Job Description

Project HOPE is an international NGO of more than 500 engaged employees and hundreds of volunteers who work in more than 25 countries.

Code of Conduct

It is our shared responsibility and obligation to treat each other with respect, take affirmative steps to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse and Trafficking in Persons, and to disclose all potential and actual violations of our Code of Conduct, which may include Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption, Discrimination or Harassment.  Together we can reinforce a culture of respect, integrity, accountability and transparency.

Project background

This investment will be implemented by Project HOPE to support the Federal Ministry of Health's (FMOH) effort to eradicate polio by rapidly expanding IPV/bOPV coverage within IDP camps and surrounding communities in Oromia, Amhara, Somalia, and Afar regions. The project's goal is to get 90% coverage of the bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) and inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) and promote polio-free communities. Project HOPE will work with the government to perform regular, high-quality polio SIAs using revised woreda (district) level micro plans and a campaign-style mobile IPV/bOPV and other antigens. Using vaccine administration modalities that are context-specific, such as supplementary immunization activities (SIA), outreach, and mobile techniques. The activities will be monitored on a regular basis utilizing digital tools. The project will last one year in total.

As part of this activity, we are going to conduct a quick survey to understand the EPI status of IDP community and explore the barrier and facilitators the immunization environment and considered baseline to plane and track our action during project implementation. The main objective of this consultancy is to conduct a baseline assessment of the indicators (available upon contracting) which will provide a basis against which ongoing progress will be measured. The assessment will include design, collection, analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, report writing, and presentation.

POSITION TITLE: Emergency EPI in IDP base line assessment consultant

REPORTS TO: Senior Newborn & Child Health Advisor & Program Director/sr. implementation science advisor

DUTY STATION:  Addis Ababa

MINIMUM HOURS OF WORK: 40 Hours per Week

DURATION OF CONTRACT: Two Months

 The consultant will work closely with the Senior Program Manager, and Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Director

 Specific Responsibilities:

• Review project proposal and develop baseline assessment concept note/work plan

• Develop and prepare the study tools for the quantitative and qualitative assessment

• Collaborate with the team to refine the study tools

• Collect feedback and finalize the full the assessment tool, work plan, research proposal

• Conduct desk review and develop study proposal and a clear study design

• Develop field Guide manual for data collection process

• Conduct a scoping visit to the regions and IDPs sites/ regions

• Conduct data collectors’ orientation at the IDP site 

• Coordinate the collection data at the IDP sites

• Clean and   analyze the data and write the final report

• Present and collect feed backs the finding to the relevant stack holders

• Finalize the research finding and submit a final report

• Work closely with the M&E director, senior program manger

• Conduct regular progressive update weekly to the team

• Perform other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and the Country representative 

Job Requirements

REQUIREMENTS

• Education: PhD/ Masters in in the fields of public health or other related field 

• Work Experience: Minimum of 10 years of practical/ relevant experience in the health sectors

• Relevant technical preference: experience in research such as, assessment, program evaluation, surveys, implementation science etc

• Competencies: Strong analytical and conceptual thinking, including statistical analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data. Excellent report writing skills. Excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to work under pressure and commitment to work within a tight timeframe.

• Willingness to travel to the field sites/regions or IDPs.

How to Apply

Application Criteria:

Interested applicants can send their CV and cover letter through THIS LINK ONLY on or before 12 August 2022, by 5:00 PM.