Ethiopia–Data Use Partnership (E-DUP) seeks to recruit a highly qualified Public Health Research Scientist. E-DUP is a partnership led by Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) to enhance collection, aggregation and use of high quality data including routine health information at different levels to achieve FMOH’s Information Revolution agenda as stated in the Health Sector Transformation Plan.

Description:

The Research Coordinator will be based in the Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and works closely with the E-DUP team under the leadership and guidance of the Federal Ministry of Health. The position holder will spend significant time working with local Universities so they can play a meaningful role in supporting FMOH, Regional Health Bureaus (RHB), and selected model woredas to enhance application of implementation research to inform program implementation with a focus on health information systems.

Duty station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Expected to make travels out of Addis Ababa about 40% of the time.

Position type: Local hire. 

Responsibilities:

1.       Provide implementation research technical assistance and routine follow-up support to local universities FMOH, RHBs, and selected model Woredas. 

2.       Plan and implement activities that help to facilitate translation of evidence generated by local universities for policy making and program implementation.

3.       Organize need-based capacity building opportunities and forums for researchers from local Universities including twining opportunities with international Universities and organization for long-term collaborations.

4.       Facilitate provision of capacity building support by local universities to FMOH, RHBs, and selected model Woredas to enhance collection, aggregation, and use of routine information for decision making.

5.       Participate in research design and execution including analysis and report write-up.

6.       Coordinate efforts to share Ethiopia’s experience in local and international forums.

7.       Support publishing papers on local and international reputable scientific journals.   

8.       Organize experience sharing and learning forums among partnering local Universities.

9.       Monitor implementation status of the sub-contract provided to local Universities.

10.   Coordinate with DUP’s finance and operations team to facilitate timely disbursement of funds.

11.   Engage and manage short-term consultants for research activities as needed.  

12.   Serve as the first contact person to local universities in research and related matters.  

13.   support the identification and documentation of best practices and follow-up of PHD studies 

Experiences and Skills/Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (Msc level) in Health Systems, Health Policy, Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics or related disciplines is required. PHD level training is desired.
• Minimum of five years relevant professional experience.
• Through understanding of Ethiopia health information systems in particular and health systems in general.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating research activities from design to execution, analysis and report write-up.
• Experience with population-based and facility-based survey data.
• Quantitative and qualitative research background.
• Publications in reputable scientific journals.
• Advanced data analysis skills including experience in using statistical software like SPSS, STATA, etc.
• Proven organizational and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to manage a wide range of activities on a daily basis with limited supervision.
• Ability to work effectively and harmoniously with people representing a wide range of personal and organizational cultures.
• English fluency is required and ability to speak and write Amharic is required.