Capacity Building Specialist

Position: Capacity Building Specialist

Employment Type: Full-time, 12-month fixed-term contract (renewable subject to funding and performance)

Reports To: Project Coordinator

Number Required: 1

Job Summary

The Capacity Building Specialist will lead training, mentoring, coaching, supportive supervision, and transition activities for Woreda Health Offices, health facilities, community structures, community workers, and volunteers. The role focuses on building lasting skills and local ownership of community HIV services, not just the number of people trained.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct capacity assessments of Woreda Health Offices, health facilities, and community structures, and develop improvement plans.
• Design and deliver competency-based training, with curricula, job aids, and pre/post and competency assessments.
• Provide on-site mentoring, coaching, and supportive supervision across HTS, index testing, community DSD, IIT re-engagement, OVC, CLHIV, PBFW, and EID services.
• Build woreda capacity in planning, budgeting, supervision, and data use, and strengthen community leadership and social accountability.
• Facilitate woreda transition readiness assessments, handover plans, and sustainability dialogues.
• Track training results and skills application, and prepare monthly and quarterly reports.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, Nursing, Health Services Management, Education/Training, or a related field. A master’s degree is an advantage.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in public health, HIV programming, capacity building, or health systems strengthening.
• Proven experience in capacity assessment, training design and delivery, and mentoring or supportive supervision.
• Experience working with woreda health offices, health facilities, and community structures.
• Experience in donor-funded HIV programs is highly desirable; experience with transition or sustainability work is an advantage.
• Strong facilitation, coordination, and report-writing skills.

Key Competencies

Strong analytical, facilitation, communication, coaching, mentoring, coordination, problem-solving, planning, and organizational skills, with the ability to work effectively with government and community structures.