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About this Health Specialist III_Field based role at Compassion International

Compassion International · Onsite · Ethiopia

**These fixed term roles are supported by grant funding that is approved for a one-year period**



Position Summary

Provides regional/field-level coordination and technical supervision for FCI implementation. The position translates national technical guidance and the approved Year 1 workplan into district-level execution across assigned hubs, spokes, and communities, supervises Community Mobilizers, coordinates facility/community linkages, tracks implementation progress, and supports timely, quality, and appropriately resourced delivery.


Key Responsibilities


  • Acts as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Reports any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately supports responses to incidents if they occur.

 

1. Regional Implementation Planning and Coordination


  • Translate the approved workplan and technical guidance into regional and district activity schedules and implementation priorities
  • Coordinate implementation across assigned hubs, spokes and districts for integrated HIV, TB, malaria, MCH and nutrition activities
  • Track activity readiness, implementation milestones, dependencies and corrective actions
  • Coordinate with regional and district health structures, facilities, FBOs/faith structures and communities to support timely execution of the FCI workplan

 

2. Supervision and Coaching of Community Mobilizers

  • Directly supervise assigned Community Mobilizers and establish clear workplans, targets, schedules, and reporting routines
  • Conduct routine field supervision, coaching, and performance review
  • Ensure mobilizers implement approved community activities and maintain effective links with facilities and community structures
  • Identify performance gaps and provide or escalate corrective support

 

3. Community and Facility Linkages

  • Strengthen referral and feedback mechanisms among communities, spokes and hubs
  • Support demand generation, health promotion, case finding, continuity-of-care and referral activities
  • Coordinate with facility teams and district health management structures during joint supervision and review
  • Support operational problem-solving affecting service access and referral completion

 

4. Activity and Budget Execution

  • Monitor completion of assigned regional/district activities against approved plans, outputs, timelines, and resource requirements
  • Coordinate with Finance and Sourcing/Procurement to ensure activities are ready to implement and implementation delays are addressed early
  • Review implementation progress against budget utilization within the assigned area and promptly flag under-utilization, over-utilization, delays or forecast changes.
  • Ensure activity records, participant/supporting documentation and implementation evidence are complete and timely

 

5. Technical Quality, Data Coordination and Learning

  • Support training, mentorship and coaching of frontline workers and community teams
  • Promote application of national guidelines and FCI service standards
  • Coordinate with the Regional Data and Information MEAL Specialist on data completeness, verification, interpretation, and use
  • Contribute to regional reviews, learning documentation and corrective-action follow-up.

 

Qualifications and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in public health, health sciences, nursing, clinical sciences, or a related field
  • Relevant experience in community health, integrated health programming, or health systems strengthening
  • Experience supervising field teams and working with regional and district health structures
  • Experience with donor-funded projects and FBO/community platforms desirable

Required Knowledge and Key Competencies


  • Working knowledge of HIV, TB, malaria, MNCH, nutrition and primary/community health
  • Knowledge of hub-and-spoke or similar referral and supportive-supervision models
  • Strong field supervision, coaching, facilitation, coordination and reporting skills
  • Ability to work with government, facilities, communities and faith-based stakeholders
  • Ability to monitor activity progress and resource utilization without compromising quality or compliance

Required Travel

Approximately 50–60% travel within assigned regions and districts, including frequent visits to hubs, spokes, and community sites for routine supervision, technical support, mentorship, monitoring, and coordination of community and facility-level activities.


Culture

  • Accountable for supporting, upholding, and engaging in Compassion's core "Cultural Behaviors" in all internal and external communication and relationships.


Licenses and Certifications

  • Certification from a nationally or internationally recognized organization in a related field.

*Equivalent education, training and/or certification may be substituted for experience and education shown above


The organization reserves the right to close this recruitment process early if a suitable pool of candidates is identified before the advertised closing date. Early applications are strongly encouraged.

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About Compassion International

Releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name It’s a mission that drives us because the need is desperate. Ten percent of the world lives on $1.90 a day or less. Our hearts break for the millions of children who suffer from lack of resources, but we rejoice because there is hope. We at Compassion know that the transformative power of Christ’s love is not bound by nationality or economic status. Unified by this conviction, our increasingly diverse staff uses our talents and experience to serve more than two million children in 25 countries. We’re excited for you to join our ministry!

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