Consultant Role and Responsibilities
- Provide regular analytical and advisory support to the MOH rehabilitation team around addressing health systems and financing challenges in Ethiopia as they relate to rehabilitation services
- In collaboration with the Accelerator team, 1) advise the MOH rehabilitation team on opportunities (mechanisms or approaches) for integrating rehabilitation into the health system to improve service provision and 2) facilitate discussions with MOH team about options (including considerations about feasibility of implementation)
- Support the implementation of the national rehabilitation strategy
- Identify analytical needs or gaps to help inform further strategy development and needs assessment for rehabilitation in health systems
- Provide inputs to MOH rehabilitation team around best practices for rehabilitation put forth by Rehab 2030: Call for Action, WHO’s Rehabilitation Guide for Action and other normative documents available globally
- Support creation of relevant documentation to help inform evolving policy design and course correction
- Contribute to monitoring and evaluation tools
- Other responsibilities as agreed upon with the Accelerator team
- If there is a need, the consultant may support the MOH CSD in other activities related to rehabilitation with prior consultation and agreement between the MOH CSD and Accelerator teams.
- Facilitate meetings and working sessions with the MOH team to understand the country’s main systems strengthening priorities as they relate to the rehabilitation/disability agenda and map out entry points
- Liaise regularly with key rehabilitation stakeholders (MOH and other relevant government agencies, technical partners) on evolving government and programmatic priorities and decisions regarding rehabilitation
- Review and provide constructive and strategic feedback on work done by MOH, the Accelerator team and other experts involved in this work
Job Requirements
Qualifications:
- A post-graduate degree with a minimum of 10 years of working experience at a policy and strategic level related to rehabilitation, disability, or related field
- Good understanding of health systems and governance in Ethiopia
- Knowledge of rehabilitation service quality improvement and challenges related to strengthening rehabilitation in health systems at country, regional and/or global level
- Thorough knowledge of the main normative and political initiatives at the global level that provide evidence and guidance of strengthening rehabilitation in health systems
- Good understanding of health systems strengthening concepts and country-level initiatives, especially as they relate to the control and management of non-communicable disease and the intersection of health systems with disability and related sectors
- Demonstrated expertise in designing and leading qualitative and quantitative analysis
- Proven track record of producing high quality analytical products, including policy analysis at the country level. Short-listed candidates will be asked to provide samples of such work
- Ability to work in a flexible team environment and across different time zones
- Excellent client management skills and demonstrated experience of working with country level stakeholders, as well as with multilateral organizations and NGOs
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Professional fluency in English is a must. Working knowledge of Amharic will be considered an asset.
How to Apply
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