Location: Oromia, South Ethiopia, Somali Regions

Duration of contract: 1 month

Salary: ETB 37, 278.00

Required number: Fourteen (14)

Report to: Health System research directorate, Ethiopian Public Health institute (EPHI)

Job Summary: The post-holder will travel to assigned regions, and will work under the health system research directorate.

Project Information:

The Electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS) is a priority initiative of the Information Revolution, demonstrating the MOH’s intentions to further utilize technology and data to improve health service delivery, starting at the community level. The eCHIS is interconnected with the DHIS2 digital health systems to strengthen health data management. Towards this Simprints has established a new partnership with the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and the MoH to provide technical assistance in support of the broader eCHIS program across 110 woredas. Through this initiative, Simprints supports the MoH in transitioning six woredas to fully paperless operations by the end of 2026 as part of a wider paperless pilot program. In addition, the program will leverage eCHIS data and infant biometric technology to verify service delivery and support incentive payments in Oromia and Somali regions. Through this survey, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute with support from Simprints/UK, would like to conduct an evaluation and implementation research titled ‘’ Provision of research and evaluation support for the electronic community health information system (eCHIS) and biometrics-enabled performance-based incentive projects in Ethiopia.”

This information generated from this research will help as an input for Ministry of Health and Regional Health Bureaus to know to what extent has eCHIS adoption changed over the last 5 years, to what extent has the adoption of eCHIS contributed to improvements in health service delivery, and to understand HEW perspectives related to their experience and use of the eCHIS system.

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute, therefore, would like to hire competent applicant as per the following requirement.

Major duties and responsibilities:

• Must able to conduct interview at a reasonable speed using tape recorder

• Transcribe/translate qualitative data

• Identify all eligible interviewees at Woreda health extension supervisors, Health extension worker at Health Posts and Mobile Health & Nutrition team, when necessary.  

• Interview all éligible répondants in the Woreda health extension supervisors, Health extension worker at Health Posts and Mobile Health & Nutrition team, when necessary. 

• Maintain good team spirit with team members and supervisor

• Collect data as per protocol, including probing and from the right source

• Report all best practices and challenges to the supervisor

• Work under the supervision/guidance of the field supervisor

• Willingness to stay in the field and work in any Oromia, South Ethiopian and Somali régions

Job Requirements

Qualifications and experience:

• Must have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (BA) or a Master’s degree (MSc/MPH) in Anthropology, Sociology, or another health-related field.

• Candidates with a Master’s degree must have at least 2 years of proven experience in qualitative data collection, transcription, and translation.

• Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree must have at least 4 years of proven experience in qualitative data collection, transcription, and translation.

• Previous experience working with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) on at least two projects is mandatory.

Additional Job Requirements:

• Good written and spoken English and other local languages;

• Knowledge of the Ethiopian health care system;

• Excellent communication skills;

• Good written and spoken English and other local languages;

• Ability to build rapport and feel comfortable working in a team;

• Ability to read text, absorb and pick out the interesting, important and relevant parts;

• Knowledge of data backup/recovery

• Complete coding of assigned qualitative transcripts.

• Experience with software management using CSPro and NVIVO 12

• Experience in transcription, drafting of qualitative data from surveys.

• Experiences in DHIS2 or eCHIS

• Knowledge of local langage

** Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

How To Apply

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Ethiopian Public Health Institute

Remarks: Please attach copies of transcripts, academic degree, work experience  letters together with the application. If not attached the copies you may be not short listed.

Job Requirements The successful candidate should possess a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree (MSc/MPH) in Anthropology, Sociology, another health-related field, or a related discipline. Candidates with a Master’s Degree should have at least 2 years of proven professional experience in qualitative data collection, transcription, and translation. The candidate should demonstrate strong qualitative research, communication, analytical, documentation, and attention-to-detail skills. How to Apply Apply using the provided link below.