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PATH EthiopiaVacancy Announcement Position: Project Associate Job Summary• PATH is currently looking for an ECD Project Associate to support routine Brueh Tesfa ECD project activities, maintain implementation of these activities during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, integrate missing nurturing care content into COVID-19 prevention efforts, and support interventions to keep health facilities safe for client and service providers during the pandemic. The ECD Project Associate will work closely with the Addis Ababa Regional Health Bureau, sub city health offices, health facilities, COVID-19 emergency response teams at different levels, and other key stakeholders such as the Addis Ababa Women and Children Affairs Bureau. The position will be based in the Addis Ababa Regional Health Bureau.Key responsibilities for this position include:Technical support and facilitation• Contribute to project work planning efforts-including adaptations to project design needed to factor in the COVID-19 pandemic.• Identify government- and partner-led COVID-19 interventions for integration of child development and caregiver mental health content.• Engage in development of job aids, IEC/BCC materials that promote child development, caregiver mental health, and COVID-19 prevention and care.• Conduct capacity building trainings of facility- and community-level service providers to deliver services such as counseling on care for early childhood development, caregiver mental health, and COVID-19 prevention and care.• Work closely with relevant government staff to reinforce ECD program activities, and COVID-19 prevention and management,• Support awareness creation and community engagement efforts to maintain essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.• Provide inputs on child development and caregiver mental health into mass communication materials such as radio spots promoting COVID-19 prevention and care.• Support health facilities in their efforts to keep service providers and clients safe in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by engaging in the efforts to provide PPE and IPC supplies and monitor their proper utilization.• Jointly with government staff, provide supportive supervision and mentorship to trained service providers and monitor quality of service delivery.Planning, monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning• Prepare monthly and quarterly plans and reports.• Engage in monitoring, evaluation and learning activities-including routine data collection and document good practices/success stories.Coordination and networking• Serve as PATH focal point person for the Brueh Tesfa Project in the field.• Liaise and establish good working relationships with the Addis Ababa Regional Health Bureau, sub city health offices, health facilities, and other relevant actors.• Participate in regularly scheduled meetings and multisectoral forums at sub city level and represent the project.• Perform other duties needed for accomplishment of program objectives.- Job Location: Addis Ababa- Duration: One year with possibility of extension based on performance and availability of funding

PATH EthiopiaVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Consultant Location: Addis Ababa Job DescriptionThe consultant will be responsible for managing relationships with key decision makers who are involved in polio eradication and mOPV2 vaccine campaign strategies across the health system at the national and subnational level in Ethiopia. Working with the PATH headquarters project team, this person will organize and facilitate the user-centered design session in Ethiopia. This position will be based in PATH’s Addis Ababa office.Through close collaboration with the PATH project team, the consultant will support the PATH in the execution of the user-centered design review session and will be responsible for:• Developing a work plan for stakeholder engagement and serving as project manager to plan, budget, oversee, and document all aspects of project activities in Ethiopia.• Identifying, engaging, and serving as the local point of contact for key stakeholders for PATH’s Ethiopia mOPV2 vial tracking project activities. Examples of key stakeholders include representatives from the ministry of health, program managers, and EPI staff as well as relevant non-governmental and private sector organizations working in mOPV2 campaign activities (Ethiopia Public Health Institute (EPHI), UNICEF, WHO, GAVI, GPEI, BMGF, etc.).• Contacting key stakeholders to understand their roles related to mOPV2 vaccine vial handling and supply chain logistics management, to gain approvals (as necessary) to conduct the user-centered design session, and to secure their participation in the user design session.• Identifying actual users, experts, and campaign staff from mOPV2 campaign sites to gather feedback on design concepts and/or participate in the user design session• Planning and organizing all logistics for the user design session in October 2019 to which up to three PATH staff from the US will attend. This includes transport, travel arrangements, meeting materials, and meeting venues that will be needed to host the user design session in Ethiopia.• Providing or identifying translation support services of project materials into the local language as necessary.• Assisting PATH in the implementation of the user-centered design review session in October 2019, including facilitating discussions with key decision makers, campaign staff, and vaccinators to gather feedback on systems, assumptions, designs, and features for an mOPV2 vaccine vial management aid.• Summarizing the user design review outcomes in a written report.• Providing local context and background to the PATH project team, including conducting formative research to contribute to an improved understanding of national and subnational guidelines, practices, and immunization supply chain and logistics perspectives on use of mOPV2 vaccines in Ethiopia, as needed.• Contributing technical insight and recommendations for improving mOPV2 vial tracking in Ethiopia.• Presenting findings of the user design session to national and international audiences as needed.How to Apply • Send copy of your credentials using the below address to PATH office in EthiopiaPATH Office in Ethiopia,P.O. Box 493 Code 1110Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Application deadline is August 16, 2019.Only short listed candidates will be contacted.PATH is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.