PATH National Technical Assistant Jobs 2022 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs. PATH Ethiopia looking for “National Technical Assistant”. Applicants with a degree in Masters Degree may apply on or before 28th Nov 2022.
PATH is an international, nonprofit global health organization based in Seattle, with 1,600 employees in more than 70+ offices around the world. Its president and CEO is Nikolaj Gilbert, who is also the Managing Director and CEO of Foundations for Appropriate Technologies in Health, PATH’s Swiss subsidiary.
PATH National Technical Assistant Jobs 2022
The PATH has published a job vacancy announcement on 18th Nov 2022 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of National Technical Assistant to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| Recruiter | Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) |
| Position | National Technical Assistant |
| Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Masters Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Ten years |
| Application Deadline | 28th Nov 2022 |
PATH Job Vacancy 2022
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide technical support to national EPI team and national Communication Technical Working Group (C-TWG) to ensure the demand generation strategies and approaches are developed and implemented to reach all the eligible population with COVID-19 vaccine and routine immunization services
- Coordinate and liaise with national EPI team, UNICEF and partners for bi-weekly C-TWG meetings and ad-hoc meetings as necessary including preparation of meeting agenda, meeting minutes and any necessary follow up actions
- Support C-TWG to develop plans and activities to promote COVID-19 vaccine, increase trust in health and immunization services, and generate demand and uptake for COVID-19 vaccine among eligible population
- Provide support to develop/revise, implement, and update national demand generation strategy with approaches, plans and activities geared towards generating demand for COVID-19 vaccine and other primary health care (PHC) services, as needed
- Support the development and endorsement of C4D activities for the vaccine introduction at the central level including development, review, and pre-testing of multi-channel communication materials
- Support organization of targeted advocacy and social mobilization workshops
- Coordinate with the government and media agencies at the central level on regular public opinion monitoring and social listening particularly on rumors, fake news, media coverage on AEFI cases and misinformation around COVID-19 vaccines and broader immunization services
- Provide support for capacity building of frontline health workers, social mobilizers, media and hotline operators on demand generation activities including risk communication plan
- Facilitate and participate in monitoring and evaluation for demand generation and risk communication activities for the COVID-19 vaccine delivery including conducting rapid assessment for public awareness, acceptance, hesitancy and trust around the COVID-19 vaccine and field visits to regions in close collaboration with national EPI team and UNICEF
- Ensure demand generation approaches used are tailored, culture, gender and religion sensitive, inclusive, consultative, and participatory to carry along all stakeholders
- Collect human-interest stories from the field on the voices and experiences of communities and stakeholders around the introduction and roll out of COVID-19 vaccine in Ethiopia
- Conduct regular field monitoring and evaluation missions to Regions, Zones and Woredas to oversee implementation progresses and quality.
- And any other activity as requested by the supervisor.
Position in Organization:
- National Technical Assistant
- Tracking Code: 11621
- Job Location: Addis Ababa, Ādīs Ābeba, Ethiopia
- Company Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Qualification & Experience:
- Master’s degree or higher in public health communications, and or other relevant behavioral/social science field.
- Minimum ten (10) years’ experience in public health programming, policy or research, with at least five (5) years’ experience in the area of immunization and maternal/child health programs.
- Experience managing a comprehensive strategic behavior change program, including communications to advance an organization’s mission and goals required.
- Formal training in and demonstrated understanding of theories and frameworks relating to individual behavior change and broader social responses, the evidence base for social and behavioral/communications interventions and best practices and familiarity with the current SBC literature is preferred.
- Hands-on experience designing, planning, implementing and evaluating behavioral interventions and/or communication campaigns is highly desirable.
- Proven ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with government, partners, donors and international organizations at various levels.
- Skilled in successfully working with geographically dispersed teams and working in a multi-cultural environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team, including cross-cultural teams.
- Experience developing various web/print/social media or organizing events desired.
- Substantial experience in social and behavior change programming required.
- Excellent analytical, written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to travel to regions, estimated to be about 40%.
How to Apply PATH National Technical Assistant Jobs 2022
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://path.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&jobid=305883&company_id=15780&version=1&source=ONLINE&jobOwner=1014774&aid=1
The Closing Date: 28th Nov 2022.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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| Official Website | www.path.org |
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