Health Systems Strengthening Lead

About the role

World Vision Ethiopia is hiring a Health Systems Strengthening Lead for a local fixed-term position in Addis Ababa. The role leads planning, implementation, quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation, and documentation of health systems strengthening projects, working with FCI hubs, spokes, FBO facilities, government facilities and communities.

Key responsibilities

• Lead project planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting, develop annual work plans and procurement plans, and supervise Project Officers.
• Coordinate quarterly review meetings and strengthen referral and back-referral mechanisms between community and facilities.
• Ensure quality implementation of project materials, safeguarding, disability inclusion, gender and conflict sensitivity standards, and coordinate technical support from F&D, Peacebuilding and MEAL teams.
• Address commodity and equipment gaps, link FCI-supported facilities with government procurement and supply-chain systems, and improve forecasting, stock monitoring and maintenance.
• Use DHIS2, eCHIS and other digital systems, and build functional performance dashboards and data-review mechanisms.
• Strengthen coordination with the Federal Ministry of Health, Regional Health Bureaus and Woreda Health Offices, and align interventions with national policies and standards.
• Work with the MEAL Specialist on data collection, baseline, outcome and endline evaluations, quarterly learning reviews and lessons learned.
• Monitor expenditure against budget, ensure donor compliance and grant standards, prepare programmatic reports and coordinate audits and reviews.
• Produce quarterly reports, learning briefs and success stories, and lead the project's documentation and knowledge management approach.

Required profile

• Medical Doctor, or a bachelor's degree in public health, nursing or health officer plus a master's degree in public health, health systems or health services management, quality improvement or a related field.
• Current professional registration or license with the relevant Ethiopian professional body, where applicable.
• At least 8 years of experience in health systems strengthening, clinical service quality or health service management in Ethiopia, including at least 3 years in a technical advisory or leadership role on a donor-funded programme.
• Experience designing or managing clinical mentorship, supportive supervision or quality-improvement systems at scale, and operating hub-and-spoke or referral-based service-delivery models.
• Experience with the Federal Ministry of Health, regional and woreda health offices, and with the EFDA, EPSS and EHAQ.
• Experience designing, implementing and evaluating HSS programmes and leading complex, multi-partner health programmes.

Required skills

• Demonstrated working knowledge of DHIS2 and eCHIS.
• Health systems, primary healthcare, health governance, quality improvement, health workforce, health financing, health information, supply chain, digital health, community health, capacity building, MEAL and knowledge management.
• Leadership, coordination, facilitation, negotiation, stakeholder engagement, problem solving and analytical thinking.