The Ethiopian Nurses Association (ENA) is the first health professional association in Ethiopia, established in 1952 and a member of the International Council of Nurses (ICN). ENA is a legally recognized professional association that represents over 86,000 nurses in Ethiopia, striving to standardize, and promote quality-nursing services to society through research, education, leadership, and good governance. The association is currently working in harmony with policymakers and other stakeholders to improve the health service. The overall objective of ENA is to improve nursing profession and nurses through training, regulation, leadership, research and improving the quality of nursing service to the society, and improving the health outcomes. It also aims at enhancing the use of health care services with digital health information technologies for Professional empowerment and improves professional governance and leadership with integrity.

Scope of Work Summary

• The Pre-Service Education, Capacity Building Advisor and Trainer is responsible for coordinating the sub awarded Sustainable Training and Education Programme (STEP) III project activities and closely work with GIZ-Ethiopia and other partners.
• S/he closely work with higher nursing teaching institutions, Ministry of Education (MoE), Ministry of Health (MoH), Ethiopian Education and Training Authority (ETA) and government agencies to improve the quality of pre-service education and strengthen regulation of nursing education and practice focusing on technical and vocational education and training (TVET).
• 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 Chief Executive Officer (CEO), 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 ETA and TVET authority to improve the culture of continuous quality improvement and accreditation practices across nursing training institutions;
• Work with relevant stakeholders including MoE, 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 CEO 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 MoE, 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;
• Involve in ENA membership increment activities, and manage ENA membership data
• 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 and stakeholders 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

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

Type of Employment: Contract

Contract Duration : 1 year to be renewed every 6 months and subject to availability of funds, satisfactory performance and continuing need for the position

Job Requirements

Qualifications/Skills

• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform;
• Effective interpersonal communication skills in English (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 (most preferred) 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;
• 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 MoH, MoE, TVET Agency, Regional Health Bureaus (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;
• Ability to travel for field activities (may reach a peak level of up to 30% of the time).
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and foster trust and respect;