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Senior Medical Advisor, Maternal Health – Engender Health

Maternal Health is one of EngenderHealth’s key Global Practice Areas. EngenderHealth Maternal Health programs include activities: essential obstetric care, management of abortion complications, management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, fistula care, and prevention of unplanned and unwanted pregnancies.  The Senior Medical Advisor for Maternal Health, under the supervision of the Global Practice Leader for Maternal Health, will be responsible for providing technical assistance to EngenderHealth’s global and country programs and projects and ensuring the medical quality of those programs. In addition, the Senior Medical Advisor will be responsible for updating clinical skills and knowledge of EngenderHealth staff in areas of maternal health, including quality assurance approaches and tools related to these areas.  The Senior Medical Advisor for Maternal Health will also work in close collaboration with the Global Practice teams for Family Planning, HIV/AIDS, Gender and MAP, and Youth and also with the Senior Technical Advisor for Quality Assurance, Integrations, Training and Learning, and Community Engagement to ensure that aspects related to these areas are integrated into the design of maternal health programs and projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide TA to EngenderHealth global and country programs and projects in areas of maternal health and quality assurance. 
• Stay abreast of ground-breaking evidence-based work in maternal health service delivery and support dissemination of new knowledge to project staff and partners and its incorporation into EngenderHealth maternal health programming.
• Participate in the development and updating of standards, tools and approaches and support their integration and use in current and new maternal health programs and projects.
• Participate and present EngenderHealth’s maternal health work at technical meetings and conferences. 
•  Collaborate with other EngenderHealth global program and projects on integration of maternal health with family planning, HIV/AIDS, Men as Partners, and Youth programs.
• Travel up to 30% of the time in the field, working with EngenderHealth field staff and partners.

  Other duties as assigned.

  Knowledge, Skilss & Abilities
  
  

• Obstetrician-gynecologist or Midwife with over 10 years of clinical experience including at least 5 years clinical training experience. Clinical skills must be current and up to date.
• At least 5 years experience working with maternal health programs in developing countries. Current or previous residence in a developing country preferred.§         Demonstrated strong technical and programmatic knowledge and experience in at least two of the following areas:  clinic-based family planning services; HIV/AIDS; malaria; client-provider interaction; training; and quality improvement. 
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic program planning, implementation, and TA provision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to think creatively and broadly
• Ability to function effectively as a team member.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Competency or fluency (R3/S3) in Spanish or French is highly desirable

  To apply, please click on the careers link at: www.engenderhealth.org

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Co-Principal Investigator, Country Director

JOB DESCRIPTION: This is a 2.5-year Gates Foundation supported project to demonstrate and leverage the uptake of a scalable community-oriented model of delivery and newborn care in rural Ethiopia.  The incumbent is based in Ethiopia within the Federal Ministry of Health and functions as the project co-principal investigator, or country director.  In consultation with the US-based principal investigator, directs the strategic planning, development and implementation of this complex project with activities located in two regions (six districts) of the country.  Has responsibility for detailed implementation planning and adherence, human subject’s adherence, personnel management and local budget oversight. Establishes and administers policies and procedures. Supervise staff.

Provides senior technical leadership in community-oriented maternal and newborn health.  Champions and coordinates technical expertise in health care quality improvement approaches. Coordinates and manages relationships with Federal Ministry of Health and Regional Health Bureaus and the project team.  Represents the program in various national and international settings. May manage the solicitation of funding from foundation, corporate, individual and governmental donors. Collaborates with and seeks the support of representatives from other development organizations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS:  MD / Dr Ph / PhD with specialty in maternal and child health.  MPH or public health orientation.  Eligible for Emory University faculty appointment.  Significant record of professional accomplishment; experience working in low income countries; appreciates and demonstrates sensitivity to host country priorities, culture, and primacy; able to be respected and sought as a source of counsel by the Minister of Health; able to work well horizontally and vertically with others within the Federal Ministry of Health hierarchies; believes in the potential of collaborative community-oriented approaches to health improvement; able to contribute to and follow the project plan at a remove from the project principal investigator. 

To apply for this position please go to the career website at Emory University at http://www.hr.emory.edu/careers/index.html.  Please apply for job number 13694BR (Country Director).