Experience

Population Council

• United States
• Research Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Program Officer, Reproductive Health

  • Mar 2015 - Present

  Working closely with a multi-disciplinary research team and reporting to the Country Director in Ethiopia, the Program Officer provides technical support for the Population Council’s portfolio of Family Planning and Reproductive Health research and activities funded by the Evidence Project in Ethiopia. The Program Officer provides focused technical assistance for current Council efforts funded by USAID under the Evidence Projects to expand access to high-quality FP/RH services to reduce unintended pregnancies through the strategic generation, translation and use of new and existing evidence to improve FP/RH programming in Ethiopia and worldwide. Worked on three USAID funded projects: 1. Child Marriage Prevention Program - in charge of the program; coordinated and led region-wide project implementation: conducted Baseline Survey (community diagnostic survey to build evidence base), interviewing more than 56,000 young people, regarding marriage, parity, disability, education and other indicators for targeted interventions with girls to improve girls health and development by delaying age of marriage through keeping girls in school by providing schooling support and Conditional Asset Transfer provision to more than 8,000 younger girls in rural districts of Beneshangul-Gumuz Region. 2. Ending Eclampsia project, Evidence Project - Coordinated the survey in SNNP Region. Hypertensive cases detection, identifying pregnancy-related hypertensive cases, data collection, and analysis 3. AYSRH, a Youth Friendly Service (YFS) survey, Evidence Project - Coordinated, led and successfully concluded a big multi-region YFS survey entitled “Understand Adolescent and Youth SRH Health-Seeking Behaviors in Ethiopia: Implications for YFS Programming” in 5 regions of Ethiopia; provided technical and research guidance and support for the development, implementation, and monitoring of studies and activities, including design, research protocol applications, and training study tools. Show less



EPHA/MSH

• Addis Ababa

• M&E and Operations Research Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Feb 2015

  The Operations Research (OR) and M&E Manager is responsible for the program’s OR component and contributes to the program’s M&E and Data Quality Assurance (DQA). The Manager leads the implementation of all OR, and participate in the identification of priority areas for OR and other special studies or assessments, in the design and the analysis of OR results. The Manager also contributes significantly to the program’s M&E/SI data management and interpretation, and assist with quarterly and other routine program reporting. Show less



Tulane University Technical Assistance Program, Ethiopia

• Ethiopia

• HIT Trainer, HMIS Mentor and Program Officer

  • Feb 2009 - Oct 2012

  Major Duties, Responsibilities, and Accomplishments:  Preparing and reviewing Health Information Technician (HIT) training manuals and modules  Recruitment of the HIT trainees, managing a regular schedule of the training and providing academic advising to the trainees as appropriate  Delivering Health and HIT (Health Information Technician) courses to in-service and pre-service trainees. Some of the training courses and services among the others included: • Electronic Health Record (SMARTCARE) with its system administration, • Health Information Systems, and Health Record Systems, • Coding and Diseases Classification [ICD 10], and Integrated Medical Science, • Health Care Statistics, etc.  Coordinating the HMIS scale up and implementation process including: • Training, integrated supportive supervision, data quality assurance, • Reviewing and preparing Health Information Technician (HIT) training modules • Performance monitoring, integrated quality management, reporting, and staff mentoring  Leading HIM (Health Information Management) section as a department head, coordinating the initiation of training in the country for the first time as a pilot program  Playing an active role in HMIS implementation plans, strategies, and outcomes in collaboration with Harari and Dire Dawa Regional Health Bureaus and Health facilities to ensure coordinated approach on implementation work plans;  Ensuring that data collection, record keeping, and timely data transmission are properly organized and carried out by the respective organization and facilities  Monitoring and analyzing the implementation environment and progress using M&E tools, and providing advice on timely readjustments as necessary  Organizing and implementing relevant staff training to address shortfalls in the implementation & data collection process  Liaise and facilitate effective communication among TUTAPE, FMoH, the Regional Health Bureaus and the concerned Regional Training Centers Show less



Jimma University

• Ethiopia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Lecturer at Jimma University

  • Aug 2003 - Nov 2006

  Specific duties/Responsibilities among the others:  Training/mentoring undergraduate health science students, health service delivery, and conducting research  Research adviser for final year undergraduate students on different health topics and titles  Supervising community-based training (CBTP) & team training programs (TTP) for health science students of the university (at health centers around the University)  Assessment and evaluation of health facilities (health centers and hospital) for their performances prior to and after assignments of trainees to each health facility for practical learning  Curriculum development and revision for BSc degree nursing program. Besides classroom teaching, I had also been involved in mentoring, evaluation and supervision of different practical sessions, community health services, and training, among which were:  Providing HIV/AIDS Care and Support Training for Kebele Oriented Outreach Workers for the HIV/AIDS Care and Support Project (HCSP) in collaboration with MSH (the contract awarding body) from 24th of March to 7th of April 2008 at Bahir Dar, Amhara Regional State.  Resource person for Evaluation of Fistula Projects’ Achievements and Gaps conducted by the IntraHealth International at Amhara Regional State, 2008  Training and Supervising of HIV/AIDS prevention, HIV/AIDS Home Based Care & Support training conducted by Jimma University for caregivers Show less