Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Closing Date: 08-Apr-2024
Job Description
Background Information – Job-specific
Organizational Context
UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.
Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing our partners’ expectations.
With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it.
A flexible structure and global reach means that we can quickly respond to our partners’ needs, while offering the benefits of economies of scale.
Ethiopia Multi-country office (ETMCO) sub-region currently consists of an established Operation Centre in Addis Ababa which manages a portfolio of engagements in four (4) Horn of Africa countries (Ethiopia, Djibouti, Sudan and South Sudan). ETMCO focuses on Infrastructure, Procurement, Project Management, HR and Transactional Services, and Fund Management services across a wide range of sectors including Health, Education, Agriculture, Resilient infrastructure among others.
Our goal is to support countries, help people in need and enable our partners through delivering on our mandate of infrastructure, procurement and project management in the countries in the Horn of Africa. Building on our global experience successfully delivering projects in complex operating environments, a healthy pipeline of engagements are at various stages of discussion with our priority partners.
Project Background
UNOPS has signed a project agreement with the Ministry of Health to strengthen the Capacity of the Ministry for the Realization of Health Sector Development and Investment Plan (HSDIP) on selected priorities. This project will be implemented in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the overall objective/purpose is to contribute towards the realization of selected strategic priorities of the Health Sector Development and Investment Plan (HSDIP) which is more on project management focusing on institutional capacity building, technical assistance etc. UNOPS is selected to manage and implement the project by creating a project management unit (PMU).
This unit will be formed by a group of experts and specialists in the relevant matters that will be in charge of delivering the outputs.
The Project Management Support Senior Officer will report to the UNOPS Project Manager and will be working in close and day-to-day collaboration with the client institution, particularly the Strategic Affairs Office. The PM will also gather feedback from the client to manage and assess the deliverables.
Strategic Initiative:
- Enhance informed decision making and innovation
- Improve health financing
Scope of Work/ Objective
The Project Management Support – Senior Officer will provide technical support in the Policy Plan, Monitoring, Evaluation Directorate of the Ministry of Health in Strengthening Policy and Plan preparation process.
Functional Responsibilities
- Build strong partnerships with the government and other key stakeholders to ensure implementation of “One plan, One budget and One report”
- Prepare and share term of reference for annual plan preparation
- Actively participate in different technical working groups
- Capacitate planners working at national, regional and woreda as well as facility level
- Prepare planning tools and guidelines that help the health sector
- Support to develop harmonized and aligned strategy and annual plan
- Ensure successful implementation of the plan for achieving health outputs, outcomes and impacts
- Organize Woreda Based Health Sector Plan at national level and assess and identify any gaps in process of Woreda Based Health Sector Planning Process
- Facilitate to conduct Woreda based plan reconciliation
- Facilitate quality plan alignment with different stakeholders
- Provide support to cascade the core plan up to individual level.
- Enhance partnership with different stakeholders to actively participate in the planning and align their respective plan with the health sector
- Provide support in preparation of performance report;
- Support strengthening multi-sectoral collaboration
- Work with governmental and non-governmental partners to strengthen the implementation of health policy.
- Organize the financial gap of the health sector by geographical and programmatic areas
- Undertake other responsibilities within the scope of the role.
- The strategic plan of the sector (HSDIP) is cascaded and contextualized in all regions
- Plan implementation are periodically reviewed and critically analyzed for feedbacks
- Annual work plans are readily available harmonized among regions, and directorates and sector agencies
- One plan, one budget and one report approach is fully adhered to and technical support is ensured to all.
- Federal and regional planning experts are mentored and coached
- Monthly and quarterly progress report submitted
The above deliverables are only indicative and are subject to change within the scope of role.
Education/Experience/Language requirements
Education
- Advanced University Degree (Master’s Degree or equivalent) in Public health or other related fields is required. OR
- First-level University Degree (Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent) in Public health or other related fields with an additional two (2) years relevant experience may be considered in lieu of the advanced degree.
Experience
- A minimum of two (2) years professional work experience working in developing the Health Sector Strategic Plan and managing health programs including health sector planning, policy analysis and monitoring and evaluation is required.
- Practical experience and skills on planning tools, such as, one-health, balanced scorecard is desirable.
- Experience within the Ethiopian health system and government policy planning and monitoring is desirable
- Proven ability to analyze routine health information and survey results and prepare analytical reports is required is desirable
- Proficiency in use of spreadsheets, G-Suits, SPSS, is an asset.
- Experience in program designing, planning, capacity building and ability to develop Health Sector Monitoring & Evaluation tools and databases is desirable.
- Familiarity with health systems policies and sectoral reform processes; good skill in analysis of situations, projection and scenario developments is desirable
- Fluency in spoken, written and reading English is required.
- Knowledge of another UN official language is an asset.