Field Director Job – Ethiopia

Vacancy Name: Field Director – Ethiopia
Work Location: Ethiopia
Location Country: Ethiopia

Company Overview
Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved – and is committed to continuing to improve – economies, societies and most importantly, people’s lives.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.
Project Overview and Role
Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.
For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved – and is committed to continuing to improve – economies, societies and most importantly, people’s lives.
Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.
The purpose of the Ethiopia Electronic Health Information System (e-HIS) project is to support the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in strengthening and modernizing the national Health Information System of Ethiopia. The project will involve supporting the government of Ethiopia to develop and bring to scale priority electronic health information systems, instill a culture of data use, build capacity and governance for the improved HIS, and ensure integrated systems by fostering stakeholder collaboration

Responsibilities
Under the leadership of the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP), the Field Director will oversee the field operations of a USAID-funded project to strengthen national health information systems in Ethiopia, translating strategic direction into project outcome results at sub-national levels. S/he will be responsible for ensuring that all field approaches are:

In-line with the technical direction and oversight of the data demand and use, capacity building, governance, and health information system leads
Are standardized across the regions and districts of Ethiopia
Are expanded to incorporate county specific activities for regions with differentiated needs
S/he will bridge the project sub-purposes, namely increasing leadership and management capacity of regional and district governments for effective adoption and implementation of electronic health information systems and increasing demand and use of quality data at sub-national levels.

Key Responsibilities
Oversee and direct the work of all project technical and support staff in line with project strategic direction, including project finances, administration, logistics, training, planning, and coordinating of technical assistance to the sub-national level in Ethiopia including:

Direct and manage of all project field staff and advisors, consultants and experts
Coordinate contracting of local technical experts and provide support to contextualizing and adapting training materials

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