• MSI Ethiopia Reproductive Choices is one of the largest international family planning/Reproductive Health Organizations in the world. We are a results-oriented social enterprise that develops efficient, effective, and sustainable family planning/reproductive health programs around the world.

• MSI Ethiopia Reproductive Choices is currently undertaking a dramatic scale-up of health service delivery for low- and middle-income women and couples in Ethiopia. This includes expanding clinics and rural Outreach programs into new regions of Ethiopia and creating social franchising networks of private quality service providers.

Background on the Role

USAID Quality Healthcare Activity (QHA) aims at improving health outcomes through improved readiness of health facilities to deliver quality reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) services, increased management and accountability for quality service delivery, and restoration of services in health facilities in conflict-affected areas.

MSI Ethiopia Reproductive Choices, partnered with the USAID-funded Quality of Healthcare Activities (QHA) consortia, led by JSI, and aspire to improve the private health system and quality of care, across the implementation region and beyond. QHA will cover urban and peri-urban primary health care units (PHCU) and referral health facilities in select regions and woredas. Accordingly, MSI Ethiopia Reproductive Choices is looking for a senior Private sector advisor, who will serve as the most senior representative of MSI - Reproductive Choices in USAID Quality Healthcare Activity.

1.       Job Summary

Working closely with the Quality Health Systems Team Lead and reporting to Private Sector Support Lead, the Senior Private Sector Advisor will provide technical and programmatic direction to the private sector engagement strategy and activities in QHA. He/she will be a prime technical support contact between the USAID/QHA team and the MSI-Reproductive Choice.

2.       Duties/Tasks

Strategy and Planning

·         Guide the design and development of private health sector quality of RMNCH strategic engagement and model development

·         Develop work plans, track implementation, and lead performance reviews.

·         Provide technical expertise and analysis on private sector development issues including regulations and standardizations

·         Support the development of PPM-related programs and support public-private facility linkages through Network of Care, QI collaborative, and strengthening

Partnership and Representation:

·         Represent in public-private sector issues at technical and strategic planning meetings and actively engage private sector stakeholders.

·         Support Regional Health Bureaus and respective TWGs on Private Sector Engagement

·         Support efforts to improve institutional and regulatory frameworks to improve private sector engagement as well as create accountability systems

·         Advise on private sector engagement in the Network of Care, Woreda EPAQ, through different innovations.

·         Lead private health care association, quality of health care engagement, peer learning, and sustainability framework

·         Create strong relationships with key partners for RMNCH

Private Sector Quality of Healthcare:

·         Support and ensure private health care and quality assurance standards are in line with the country, QHA, and MSI standards.

·         Oversee and ensure quality RMNCH services are delivered through private health care.

·         Implement client-centered care initiatives and ensure client engagement in the improvement of private health care including, collecting client feedback, reviewing client satisfaction surveys, and designing community provider interface platforms.

·         Ensure action plans related to quality audits, incidents, supportive supervision, and team meeting are timely completed

·         Ensure clinical services meet National clinical quality standards such as in infection prevention, provider competency in RMNCH services, client counseling & informed consent, pain management, medical emergency management, and incident management

Research, productivity analysis, and Reporting:

·         Support research on private sector engagement and documentation of lessons learned.

·         Timely track private sector RMNCH service improvement, and outcomes

·         Technically lead private sector collaboration, learning, and adaptation areas (CLA)

·         Prepare timely and quality reports, internally, to consortia, donors, and project signatory stakeholders

·         Contribute to MSIE concept note and proposal development

·         Disseminate documents relevant to RMNCH services through MSIE’s internal communication channels.

Job Requirements

3.       PERSON SPECIFICATION

A.   Qualification Requirement

a.   Education

  MPH/MBA with health/health-related background

b.         Experiences   

                 Eight years of hands-on experience     

B.      Skills, Attitudes, and Attributes

·         Knowledge and experience in the private sector quality health care engagement, including new initiatives like CBHI

·         Good appreciation of the issues of provision of reproductive health care services. 

·         Understanding major policies/issues of government health policies, regional policies

·         Strong technical skills in customer services and business feasibility approaches

·         Ability to proceed on own initiative using independent judgment

·         Good facilitation, presentation, team building, and coordination skills.

·         Strong personal commitment to the goals of MSI and 

·         Good interpersonal/communication (both oral & written) and time management skills

.        Prochoice

Number of Position: (01)

Duty Station: Based at Addis Ababa

Type of Employment: Contract

How to Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to download the job application form from https://www.mariestopes.org.et/join-our-team/   and email to Humanresource@mariestopes.org.et before the closing date of this announcement i.e. within ten (10) days.

Please note that we ONLY consider those who filled in the application form and send us back.  We regret to inform that we do not accept CV at this stage.   

Please mention the title of the position and workplace you applied for on the subject line of your email.

Due to the volume of applications, we will only contact shortlisted candidates, and we are unable to provide any feedback on unsuccessful applications.

CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

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