Pathways Fellows

   External Vacancy Announcement 

Project HOPE is an international NGO work in more than 25 countries. For more than 65 years, Project HOPE has responded to the world’s most pressing global health challenges and transformed the lives of people and communities around the world. 

With the financial support of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Project HOPE has launched the implementation of “Pathways for Ethiopia” project. The purpose of the project is to understand, reach, and serve vulnerable populations in Ethiopia through applying the “Pathways” method https://www.projectpathways.org/about. Aims of the project include identifying factors that make Ethiopian women and their children vulnerable to poor Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Health, and Nutrition (RMNCHN) services utilization and health outcome, conducting population segmentation based on the key sources of vulnerability, and intervening to effectively reach the vulnerable segments of the population. The project also envisions to build the modelling capacity within the Government of Ethiopia health system with the goal of nurturing evidence-based PH decision making. 

The Pathways Ethiopia Project will be implemented in close collaboration with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) – National Data Management Center (NDMC), Ministry of Health (especially Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health; and the Policy and Strategy Research lead executive offices) and selected local universities. 

To this end, Project HOPE will place three Pathways Fellows to MoH and EPHI. The fellows will be recruited in collaboration the respective host institutions. The fellows preferably should be existing internal staff of the respective organizations; however, staff members of local academic institutions may also be considered.

As part of the local capacity building activity of the project, the fellows will be supported to get enrolled in a local PhD program on parttime basis, preferably at Addis Ababa University, in relevant fields including Public Health, Epidemiology, and Biostatics. However, it will be the responsibility of the individual candidates to secure admission to a suitable academic program. If the fellows get admitted to relevant PhD, Project HOPE will support their study through:

1. Organizing capacity building activities on “Pathways” and other analytics/modeling methods, 

2. Granting access to project data, 

3. Assigning local mentors and academic co-supervisors, and

4. Paying fair stipends during the active phase of the project. 

POSITION TITLE:                            Pathways Fellows  

NUMBER OF POSITIONS:             Three (two to MoH and one to EPHI)

REPORTS TO:                                  Senior Pathways Advisor, Pathways for Ethiopia Project

DUTY STATION:                             Addis Ababa (two fellows at MoH and one at EPHI)

DURATION OF CONTRACT:         12 months with possibility of extension 

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Liaise the Pathways Ethiopia and other Project HOPE activities with the two government institutions. 
• Engaged in core Pathways Ethiopia project activities including data mapping, development of research tools, data collection and supervision, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and development of manuscripts.
• Apply pathways and other analytics/modeling exercises to support evidence-based decision making at MoH and EPHI. 
• Contribute to continuous knowledge transfer to local staff within their host institutions including organizing formal trainings.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Liaise Project HOPE with the two host institutions (EPHI and MoH).
• Conduct mapping of relevant datasets that will be used for the Pathways analysis. 
• Actively engage in the development of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools that identify causes of multidimensional vulnerabilities to RMNCH outcomes in Ethiopia. 
• Actively engage in the organizing, training and supervision of enumerators and qualitative interviewers.
• Provide support to other research activities of the Pathways Project as required. 
• Organize capacity building trainings in their respective host institutions on pathways and other disease modeling approaches. 
• Apply pathways and other disease modeling approach to support evidence-based decision making at MoH and EPHI
• Regularly communicate with the Principal Investigator and Senior Pathways Advisor on the progress of the Project. 
• Discharge other related duties as assigned by the Senior Pathways Advisor.  

QUALIFICATIONS

• Candidates for this position should hold a master’s degree in relevant fields like Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics etc. from a recognized higher learning.
• Candidates should hold a five-year progressive work experience. 

OTHER REQUIREMENTS 

• Willingness to travel to outside Addis Ababa including hard-to-reach and conflicted-affected areas. 
• Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
• The fellows preferably should be existing internal staff of MoH or EPHI.

How To Apply

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. 

Interested applicants can send their CV and a cover letter through ethiojobs on or before 07 August 2024 by 5:00 PM. 

Please note that applications with unspecified positions will not be part of the screening process and will automatically be rejected.