Postdoctoral Position: Digital Tool Implementation and Intervention Implementation and Evaluation

Background

The Enabling environments for NCD risk reduction in Ethiopia (ENABLE) project is funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe (Grant agreement ID: 101137232). ENABLE aims to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Ethiopia by reducing the life-long prevalence of major NCD risk factors among pregnant women through multi-level actions to promote healthy diets, physical activity and reduce exposure to air pollution in a clean and supportive urban environment. The ENABLE project is dedicated to the implementation of pragmatic and effective interventions for promoting healthy diets, physical activity and reduce exposure to air pollution within a health-promoting urban environment for pregnant women and their families from the antenatal care entry point, as well as from the community.

The project is coordinated by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), and the consortium is comprised of 9 more international and Ethiopian partners. From Ethiopia, Jimma University (JU),Haramaya University (HU)andAddis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), along with international partners from University of Oslo (UiO),Lund University (LU),Uppsala University (UU),Wageningen University (WU),Vital Strategies,andNigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR).

This postdoc will leverage digital tools to facilitate and evaluate the implementation of an NCD prevention and health promotion intervention for pregnant women in Ethiopia, ensuring the intervention meets stakeholder needs and assesses the implementation's acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, and feasibility.

Responsibilities:

1. Support the tailoring, and implementation of digital registration of pregnant women during antenatal care,.

2. Work closely with primary healthcare workers and pregnant women to integrate tailored practices and interventions within maternal and child health care services, prioritizing stakeholder needs and the local healthcare context

3. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure the facilitation and implementation strategies are appropriate, acceptable, and feasible within the local context.

4. Conduct training and capacity-building sessions for health workers

5. Evaluate the implementation process, the intervention's acceptability and appropriateness, and overall feasibility within the primary health care setting.

6. Systematically review all documents of intervention and summaries evidence of the implementation.

7. Provide support to write manuscripts, technical reports from research findings, evaluations and research papers to help intervention. .

8. Supervise and support PhD students.

9. Work closely with the project team and project coordinators.

- Ph.D. in public health, epidemiology, or a related field, with a focus on maternal and child health.

- Demonstrated experience in program implementation and data management within health care settings.

- Strong understanding of the facilitation and implementation processes in health care, particularly in primary health care facilities.

- Proven ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team,

- Excellent analytical, technical, and communication skills

- Skills in stakeholder engagement, digital health implementation, and evaluative research

Duty station/Location

- The successful candidate will be based in EPHI with frequant travel to study site.

Timeline

- The postdoctoral will be recruited as soon as possible for a period of 24 months.

Management and reporting

- The postdoctoral will work under the project directors(PIs) supervision of the EPHI and NIPHI with oversight from work package lead