NIRAS International Consulting is looking for Service Delivery Experts (Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Specialists)

Job Description

About NIRAS

Owned by foundation, the NIRAS GROUP is an international multidisciplinary consultancy firm with Nordic roots and values. We design, implement, and manage projects and investments that bolster economic development, enhance livelihoods, reduce inequality, improve education and health, and build environmental resilience. With more than 45 years of continuous presence across the Africa continent (including in Ethiopia)  , and through the 300 or so projects that NIRAS international consulting pool of experts helps implement in well over 100 countries on annual basis , and contributed to the SDG.

Title: Service Delivery Experts (Social Determinants of Health Specialists) (3)

Description

The minimum number of working days for each of these key experts is 660 days over a period of 36 months. These key experts should work 100 percent of the and  will be located in one the of the following Regional Health Bureaus: Afar, Benishangul Gumuz or Gambella regions. 

Duration

36 months

Qualifications required

Only the experts meeting the set criteria will be shortlisted and contacted.

• Advanced university degree (at least master's degree or equivalent) in public health or Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) or Water and Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH) or Nutrition or Gender studies or related fields from recognized university;
• Organization skills;
  
• Excellent knowledge of Word, Excel and Power Point;
• Proficiency in English (oral and written).

Professional experience required

• Have minimum of 3 years proven experience on each of the intervention areas; including sexual & reproductive health (SRH), Water and Sanitation & hygiene (WaSH), Nutrition and Gender.
  Minimum requirements:
•  At least 7 years of experience in managing multi-sectoral public health programme interventions in developing countries, preferably in Africa
• Demonstrated working experience in projects supporting sector wide programme in a decentralised service delivery systems
• Proven project management

Preferred requirement:

• Prior work experience in Ethiopia and knowledge of one or more working language(s) of the country is an asset

Specific professional experience

Minimum requirements:

• At least 5 years recent working experience in coordinating multi-sectoral programme interventions
  
• Proven experience in coordinating situation analysis and grant proposal development for a multi-sectoral interventions, preferably in developing country context;
  
• Experience in providing technical support and building government’s capacity in areas of sexual and reproductive health, nutrition, WaSH, gender and socio-cultural determinants of health outcomes;
  
• Demonstrated experience in defining and implementing project M&E systems/frameworks and reporting as per defined result chain;
• Experience in training government officials on EU procedures and in supporting government performance reporting systems.
  

Preferred requirements:

• Previous experience providing technical assistance to sub-national governments in developing and managing programmes addressing Social Determinants of Health (including one or more of the following fields: Sexual Reproductive Health/Family Planning, Nutrition, WaSH, Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs) and Gender issues)