Health Domain Expert

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Deadline: 12 March 2026 (Early Application are encouraged as the position may close once a suitable candidate is found).

Job Description

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 50 countries and have a workforce of more than 2,000 talented and motivated staff around the world.

Palladium is part of GISI’s global family of companies, which aims to create solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISI’s approximately 15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services.

This Opportunity:

Data for Implementation (Data.FI) is a $130 million, multi-year global project (2019-2026) led by Palladium and funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Department of State. Since 2019, Data.FI has been implemented in over 30 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Data.FI enables the delivery of life-saving health services by building effective health information systems (HIS), improving global health security (GHS) and epidemic surveillance, and strengthening data use and data quality in partner countries. The project provides the U.S. Department of State and partner governments with advanced data analytics and GHS solutions, transforming existing siloed platforms into integrated, government-owned multi-threat early warning systems.

The Health Domain Expert will serve as a bridge between clinical practice and software development, ensuring that the EthioEMR platform accurately reflects the workflows, requirements, and standards of health service delivery in Ethiopia. The role will involve close collaboration with the technical development team, health program stakeholders, and end users to gather business requirements, validate workflows, and ensure the clinical and operational soundness of the system.

 

Reporting Lines:

This position will report to the Technical Lead, Data.FI Ethiopia.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with business analysts, software developers and system architects to translate health system requirements into functional and technical specifications.

• Lead the definition, design, and validation of clinical workflows within EthioEMR, ensuring alignment with national standards and the MoH digital strategy.

• Prioritize enhancement requests and change requirements based on clinical impact and feasibility.

• Provide domain-level input during product review, testing, and validation cycles.

• Conduct regular consultations with clinicians, data clerks, and facility managers to identify gaps and optimize workflows.

• Document and communicate business requirements, change logs, and feedback reports to the technical team and key stakeholders.

• Support user capacity-building and training for pilot facilities and regional teams.

• Stay informed on emerging global best practices in EMR design and digital health, and recommend relevant adaptations for Ethiopia.

• Represent the EthioEMR development team in technical working groups and stakeholder meetings with MoH and partners.
• Support monitoring and evaluation of pilot implementation with a focus on usability, data quality, and clinical relevance.

Required Qualifications:

• Medical degree (MD, Health Officer, or related health field).

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in clinical service delivery, health information systems, or digital health implementation.

• Solid understanding of EMR systems (preferably OpenMRS or related platforms).

• Strong analytical skills to document and interpret clinical workflow requirements.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Experience working with or within the Ministry of Health, implementing partners, or health facilities.

• Strong understanding of national health data standards, DHIS2, and interoperability frameworks is an asset.

Desirable Skills and Attributes:

• Experience in training and capacity building for healthcare staff.
• Familiarity with agile development processes and collaborative software design.
• Passion for improving healthcare delivery through digital transformation.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team, including developers, M&E officers, and public health experts.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or status as a protected veteran.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual, or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding – We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse.  All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close once a suitable candidate is found.

 

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