Carter Center Technical Advisor Jobs in Ethiopia
Responsibilities Where applicable, assist FOs to submit monthly reports on activities. Summarize these into one comprehensive report for the entire project area. Coordinate collection / compilation of monthly activities data from field to database.
Ensure that FOs report monthly on the status of water hand pump construction/rehabilitation and/or other devices providing safe water in endemic villages, and whether these are functioning.
Work with the SPC and local authorities/officials in establishing a system for secure storage and appropriate distribution and use of supplies for Guinea worm eradication activities.
Work cooperatively and harmoniously with TCC and Woreda leaders/officials as an integral part to strengthen the programs in every way possible. Play active role to advocate and promote inter- sectoral collaborations with stakeholders and other actors in GWD eradication.
Work daily with awareness that the EDEP is under the leadership of the EDEP Coordinator, and you are a guest of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and work under the jurisdiction of the GWEP Director and the government of Ethiopia.
Assist in improving the organization of program personnel so that all GWD cases are identified and contained and all GWD interventions are applied in all focal areas.
Work with officials and persons at all levels in ways that build confidence and that promote a sense of hope and optimism that GWD can be eliminated in Ethiopia.
Assist in improving every aspect of data collection and reporting, including accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
Ensure that data are internally consistent; analyzed on a monthly basis; used for decision-making at the district level; and reported in complete accordance with Region, Woreda, Kebele and national requirements and procedures.
Work with the SPC and Woreda Coordinators/Supervisors and FOs to organize and conduct monthly
management/communication sharing meetings of State Coordinators, and Village Volunteers. These meetings should provide a forum for highlighting and resolving issues/problems faced by the coordinators, field officers and volunteers.
Represent The Carter Center with pride, integrity, professionalism, humility, understanding and respect of persons, and sensitivity to local culture and traditions. Be constantly aware that you represent an organization founded by a former President of the United States who believes in working aggressively and harmoniously to assist and strengthen our host counterparts.
Work with the SPC and identify all interventions supplies/materials that will be needed for the transmission season and regular programming. Review the list of needs and determine the items that the local authorities will provide and the items to be requested from the PM. Submit the list to the EDEP Secretariat by the end of the month for review by the PM and the SCR. Prepare other special or longer-term estimates as requested by the SCR.
Work with the local authorities, EDEP staff and all associated with the program to ensure that the limited intervention supplies/materials (cloth and pipe filters, ABATE® Larvicide materials, medical kits and bandaging materials, flip charts and other health education materials, and other) are targeted on a priority basis to cover known endemic villages/localities where transmission of GWD is known to occur and in known endemic villages.
Conduct monitoring and evaluation activities, in consultation with the PM, to improve the disease transmission interventions in endemic woredas.
Write a monthly report to the PM and SCR, detailing activities, highlighting issues that need resolution, and making recommendations for actions to be taken. The tone of these reports should be objective and respectful and written in a way that enhances the probability of thoughtful consideration by the recipients. This monthly report is also shared with the GW Associate Director.
Submit monthly calendar to PM/AD.
Keep track of response to and actions taken on recommendations.
Keep the PM and SCR apprised of the status of the programs, obstacles overcome, obstacles to progress that remain, and recommendations to overcome those obstacles. Actively seek their guidance, technical assistance, or direct involvement in issues as you consider would be helpful.
Advocate at National, State, Woreda and
Kebele levels for the need to halt all transmission of GWD immediately and encourage their support, particularly for the provision of safe sources of water to endemic villages. Promote the role that each level needs to play to help the EDEP achieve the objective, including the roles of all villagers, i.e., to always filter their drinking water, and to keep individuals with emerging worms from contaminating sources of drinking water.
Provide a written report to The Carter Center Director, Dracunculiasis Eradication, for approval and distribution to The Carter Center’s Vice President (Health), SCR in Ethiopia, PM, Atlanta-GWEP AD and EDEP Coordinator within two weeks of the conclusion of your contract, detailing activities undertaken during the consultation and recommendations to The Carter Center for future action. This report also should be objective and respectful and written in a way that can be shared with all parties for consideration.
This report should contain the following:
Description of consultation (for example: problems solved, places visited, etc.). You have been sent to help solve problems, not just describe them or to only make recommendations to others.
Recommendations. Put these in priority order. Be careful of making too many. Make sure you address the recommendations to those who need to take action.
Information about your itinerary, terms of reference, persons met, etc., in an appendix.
This report should also include the following specifics about GWD:
Describe the local epidemiology of, and status of surveillance for cases of GWD in formerly endemic districts (# of cases, changes in # of cases during a comparable period, etc.).
Describe the current status of interventions with regards to formerly endemic districts:
Discuss each intervention in turn: filter coverage, Abate, water supply, health education, case containment, etc.
Include the updated line listing for villages in the area of your consultation.
Before departing, debrief with PM and SCR and with the National, State, and Woreda EDEP team leaders as indicated.
Detail your findings and provide recommendations for future action. This report also should be objective and respectful and presented in a way that is respectful to all partners.
Specific assessments, data analysis, reports, presentations, and technical projects may be assigned to TAs in discussions with PM, AD, and SCR.
35. Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Requirements:
• At least 2 years of public health experience with community-based programs, preferably in Africa. MPH preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with preparing technical reports, budgets, plans of action, and management of inventories.
• Demonstrated ability to build teams and promote a sense of teamwork.
• Ability to make sound work judgments under difficult conditions and to become technically efficient with minimal level of attention from supervisors.
• Sound personal and professional conduct and respect for the work of The Carter Center, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, and partners.
• TAs are assigned to remote areas where disease transmission is endemic, and must be prepared to work and live in such areas.
• Fluent in written and spoken English. Local regional languages a bonus.
How to Apply
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to guineaworm.recruitment@cartercenter.org. The subject line ought to include: Application Ethiopia Technical Advisor Position. All documents should be in Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx) or PDF format. Materials in other formats or applications without required materials will not be considered. In the body of the e-mail, please indicate where you saw the job posting.
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