Technical Director – Faith and Community Initiative Project (FCI) -Ethiopia

Locations: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Organization: World Vision International

Deadline: August 28, 2026

Job Description

Employee Contract Type: Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Strategy, Integration & Program Leadership:

Provide overall technical leadership for the design, planning, implementation, and adaptation of FCI Ethiopia’s integrated health program.
Translate the approved strategy, award requirements, Government of Ethiopia priorities, and U.S. Government/PEPFAR expectations into technically sound implementation approaches.
Lead integration of HIV, TB, MNCH, nutrition, community health, PHC, and health systems strengthening across facility, community, FBO, and government platforms.
Ensure technical strategies, work plans, budgets, staffing, partner agreements, implementation models, and service-delivery approaches are technically aligned.
Guide technical leads and ensure cross-component coordination and resolution of technical of technical bottlenecks.

Technical Quality, Service Delivery & Performance Improvement:

Establish and maintain technical standards and quality-assurance mechanisms across all program components and implementation levels.
Lead development and application of technical guidelines, SOPs, tools, service-delivery models, mentorship approaches, supportive supervision, and continuous quality-improvement mechanisms.
Monitor technical performance across regions, facilities, partners, and community platforms; identify gaps in service quality, coverage, referral, retention, integration, and adherence to national standards; and lead timely corrective actions.
Promote client-centered, equitable, safe, and high quality services, particularly for vulnerable, underserved, and hard-to-reach populations.

Government, Partner & Technical Capacity Strengthening:

Provide senior technical engagement with the Federal Ministry of Health, Regional Health Bureaus, Zonal Health Departments, Woreda Health Offices/DHMTs, health facilities, FBOs, local implementing partners, and other technical stakeholders.
Ensure alignment with national policies, strategies, guidelines, protocols, and health-system priorities.
Lead technical capacity assessments and strengthening plans for government institutions and partners.
Oversee technical assistance, coaching, mentorship, training, supportive supervision, peer learning, and knowledge transfer.
Ensure partners have the technical capacity, systems, tools, and competencies required to deliver quality services and meet program expectations.

Evidence, MEL, Learning, Innovation & Adaptive Programming:

Work closely with the MEL Manager and technical teams to establish a strong culture of data use and evidence-based decision-making.
Ensure technical indicators, performance standards, learning questions, assessments, operational research, quality-improvement data, and community feedback are routinely used to guide implementation.
Review technical performance data and identify trends, bottlenecks, equities, and emerging needs. Lead technical learning agendas, documentation of best practices, innovation, dissemination, and adaptation of interventions based on evidence and changing context.
Support development of technical briefs, success stories, lessons learned, and evidence for policy and program dialogue.

Localization, Sustainability, Institutionalization & Technical Transition:

Lead the technical dimension of localization, government ownership, sustainability, and transition.
Ensure technical assistance is designed to progressively transfer knowledge, skills, systems, tools, leadership, and responsibility to government and local institutions.
Identify critical functions that require institutionalization and develop technical transition pathways from project-supported mechanisms to government and partner systems.
Promote scalable, cost-effective, context appropriate service-delivery models and ensure successful approaches are incorporated into routine government planning, supervision, training, quality improvement, and service-delivery systems.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and/or Certification Academic Qualifications

Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, Medicine, Nursing, Epidemiology, Health Systems Management, Nutrition, Global Health, International
Development, or another closely related health discipline.
A clinical qualification combined with advanced postgraduate training in public health, health systems, health management, or program leadership is highly desirable.
Additional postgraduate qualifications in Health Systems Strengthening, Global Health, Epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, Monitoring and Evaluation, or Program Management will be an advantage.
Relevant professional registration or licensure, where applicable to the candidate’s primary clinical or professional qualification, is desirable.

Relevant Professional Experience

Minimum 10–12 years of progressively responsible experience in public health, health systems strengthening, international development, or a closely related field, including at least 5 years in senior technical leadership positions.
Demonstrated experience as a Technical Director, Senior Technical Advisor, Technical Lead, Deputy Technical Director, or equivalent senior technical leadership role in a complex donor-funded health program.
At least 5 years of technical leadership experience in U.S. Government funded health programs, with PEPFAR experience strongly preferred.
Proven experience providing technical leadership across large, multi-partner, multi-regional, and multidisciplinary programs, preferably at national scale.
Demonstrated technical expertise in one or more core FCI areas HIV, TB, MNCH, nutrition, community health, PHC, or health systems strengthening combined with experience integrating multiple health components.
Strong experience in technical quality assurance, quality improvement, integrated service delivery, supportive supervision, mentorship, capacity strengthening, and evidence-based programming.
Demonstrated experience working with the Federal Ministry of Health, Regional Health Bureaus, government technical structures, technical working groups, donors, implementing partners, FBOs, and local organizations.
Proven experience providing technical oversight and capacity strengthening to multiple implementing partners, sub-awardees, local organizations, and FBOs across geographically dispersed areas.
Demonstrated experience using MEL data, evidence, research, assessments, and learning to improve technical performance and guide adaptive programming.
Proven experience in health systems strengthening, localization, government ownership, sustainability, institutionalization, and transition.
Experience working in complex, fragile, humanitarian, conflict-affected, or resource-constrained environments is highly desirable. Additional Desirable Skills
Strong strategic technical leadership and ability to translate program strategy into practical implementation models and technical guidance.
Excellent understanding of integrated health programming, including linkages among HIV, TB, MNCH, nutrition, community health, PHC, and health systems strengthening.
Strong U.S. Government/PEPFAR technical and program management knowledge, including performance frameworks, technical reporting, quality standards, and accountability requirements.
Advanced skills in quality improvement, performance management, data use, adaptive management, and evidence-to-action approaches.
Strong government engagement, donor engagement, negotiation, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams and build consensus across diverse technical and organizational stakeholders.
Strong partner technical management and organizational capacity strengthening skills.
Ability to identify technical underperformance, analyze root causes, develop corrective strategies, and deliver measurable improvements.
Strong understanding of Ethiopia’s health system, national health policies, strategies, guidelines, and decentralized health structures.
Knowledge of DHIS2 and other digital health and routine health information systems is desirable. • Strong skills in technical writing, presentation, knowledge management, documentation, and dissemination of evidence and learning.
Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal; Amharic fluency is highly desirable.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively under pressure and make sound technical decisions in complex and rapidly changing environments. Preferred Specialized Training / Certifications
Preference will be given to candidates with specialized training or certification in:
PEPFAR Program Management and Technical Programming
U.S. Government/USAID Award and Program Management
HIV/AIDS and PEPFAR Technical Programming
TB/HIV Collaborative Programming
MNCH and Integrated Primary Health Care
Nutrition Programming and Nutrition-Sensitive Health Systems
Health Systems Strengthening • Quality Improvement / Continuous Quality Improvement (QI/CQI)
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL)
Data Use, DHIS2, Digital Health, and Health Information Systems
Results-Based Management and Adaptive Management
Project/Program Management: PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent
Leadership and Senior Management • Localization, Partnership Management, and Organizational Capacity Strengthening • Safeguarding, PSEA, Gender, Disability Inclusion, and Protection
Humanitarian Health, Emergency Preparedness, and Outbreak Response, particularly relevant to the Ethiopian context.

Required Professional Experience

Minimum 10–12 years of progressively responsible professional experience in public health, international development, health systems strengthening, or a closely related field, including at least 5 years in senior technical leadership positions within large, complex, multi-partner, multi-regional, or donor funded health programs.
Demonstrated experience serving as a Technical Director, health project manager, Senior Technical Advisor, Technical Lead, Deputy Technical Director, Chief of Party/Deputy Chief of Party with technical responsibility, or equivalent senior technical leadership role, with accountability for technical strategy, quality, integration, and performance.
Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible technical leadership experience in U.S. Government-funded health programs, with demonstrated PEPFAR experience strongly preferred. The candidate should have a sound understanding of U.S. Government/PEPFAR technical standards, performance frameworks, quality requirements, data expectations, reporting, and accountability mechanisms.
Demonstrated substantial technical expertise in at least one core FCI technical area, such as HIV, TB, MNCH, nutrition, community health, primary health care, or health systems strengthening, combined with proven experience providing strategic technical oversight across integrated health programs.
Proven ability to integrate multiple technical areas into a single coherent program strategy, implementation model, service-delivery approach, performance framework, and health systems strengthening agenda, rather than managing technical components as separate vertical programs.
Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams across multiple partners and geographically dispersed implementation areas, with the ability to translate high-level technical strategies into practical guidance, tools, standards, implementation plans, and technical assistance. • Strong senior-level experience working with Ministries of Health, Regional Health Bureaus, government technical structures, technical working groups, implementing partners, local organizations, FBOs, and donor technical counterparts. Direct experience with Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health and Regional Health Bureaus is highly desirable.
Demonstrated experience in technical quality assurance, quality improvement, integrated service delivery, supportive supervision, mentorship, capacity strengthening, evidence-based programming, data use, performance management, and adaptive management, with a proven ability to identify technical gaps and lead corrective actions.
Extensive experience providing technical oversight to multiple implementing partners, sub-awardees, local organizations, consortium members, and/or faith-based organizations, including establishing technical accountability, strengthening partner capacity, and maintaining consistent technical standards across diverse implementation settings.
Demonstrated experience using program data, evidence, assessments, learning, and performance information to guide technical decisions, adapt implementation strategies, improve service quality, and demonstrate measurable program results.
Proven experience contributing to health systems strengthening, government ownership, localization, sustainability, institutionalization, and transition, including strengthening government and local partner technical capacity and integrating project-supported approaches into existing health systems.
Demonstrated experience working effectively in complex, fragile, humanitarian, conflict-affected, or rapidly changing environments, with the ability to adapt technical approaches while maintaining quality and alignment with national and donor requirements.
Proven ability to build consensus among diverse technical stakeholders, manage competing technical priorities, resolve complex implementation challenges, and maintain technical quality and consistency across multiple partners, regions, and technical areas.
Strong track record of providing strategic technical leadership while remaining sufficiently operational to guide implementation teams, partners, health facilities, community platforms, and local organizations toward measurable program results.

Required Language(s)

Fluent English and other local languages

Required travel and/or work environment accommodations

Frequent travel to the project sites in the country or abroad

Position’s physical requirements

Addis Ababa, WV head office

Preferred Experience, Knowledge and/or Key Competencies

Advanced knowledge of integrated public health programming, with demonstrated ability to link HIV, TB, MNCH, nutrition, community health, primary health care, and health systems strengthening within a unified program model.
Strong knowledge of Ethiopia’s health system, national health policies, strategies, guidelines, service-delivery platforms, and decentralized health structures, including the Federal Ministry of Health, Regional Health Bureaus, Zonal Health Departments, and Woreda Health Offices/DHMTs.
Strong understanding of U.S. Government and PEPFAR technical requirements, including technical performance frameworks, quality standards, reporting requirements, data use, accountability, and evidence-based programming.
Demonstrated knowledge of health systems strengthening integrated service delivery, quality improvement, supportive supervision, mentorship, capacity strengthening, and institutionalization of technical interventions.
Strong knowledge of HIV and TB programming, including prevention, testing, linkage to care, treatment, retention, viral suppression, TB case finding, TB/HIV integration, and community-facility linkages.
Good understanding of MNCH, nutrition, community health, PHC, and health system interventions, including their integration with HIV and TB programming.
Strong knowledge of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) and the practical use of program data, DHIS2, routine health information, assessments, and evidence to improve technical performance.
Knowledge of quality assurance, continuous quality improvement, adaptive management, and evidence-to-action approaches, with the ability to translate performance findings into practical corrective actions.
Strong understanding of localization, government ownership, partner capacity strengthening, sustainability, institutionalization, and transition of externally supported health programs.
Knowledge of faith-based and community-based health programming, including community engagement, demand creation, referral systems, community accountability, and linkages between community and facility services.
Knowledge of digital health and health information systems, including DHIS2, eCHIS, digital data collection, dashboards, and technology-enabled service monitoring, is desirable. ➢ Knowledge of gender, disability inclusion, safeguarding, PSEA, equity, and rights-based approaches in health programming.
Understanding of humanitarian health, outbreak preparedness and response, conflict-sensitive programming, and service continuity in fragile settings is highly desirable.
Demonstrated ability to interpret complex technical evidence and translate it into strategic decisions, practical implementation guidance, policies, standards, and scalable program models.
Strong strategic leadership, technical judgment, analytical thinking, problem solving, negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building skills, with the ability to engage senior government, donor, technical, and implementing-partner stakeholders.
Excellent technical writing, presentation, communication, knowledge management, and learning dissemination skills.
Strong professional command of English; Amharic fluency is highly desirable, with additional Ethiopian language skills considered an advantage.

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