Ministry of Health-Ethiopia
Healthier Citizens for prosperous nation
External Vacancy Announcement
Ministry of Health would like to invite competent and interested applicants for the following positions.
Background
The Seqota Declaration is the government of Ethiopia commitment to end stunting among children under two years by 2030. To attain this goal their Excellences at federal and regional level and inter-ministerial steering committee and regional cabinets has provided leadership and performance management in the past years. This has leverage the government commitment and allocation of funding for the Innovation Phase (2016-2020) which focuses on the implementation of priority high impact nutrition sensitive and nutrition specific and infrastructure interventions packages to generate learning and evidence that inform the design and implementation of the expansion phase (2021-2025).
The Seqota Declaration provided a high-level coordination mechanism that seeks to mainstream and accelerates existing multi sector programs in Ethiopia. The SD goal of ending stunting under two years of children by 2030 is widely known and has been embraced by actors from diverse government sectors, development partners and religious leaders at different levels from federal to kebele level.
The Seqota Declaration is characterized by high level political commitment and ownership in to its day-to-day roll-out. In terms of the sectors participation, the level of engagement of the different sectors has been based on the existence of costed woreda based plan within the sectors and the availability of multi sectoral coordination staff through program Delivery Unit and focal points in the SD implementing sectors. The leadership provided by the inter-ministerial steering committee, regional, Zonal and woreda cabinet, government and development partners’ technical and financial contribution to finance the investment Plan in the past years has been the success factor for the innovation phase.
In August 2021, the government of Ethiopia has launched the Expansion Phase (2021-2025) to reach 240 stunting prevalent woredas. This will enable the regional governments and city administrations across the country to develop and implement the expansion phase through costed woreda based plan which will be financed by federal and regional governments. In this regard, the PDU will play a pivotal role in technical leadership and coordination of the expansion phase along the Food and Nutrition strategy implementation.
General Purpose of the Position
The SD Expansion phase Health & Nutrition program senior special Advisor will be responsible for providing technical assistance to support successful implementation of the SD expansion phase. S/he is also expected to identify and address gaps in the implementation of the SD innovative phase and project focus area, provide technical capacity building to Food and Nutrition policy implementing sectors with the special focus to FMOH and other social sectors to design and implement nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive interventions. Moreover, s/he will equip the respective regional level project staffs to provide technical support to the Regional Health Bureaus and other social sectors, conduct on-site visits and ensure documentation; provide support and coordination to the health sector program delivery through the government and partners, work with the PDU team to ensure sustained impact of nutrition interventions on target beneficiaries.
S/he is envisioned to be a senior nutrition or public health expert who understands how public service in Ethiopia works, has ample program management experience with results-oriented mindset, and has expertise in multi-sectoral nutrition coordination and linkages. The role requires regular communication with government stakeholders in the implementation of priority nutrition sensitive and nutrition specific interventions through the Seqota Declaration expansion Phase. The position requires ability to provide strategic input and communicate effectively to effect positive change in implementation of the SD expansion Phase in different regions.
Scope of the Assignment
The health and Nutrition program senior special advisor will be a staff member of the ‘Seqota’ Declaration PDU – federal level which is located within the Ministry of Health and will report directly to the Senior Program Manager of the PDU. S/he will work collaboratively with other members of the PDU to ensure the coordinated implementation of SD expansion phase and all components of the GMP Plan. In addition, she/he will execute other duties assigned by the Senior Program Manager of the PDU.
Main Job Duties and Responsibilities
The Health and Nutrition senior special Advisor at the Federal Program Delivery Unit (FPDU) will be required to perform the following:
Provide technical support for federal and Regional Health Bureaus or for another social sectors in planning & implementation of GMP in reducing Childhood Stunting Rates through Bolstering Growth Monitoring and Promotion
Advisory and capacity building for effective implementation of SD expansion phase
Conduct on-site support, review performance monitoring, document promising practices and disseminate lessons for adoption
Reporting
Deliverables
The main deliverable from this exercise will be reports that track physical implementation of SD expansion phase programs and GMP against activity performance and budget utilization of the program under the Seqota Declaration Federal Program Delivery Unit and appropriate documentation of key learning from program implementation.
Competencies and Critical Success Factors
Performance Evaluation
Reporting
Required Skills
Interested and qualifying applicants are invited to submit their application indicating the Title of the Position, non-returnable Resume of maximum 3 pages and copies of their educational and
work experience credentials together with original documents to Competency and Human Resource Administration Executive Officer, within 10 working days from first date of announcement.
Qualifying women are encouraged to apply. If you fail to follow the instructions, you will be disqualified from the competition! We strongly encourage qualifying women to apply.
Competency and Human Resource Administration
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Ministry of Health-Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
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