that client satisfaction surveys are conducted by the contracted CBO’s according to the PIM and the agreed guidelines and deadlines.
12. Train the newly contracted Zone HFs, CBOs, in PBF as formulated in the PIM of the PBF project.
13. Identify and make recommendations to overcoming obstacles and challenges encountered during the whole implementation of the PBF-project.
14. Coach the Health Posts & contracted HFs on how to manage their documentation, on how to reduce errors in their reports and how to improve their HMIS.