Ethiopian Nurses Association Job Vacancy September 2023

Pre-Service Education, Capacity Building Advisor and Trainer| Ethiopian Nurses Association

Scope of Work Summary

The Pre-service Education and Capacity Building Advisor for Health Workforce Improvement Program (HWIP) is responsible for coordinating project activities and closely work with Jhpiego-a consortium lead and other partners. S/he closely work with higher nursing teaching institutions, MoSHE, HERQA, MoH and government agencies to improve the quality of pre-service education and strengthen regulation of nursing education and practice. The job incumbent is expected to conduct and coordinate different workshops, and high-level sensitization meetings, generate evidence on the impacts of ENA’s interventions on quality of nursing education and practice. S/he will make a feasible plan and coordinate project to achieve the goal and objectives of the HWIP. S/he also ensure that regular monitoring and evaluation of project progresses are conducted and findings of best practices are documented and feed in to the planning process.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

Leadership:

With the Executive director, represent ENA on thematic specific issues on technical meetings, workshops, review planning;

Act as a liaison for the association with relevant stakeholders and partners, specific to preservice education and regulation improvement activities and, upon demand, for other meetings and activities such as planning meetings and provide inputs for implementation of program activities;
Coordinates and ensures efficient and effective implementation of the project with due consideration of timelines in delivering results.

Program Management & Implementation:

Work closely with relevant stakeholders including HERQA and TVET authority to improve the culture of continuous quality improvement and accreditation practices across nursing training institutions;

Work with relevant stakeholders including MoSHE, MoH, TVET authorities in strengthening the implementation of competency-based curriculum, and faculty development for nursing faculty;

Work with nursing teaching institutions to support application of contemporary learning and assessment practices in the day-to-day teaching and mentoring of students and to operationalize curricular changes and revisions, and also other educational improvement programs;

Facilitate competency-based training in key pedagogic areas like faculty development program, curriculum design and implementation, student performance assessment, and self-review and accreditation;

Facilitates competency-based training in key technical areas to build the clinical skills of nursing faculty including preceptors;

Work jointly with the executive director to coordinate planning and scheduling of activities, and ensure the smooth implementation of project events and activities as well as the overall operations of the ENA’s central office;

Provide regular support, guidance and mentoring to regional branch focal representatives, department heads and/or those working with ENA;

Conduct targeted advocacies to create awareness on the project with MoSHE, MoH, teaching institutions, practicing nurses and nursing faculty;

Participate in the development of work plans, implementation and training plans, quarterly reports and other program deliverables;

Support the development of guidelines, standards and follow-up system for preceptors

Establish formal and smooth communication strategies between project implementers (ENA national and regional branch office staff, higher education institutions etc.);

Continuously organize activity reports inline to the project work plan, submits to program unit for review and submits to donors and respected government organizations;

Conduct supportive supervision to the project implementation area;

Ensure that regular monitoring and evaluation of project progresses are conducted and findings of best practices are documented and feed in to the planning process.

Business Development

Identify and communicate potential opportunities for new business and new or leveraged funding sources;

Contribute to proposal design and writing.

Knowledge Management and Sharing

Establish & create common understanding among implementing partners, consortium members and ensure smooth implementation of the project;

Prepare project annual, bi-annual and quarterly plan and report in light of different demands (donors and government);

Ensure that activities in the plan are rightly contributing to the attainment of the project goal;

Organize review meeting to evaluate the project performance against its plan and documents the findings for improving results;

Coordinate and collaborate with organizations/ project teams and ensure timely communications and availing all project related data;

Analyze critical and emerging issues in the course of project implementation and gives the necessary and appropriate responses.

Reporting Structure

Position Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

o   Position Supervised: None

         Work Context

Working condition: Majority of the work is at office level but with potential to travel to different regions

Duration: For one year with a potential extension based on performance

Job Category: Professional

E-Mail :         ethiopian.nurses@gmail.com

Phone :         NA

Job Details

Job Title       :         Pre-Service Education, Capacity Building Advisor and Trainer

Date Posted/Updated        :         Sept 01/2023

Application Deadline :         Sept 11/2023

Type of Employment                    Contract

Contract Duration    :         1 year (subject to availability of funds, satisfactory performance and continuing need for the position)

Job Requirements

Job Requirement:

• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform;
• Effective interpersonal communication skills in English and Amharic (written and oral) with strong presentation and writing skills;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with national and international staff and partners, and flexible;
• Self-motivated, highly organized and detail oriented;
• Computer Literacy (Word, Excel and power point);
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and foster trust and respect;
• Ability to travel for field activities (may reach a peak level of up to 30% of the time).

Education and Experience

• MSc in Nursing or with a background in nursing or other health related fields (Nursing background is preferred);
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in pre-service education related programs at   higher education system or non-government organizations, in managing health programs particularly in improving health education and health care services delivery and familiarity to the Ethiopian health development sector and higher health education system;
• Qualified clinical health care provider as nurse, health officer, midwife, or other and an in-depth understanding of higher education system in the country (clinical nursing practice is preferred);
• Understanding of performance quality improvement issues and approaches in a clinical setting; in pre-service education and in-service training, etc.;
• Advanced training and ToT in areas of health professions education and regulation area is advantageous (ToT in clinical education or clinical mentorship is essential)
• Proven experience in working with FMoH, MoSHE/MoE, TVET Agency, RHBs or higher education institutions.
• Qualified clinical health care provider as nurse or other and an in-depth understanding of higher education system in the country (clinical nursing practice in TVET is preferred);
• Understanding of performance quality improvement issues and approaches in a clinical setting; in pre-service education and in-service training, etc;
• Experience in NGO environment is advantageous;
• Project /Program coordinating training certificate is an added value.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform;
• Effective interpersonal communication skills in English and Amharic (written and oral) with strong presentation and writing skills;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with national and international staff and partners, and flexible;
• Self-motivated, highly organized and detail oriented;
• Computer Literacy (Word, Excel and power point);
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and foster trust and respect;
• Ability to travel for field activities (may reach a peak level of up to 30% of the time).

Head of Finance

Job Description

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Manage the monthly and yearly financial statements and budgets, including monthly and quarterly forecasting and variance analysis
• Organize the day-to-day budget and financial operations encompassing monitoring and clearance, financial accounting and reporting, workplan and award management including cash flow forecasting and monitoring, while liaising with relevant team members.
• Monitor the financial health of properties to ensure profitability and compliance with budget targets
• Update property records for existing and potential new tenants
• Analyze and interpret financial data to prepare reports, financial statements, and presentations
• Prepare schedules, budgets, and forecasts
• Support the funding allocations and awards, prepare necessary forms for the awards’ cycle and implements all budgetary and financial actions, this includes workplan funding requests, submission of award budgets, reprogramming of awards and preparation of expenditure batches, while ensuring speedy response to the incident management team’s financial requests. Ensure expenditures are appropriately charged to awards in line with the conditions in agreements with donors.
• Follow-up on donor proposals and reporting deadlines; verify and provide budgetary clearance to proposals and reports for resource mobilization team, ensure compliance with relevant financial policies, procedures and emergency SOPs.
• Track and report on financing against budget: monitor implementation rates, consolidate financial data, prepare periodic/ad hoc budgetary and financial statements and returns, identify financial gaps, and recommend alternative action to mangers as appropriate.
• Update and maintain an accurate tracking system of all financial activities pertaining to the emergency preparedness, recovery and response operations at the country level.
• Ensure accurate recording of financial transactions, calculation and payment of salaries, allowances and other payments to staff, non-staff, contractors and vendors.
• Analyze expenditures against approved allocations, reconcile cash books with bank statements.
• Brief/debrief staff members, consultants, on relevant financial and budgetary rules and procedures.

Follow-up on any outstanding audit recommendations related to area of work.

Phone : NA

Job Details

Job Title : Head of Finance

Date Posted/Updated : Sept 01/2023

Application Deadline : Sept 11/2023

Type of Employment Contract 

Contract Duration : 1 year (subject to availability of funds, satisfactory performance and continuing need for the position)

Job Requirements

Education

• Essential: University degree in accounting, financial management, business or public administration or economics with specialization in budgeting/accounting
  Desirable: An advanced university degree (Masters level or above) in business administration, finance, accounting, or related fields. professional qualification or licensure in accounting/accountancy.

Experience

• Essential: At least two years professional experience in finance, budget/accounting. Demonstrated experience in accounting and consolidation of financial data using Peachtree.
  Desirable: Prior experience in working with the international NGO’s and professional associations. Relevant experience with USAID, GIZ, EU Health Cluster Partners

Skills

• Thorough knowledge of accounting, budgetary and financial management principles and their application. Excellent understanding of accounting practices and procedures, including the application of IPSAS. Strong analytical, time management and problem-solving skills. Knowledge of EU or GIZ rules, regulations, policies and practices would be an asset.
• Strong understanding of core financial concepts
• Experience in financial planning and analysis
• Demonstrated success in financial modeling, budgeting, and cost control
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Experience with property management information systems
• Experience with Excel (financial projections and forecasting)
• Experience with Word (financial projections and forecasting)
• Demonstrated success in financial modeling, budgeting, and cost control
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English.

Monthly Salary  :          

     Per scale

At the Ethiopian Nurses Association, we value diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are equal opportunity employers, and we’re committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. 

Regulation & Capacity Building Advisor and trainer

Scope of Work Summary

The Regulation and Capacity Building Advisor for strengthening the nursing workforce training in Ethiopia project (GIZ-ENA project) is responsible for coordinating Nurses education and practice regulation activities including national COC examination, continuous professional development (CPD), scope of practice, and accreditation. S/he is expected to closely work with nursing teaching institutions, MoE, ETA, MoH, MoLS, TVET authorities, health facilities, government agencies and regional health bureaus to strengthen regulation of nursing education and practices at the TVET level. S/he will make a feasible plan and coordinate project to achieve the goal and objectives of the nursing workforce training in Ethiopia project.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

Leadership:

• With the Executive director, represent ENA on thematic specific issues on technical meetings, workshops, review planning;
• Act as a liaison for the association with relevant stakeholders and partners, specific to healthcare regulation activities and, upon demand, for other meetings and activities such as planning meetings and provide inputs for implementation of program activities;
• Coordinates and ensures efficient and effective implementation of the project with due consideration of timelines in delivering results.
• Lead in all regional nursing related documentation efforts for the project, including compilation of monthly/quarterly/annual reports.
• Assists and support the staff in developing critical thinking and professional judgment.
• Lead CPD related activities of ENA
• Program Management & Implementation:
• Work with relevant stakeholders including MoE, MoH, TVET authorities, RHBs, health facilities and nursing teaching institutions in strengthening the implementation of regulatory activities including continuous professional development (CPD), national licensing examination, accreditation, and faculty development programs;
• Participate with other professional associations in the review of existing regulation standards, guidelines, operating procedures (including scope of practice) and shared course materials;
• Closely work with key stakeholders to resolve issues related to CPD and regulation activities, policies and resources;
• Support the revision of nursing policies, protocols and procedures using evidence-based information;
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team/system at national and regional levels to integrate the nursing perspective into a comprehensive plan of health care services and support for the patient/family at all health institutions;
• Facilitate competency-based training in key regulation areas like instructional design, accreditation and self-review, and licensing exam development;
• Identify training and development needs of nursing through job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with concerned partners at national, regional and facility levels;
• Develop training programs from scratch (from the initial need assessment, design, development, implementation and evaluation);
• Design and expand training and development programs based on the needs of health facilities and the individual nurse
• Create and/or deliver a range of e-learning CPD packages and manage the overall delivery of training and development programs (including the use of the already existing free online training packages by relevant global bodies.
• Introduce and maintain a reliable post-training follow-up system to monitor and review the progress of trainees;
• Support and facilitate active use of CPD database at national/regional office;
• Evaluate the effectiveness and impacts of training and development programs;
• Develop, pilot, implement, evaluate, and incorporate innovative models of training and development activities (CPD) across the nation;
• Amend and revise training programs as necessary, in order to adapt to changes occurring in policy directions and the work environment;
• Keep up to date with developments in training by reading relevant journals, going to meetings and attending relevant courses;
• Support for the creation of nursing care environment that stimulates continuous self-learning, reflective practice, feeling of ownership and demonstration of responsibility and accountability;
• Mentor nurses to acquire new skills, develop their careers and effectively incorporate evidence into practice;
• Research new technologies and methodologies in workplace learning and utilize this opportunity to devise a training strategy for the organization;
• Coordinate and record evaluation of the impact of regulatory activities (i.e. professional development program, licensing and accreditation) after a suitable interval to enable ENA and policy makers to correct approaches;
• Develop innovative plan to improve regulation of nurses’ education and practice;
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders including HERQA and TVET authority to improve the culture of continuous quality improvement and accreditation practices across nursing training institutions;
• Support nursing teaching institutions to develop and implement continuous self-review and utilize findings to develop improvement plan;
• Work jointly with the Chief executive director and project advisors to coordinate planning and scheduling of activities, and ensure the smooth implementation of project events and activities as well as the overall operations of the ENA central office;
• Provide regular support, guidance and mentoring to regional branch focal representatives, department heads and/or those working with ENA;
• Participate in the development of work plans, implementation and training plans, quarterly reports and other program deliverables;
• Conduct supportive supervision to the project implementation area;
• Ensure that regular monitoring and evaluation of project progresses are conducted and findings of best practices are documented and feed in to the planning process.
• Involve in ENA membership increment activities, and manage ENA membership data
• Provide training to the preceptors and TEVET trainers 
• Develop and accredit CPD courses for preceptors and TVET trainers 
• Develop logbook and other documents 

Business Development

• Identify and communicate potential opportunities for new business and new or leveraged funding sources;
• Contribute to proposal design and writing.

Knowledge Management and Sharing

• Establish& create common understanding among implementing partners, consortium members and ensure smooth implementation of the project;
• Prepare project annual, bi-annual and quarterly plan and report in light of different demands (donors and government);
• Ensure that activities in the plan are rightly contributing to the attainment of the project goal;
• Organize review meeting to evaluate the project performance against its plan and documents the findings for improving results;
• Coordinate and collaborates with organizations/ project teams and ensure timely communications and availing all project related data;
• Design and utilize CPD dashboard effectively;
• Analyze critical and emerging issues in the course of project implementation and gives the necessary and appropriate responses.

Location: ENA Head Office, Addis Ababa

Reporting Structure

Position Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Position Supervised: None

Work Context

Working condition: Majority of the work is at office level but with potential to travel to different regions.

Duration: For one year with a potential extension based on performance

Job Category: Professional

Education Level : Master’s degree 

Experience : 3-5 years

Location

City : Addis Ababa

Country : Ethiopia

Salary Details

Monthly Salary : Per scale

Contact Person : Teshager Worku/wondu tesfaye 

E-Mail : ethiopian.nurses@gmail.com

Phone : NA

Job Details

Date Posted/Updated : Sept 01/2023

Application Deadline : Sept 11/2023

Type of Employment:   Contract 

Contract Duration : 1 year (subject to availability of funds, satisfactory performance and continuing need for the position)

Job Requirements

Job Requirement:

• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform;
• Effective interpersonal communication skills in English and Amharic (written and oral) with strong presentation and writing skills;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with national and international staff and partners, and flexible;
• Self-motivated, highly organized and detail oriented;
• Computer Literacy (Word, Excel and power point);
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and foster trust and respect;
• Ability to travel for field activities (may reach a peak level of up to 30% of the time).

Education and Qualifications

• MSc in nursing or with a background in nursing or other health related fields (Nursing background is preferred);
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in CPD and regulation strengthening area (worked as a CPD director is preferred),
•  Qualified clinical health care provider as nurse, health officer, midwife, or other and an in-depth understanding of higher education system in the country (clinical nursing practice in TVET is preferred);
• Understanding of performance quality improvement issues and approaches in a clinical setting; in pre-service education and in-service training, etc;
• Proven experience in working with FMoH, MoSHE/MoE, RHBs, government agencies, sister professional associations, and nursing higher education institutions;
• Advanced training and ToT in areas of health professions education and regulation area is advantageous;
• Experience in NGO environment is advantageous;
• Previous relevant experience in areas of developing, managing CPD courses, engage in accreditation process of CPD courses
• Proven engagement in CPD related committee, guideline and directive development and modification 

Education Level:      Master’s degree

Experience  :               3-5 years

How to Apply

At the Ethiopian Nurses Association, we value diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are equal opportunity employers, and we’re committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Only qualified and interested applicants can send/submit the following documents through email: ethiopian.nurses@gmail.com  or physically to ENA office

A cover letter / application letter (not more than one page)

A CV (not more than 3 pages),

A one-page table summarizing educational background, work experience, technical skills and competencies to facilitate the screening process.

Refer the vacancy announcement while doing this.Please DO NOT SUBMIT scanned copies of transcripts, academic degrees or recommendation letters with your application. You will provide them upon request. Make sure that you state the title of the position on the subject of your email.

Note:

All travel and recruitment related costs should be covered by the applicant.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

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