Ethiopian Public Health Institute Job Vacancy March 2024

Postdoctoral researcher in Implementation Research

Background 

The “Enabling environments for NCD risk reduction in Ethiopia” (ENABLE) project is funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe (Grant agreement ID: 101137232). ENABLE aims to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Ethiopia by reducing the life-long prevalence of major NCD risk factors among pregnant women through multi-level actions to promote healthy diets, physical activity and reduce exposure to air pollution in a clean and supportive urban environment. The ENABLE project is dedicated to the implementation of pragmatic and effective interventions for promoting healthy diets, physical activity and reduce exposure to air pollution within a health-promoting urban environment for pregnant women and their families from the antenatal care entry point, as well as from the community. 

The project is coordinated by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), and the consortium is comprised of 9 more international and Ethiopian partners. From Ethiopia, Jimma University (JU), Haramaya University (HU) and Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), along with international partners from University of Oslo (UiO), Lund University (LU), Uppsala University (UU), Wageningen University (WU), Vital Strategies, and Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR).

This project aims to implement an intervention package for NCD prevention and health promotion targeted at pregnant women in Ethiopia, using digital tools. Delivered by health workers in primary health care facilities during antenatal care, this role emphasizes understanding and tailoring interventions and digital tools to the local context and stakeholder needs, along with evaluating the intervention’s impact.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The postdoctoral researcher will have the responsibility of conducting high-quality implementation research as a part of the Enabling Environments for NCD Risk Reduction in Ethiopia (ENABLE) project. This includes designing and executing studies, analyzing data, and communicating the results through peer-reviewed scientific publications, to identified national and international stakeholders, through presentations at relevant conferences and in other relevant fora.

Responsibilities:

1. Conduct implementation research with senior research support from EPHI and NIPH (Norway).
2. Coordinate and support implementation research to understand the local context and the needs of stakeholders (i.e. pregnant women, healthcare workers, and community leaders) .
3. Contribute to the development of interventions that could support prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among pregnant women, which could be implemented within the existing structure of antenatal care (ANC) services.
4. Support the tailoring and implementation of a digital tool and contribute to delivery of the interventions through the digital tool. 
5. Contribute to comprehensive process evaluation. 
6. Lead and contribute to the development of scientific manuscripts and other relevant communication products (i.e., website, newsletter, and commentaries) in collaboration with ENABLE partners.
7. Responsible for managing continuous communication with the ENABLE partners, health center staff, and project managers engaged in the implementation and/or evaluation of the implementation of ENABLE interventions.
8. Other project related activities identified by the research team lead and principal investigator.

Duty station/Location

• The successful candidate will be based in EPHI – Addis Ababa with frequent travels to study sites.

Timeline

• The postdoctoral will be recruited as soon as possible for a period of 24 months.

Management and reporting

• The postdoctoral will work under the project directors(PIs)  supervision of the EPHI and NIPHI with oversight from work package lead 

Job Requirements

• Ph.D. in public health or other related field, with a focus on maternal and child health.
• Prior experience in qualitative and quantitative data analysis, interpretation, and presentation.   
• Proven experience in implementation research. Experience with implementation of digital tools (i.e. mhealth; ehealth, digital health) is desirable.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with primary healthcare workers and stakeholders and supervise field research works.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. 

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants can send application letters, curriculum vitae, and copies of supporting documents via email: [email protected]  or can submit them in person at EPHI HR office 112 before March 30, 2024.

Postdoctoral Position 2: Digital Tool Implementation and Intervention Implementation and Evaluation

Background 

The “Enabling environments for NCD risk reduction in Ethiopia” (ENABLE) project is funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe (Grant agreement ID: 101137232). ENABLE aims to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Ethiopia by reducing the life-long prevalence of major NCD risk factors among pregnant women through multi-level actions to promote healthy diets, physical activity and reduce exposure to air pollution in a clean and supportive urban environment. The ENABLE project is dedicated to the implementation of pragmatic and effective interventions for promoting healthy diets, physical activity and reduce exposure to air pollution within a health-promoting urban environment for pregnant women and their families from the antenatal care entry point, as well as from the community. 

The project is coordinated by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), and the consortium is comprised of 9 more international and Ethiopian partners. From Ethiopia, Jimma University (JU), Haramaya University (HU) and Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), along with international partners from University of Oslo (UiO), Lund University (LU), Uppsala University (UU), Wageningen University (WU), Vital Strategies, and Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR).

This postdoc will leverage digital tools to facilitate and evaluate the implementation of an NCD prevention and health promotion intervention for pregnant women in Ethiopia, ensuring the intervention meets stakeholder needs and assesses the implementation’s acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, and feasibility.

Responsibilities:

1. Support the tailoring, and implementation of digital registration of pregnant women during antenatal care,.
2. Work closely with primary healthcare workers and pregnant women to integrate tailored practices and interventions within maternal and child health care services, prioritizing stakeholder needs and the local healthcare context 
3. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure the facilitation and implementation strategies are appropriate, acceptable, and feasible within the local context.
4. Conduct training and capacity-building sessions for health workers 
5. Evaluate the implementation process, the intervention’s acceptability and appropriateness, and overall feasibility within the primary health care setting.
6. Systematically review all documents of intervention and summaries evidence of the implementation.
7. Provide support to write manuscripts, technical reports from research findings, evaluations and research papers to help intervention. .
8. Supervise and support PhD students. 
9. Work closely with the project team and project coordinators.

Duty station/Location

• The successful candidate will be based in EPHI with frequent travel to study site.

Timeline

• The postdoctoral will be recruited as soon as possible for a period of 24 months.

Management and reporting

• The postdoctoral will work under the project directors(PIs) supervision of the EPHI and NIPHI with oversight from work package lead 

Job Requirements

• Ph.D. in public health, epidemiology, or a related field, with a focus on maternal and child health.
• Demonstrated experience in program implementation and data management within health care settings.
• Strong understanding of the facilitation and implementation processes in health care, particularly in primary health care facilities.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team,
• Excellent analytical, technical, and communication skills
• Skills in stakeholder engagement, digital health implementation, and evaluative research

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants can send application letters, curriculum vitae, and copies of supporting documents via email: [email protected]  or can submit them in person at EPHI HR Office 112 before March 30, 2024.

Senior Data Analyst

Contract duration: One(1) year with a possibility of extension up on the availability of funds and successful performance of year contract.

Required Number: One (1)

Purpose: Ethiopia is experiencing different public health emergencies. An effective and efficient emergency forecast, communication, preparedness and response will reduce mortality, morbidity and associated impact on the affected population. Hence in order to achieve this, the Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) need competitive and experienced candidate for anticipating/forecasting public health emergencies by developing, customizing and utilizing public health emergencies occurrence forecasting model for current emergency.

Role and responsibilities

A data analyst is responsible for collection, organizing and make advanced analysis on all Public Health Emergency related data. They utilize technical expertise to ensure data is accurate and high-quality. Data is then analyzed, designed, and presented in a way that assists individuals and organizations make better decisions.

·       Prepare data for further data analysis forecasting and disease modeling.

·       Make spatial analysis with spatial diseases modeling and forecasting, make risk analysis for selected disease specially climate prone disease.

·       Integrating different software’s like DHIS2, Power BI and Organizations SQL server for better data utilization and visualization.

·       Using automated tools to extract data from primary and secondary sources.

·       Removing corrupted data and fixing coding errors and related problems.

·       Developing and maintaining databases, and data systems – reorganizing data in a readable format

·       Performing analysis to assess the quality and meaning of data.

·       Capacitate the staffs on data management and data analysis.

·       Filter Data by reviewing reports and performance indicators to identify and correct code problems.

·       Using statistical tools to identify, analyze, and interpret patterns and trends in complex data sets could be helpful for the diagnosis and prediction.

·       Assigning numerical value to essential business functions so that business performance can be assessed and compared over periods of time.

·       Analyzing local, national, and global trends that impact both the organization and the industry.

·       Preparing reports for the management stating trends, patterns, and predictions using relevant data

·       Working with programmers, engineers, and management heads to identify process improvement opportunities, propose system modifications, and advise data governance strategies.

·       Preparing final analysis reports for the stakeholders to understand the data-analysis steps, enabling them to take important decisions based on various facts and trends.

·       Developed software applications for statistical modeling and graphic analysis.

·       Write scripts with python and R programing for infectious diseases modeling, forecasting and better visualization.

·       Train the staffs on python and R programming

·       Building sophisticated dashboards with Tableau, Power BI, Matplotlib, Seaborn, or ggplot2 to represent data in a visual format.

·       Implement any other duties assigned from the organization. 

Job Requirements

·       Educational background biostatistics, Epidemiology, Statistics and related field

·       Evidence of formal training in analytic tools and methodologies.

Required Skills and Experience

Five years for PhD and 10 years for MSc/ MPH holders

·       Ability to write high quality reports, public health research, working ability in a team and emergency situations.

·       Knowledge and understanding of disease surveillance, epidemiology and public health practice.

·       Good experience in producing/publishing scientific reports.

·       Experience on data visualization with Tableau, Power BI, R-shiny apps,Python etc

·       Data analysis experience   with R, Python, shiny apps and other statistical softares

·       Disease modeling and forecasting with R,Python and other command based softwares

·       Disease forecasting and modeling with respect to spatial analysis, spatial disease modeling, forecasting, network analysis interpolation etc.

How to ApplyInterested and qualified applicants can send their application letters, curriculum vitae, and copies of supporting documents online through ethiojobs.net