Hub HRH Coordinator (Shashemene)

About the role

Jhpiego is recruiting a Hub HRH Coordinator for its Area Implementation Team in the Shashemene Hub, Ethiopia. The Coordinator provides overall technical, operational and managerial leadership for the Hub, translating national Human Resources for Health (HRH) strategies into implementation across Regional Health Bureaus, Zonal Health Departments, Woreda Health Offices, Primary Health Care Units, hospitals, Higher Education Institutions and professional associations. The project supports the Government of Ethiopia in strengthening HRH systems, especially in underserved and fragile settings.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the Hub's Area Implementation Team, turn annual work plans into Hub implementation plans and schedules, and coordinate implementation across government health structures and implementing partners.
• Provide technical oversight of competency-based education, accreditation, continuing professional development, professional regulation, workforce management, digital HRH and organizational strengthening.
• Act as Jhpiego's main point of contact in the Hub, strengthening government ownership and institutional capacity.
• Supervise and coach Hub HRH Advisors, program support staff, Professional Association Woreda Officers and consultants, and run performance reviews.
• Coordinate Professional Association sub-awards and monitor their technical quality and contractual performance.
• Ensure technical quality through field monitoring, supportive supervision, quality audits and corrective action plans.
• Work with the MEL team on monitoring, learning and adaptive management, and support quarterly performance reviews and CLA activities.
• Support work plans, budgets, forecasts and expenditure monitoring, and coordinate logistics, procurement planning and travel.
• Document best practices, innovations and lessons learned, and represent Jhpiego in regional technical working groups and government review meetings.

Required profile

• Master's degree or higher in Health Professions Education, Public Health, Health Systems Management, Health Workforce Development, Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery, Anesthesia, Health Policy, Health Administration, Leadership or another relevant discipline.
• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in HRH, health systems strengthening, primary health care strengthening or related fields.
• At least 5 years leading complex HRH or HSS programs, regional implementation teams or multi-partner initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, coordinating multi-site implementation and assisting government institutions.
• Experience managing internationally funded health programs and multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Strong understanding of Ethiopia's HRH architecture, regulatory environment and decentralized health system.
• Excellent written and spoken English; professional proficiency in Amharic is required.

Required skills

• Competency-based education, educational quality improvement and accreditation
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and professional regulation
• Monitoring, evaluation, research, learning and adaptation (MERLA)
• Strategic leadership, program management, stakeholder engagement and negotiation

Salary is stated as 22,966 - 30,207 USD per year. Applicants apply online through the Jhpiego careers site with a single document containing a cover letter, resume and references; the selection process includes a pre-employment background check. Applications close on 10 November 2026.