Public Sector Strengthening Specialist
Marie Stopes International EthiopiaAbout This Role
This is an operational and advisory role focused on improving the capacity of public health facilities in Tigray. Rather than providing direct clinical care, you will act as a bridge between Marie Stopes International Ethiopia’s strategic goals and the real-world performance of government-run clinics. The position suits a professional with a blend of project management, health systems thinking, and on-the-ground problem-solving skills, especially someone comfortable working in a post-conflict or resource-constrained setting.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The emphasis on planning, coordinating, and supervising suggests the employer is looking for someone who can turn broad program objectives into concrete, measurable actions at the facility level. The requirement to “conduct studies and recommend feasible techniques” implies that the ideal candidate is not just a doer, but also an analyst who can assess local conditions and propose context-appropriate solutions. This role likely demands strong report-writing and data interpretation skills, as the specialist must compile performance reports that inform funding and strategic decisions.
How to Approach This Application
Focus your application on specific examples of how you have improved the performance of public health facilities or similar institutions, especially in challenging environments. Highlight any experience with data collection, monitoring and evaluation, or capacity-building training. Because the role is based in Mekelle, the employer will prioritize candidates who demonstrate a strong understanding of Tigray’s health system landscape and the unique obstacles facilities face there—mention any regional experience or relevant stakeholder relationships.
Who This Role Suits
This role is best suited for a mid-career health program specialist with hands-on experience in public sector strengthening or health system management, ideally in northern Ethiopia. Given the specificity of the location and sector, competition will be moderate, but candidates with proven success in fragile or post-crisis settings will stand out.
JOB SUMMARY
Working with and reporting to the Area Programs Manager, the Public sector Strengthening Expert will be responsible for the planning, organizing, coordinating, and supervising the public facility strengthening operation in the area programs office. He/she will be tasked with conducting studies and recommending feasible techniques used to select public facilities for support; monitor progress and develop mechanisms to support their activities; provide technical support to the public facilities and compile performance reports of project implementation. He/she is also responsible for the timely preparation and submission of monthly performance reports to the Area Programs Manager.
DUTIES/TASKS
- Ensures that the public facilities strengthening programme is implemented according to the approved donor agreements and MSI programme standards.
- Produces monthly, quarterly and annual performance reports and any other relevant information and submits to immediate supervisor and/or channel lead.
- Performs periodic performance reviews of the public facilities strengthening activities.
- Participates in the area office annual activity planning.
- Conducts regular supportive supervision
- Supports the health facility in clinical quality improvement activities including providers’ competency assessment, clinical quality internal audit, medical emergency management, etc.
- Provides on the job training, mentorship and coaching on site on SRH services, including CFP/PAC, postpartum family planning services of the facilities to meet MSI quality standards.
- Provide on the job support, mentorship an coaching of designated personnel from health offices on quality assurance approaches
- Ensures the incident reporting standards are in place within the supported facilities.
- Prepares annual plan of operation of the public facilities activity based on the operational plan and relevant project document.
- Provides other technical support to the sites as required under the MSIE agreement.
- Evaluates the progress of the supported sites of the Area Programs Office against set targets and key performance indicators (KPIs), prepares and submits annual and monthly project performance reports in line with MSI requirements.
- Distributes commodities and medical supplies as per the identified needs.
- Develops and periodically reviews the support agreement if implemented as per the agreement.
- Collects service reports from the facilities and timely input them into MSIE's online data entry systems.
- Reviews service data for accuracy and conduct routine spot checks.
- Assess and timely document and disseminate best practices and /lessons learned from the sites.
- Undertakes follow-up and interim performance evaluation of the sites.
- Coordinates or facilitates training of public facilities providers identified in the Area Programs Office.
- Carries out other similar activities as assigned by his/her line manager.
PERSON SPECIFICATIONS
Qualification Requirements
Education:
BSc/MSc/MPH in Nursing or Public Health.
Trainings:
Certificates in SRH/FP, CAC, nutrition
Experience:
Four years of related experience for MSc and Six years for BSc
Skills, Attitudes and Attributes
- Understanding major policies/issues of large bilateral/multilateral donors, government policies, regional policies.
- Strong working knowledge of business practices in the country.
- Collaborative approach to teamwork.
- Strong personal commitment to the goals of MSI and to put it into practice.
- Good interpersonal/communication skills - both oral and written.
- Advanced analytical and organizational skills.
- Negotiation skills.
- Knowledge of local Languages where applicable is required.
- Pro-choice
How To Apply
How to Apply
We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to download and fill the job application form from https://mariestopes.org.et/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/06/MSIE-Job-Application-Form.pdf and email to [email protected] before the closing date of this announcement on August 6,2026 i.e. within Ten (10) consecutive days.
Please note that we ONLY consider those who filled in the application form and send us back. We regret to inform that we do not accept CV at this stage.
Please mention the title of the position and workplace you applied for on the subject line of your email.
Due to the volume of applications, we will only contact shortlisted candidates, and we are unable to provide any feedback on unsuccessful applications.
CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
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