Hub HRH Coordinator

The Hub HRH Coordinator provides overall technical, operational, and managerial leadership for Jhpiego's Area Implementation Team (AIT) within an assigned geographic Hub. The Coordinator translates national Human Resources for Health (HRH) strategies into high-quality implementation across Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs), Zonal Health Departments (ZHDs), Woreda Health Offices (WoHOs), Primary Health Care Units (PHCUs), hospitals, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), professional associations, and other local stakeholders.

The project supports the Government of Ethiopia to strengthen Human Resources for Health (HRH) systems, particularly in underserved and fragile settings where shortages of competent health workers, limited institutional capacity, and weak regulatory systems continue to affect access to quality primary health care. Working through national institutions and decentralized implementation platforms, the project advances sustainable, country-led HRH reforms that improve workforce competency, performance, resilience, and health system effectiveness.

Working closely with national technical leadership, the Coordinator provides integrated technical and operational leadership to ensure evidence-based interventions related to competency-based education, educational quality improvement, accreditation, continuing professional development (CPD), competency assessment, professional regulation, leadership development, workforce management, digital HRH, organizational strengthening, monitoring, learning, and adaptive management are implemented efficiently, consistently, and with high technical quality.

The Coordinator serves as Jhpiego's principal technical, operational, and partnership representative within the assigned Hub, fostering strong government ownership, coordinating professional association sub-partners, strengthening institutional capacity, ensuring implementation quality, promoting adaptive management, and supporting sustainable HRH systems strengthening across the primary health care system in alignment with Ethiopia's national priorities and the America First Global Health Strategy. 

Duty Station : Hub Office (Mekele, Semera, Bahir Dar, Jigjiga, Shashemene and Sodo)

Total number of Staff Required : 6

Hub Leadership and Program Coordination

• Provide overall technical, operational, and managerial leadership for the Area Implementation Team (AIT) within the assigned Hub.
• Lead integrated implementation of all four project strategic objectives and associated strategic interventions across the Hub.
• Translate annual work plans into detailed Hub implementation plans, schedules, and operational priorities.
• Coordinate implementation across Regional Health Bureaus, Zonal Health Departments, Woreda Health Offices, Primary Health Care Units, hospitals, Higher Education Institutions, professional associations, and other implementing partners.
• Coordinate annual planning, activity scheduling, resource allocation, budgeting, forecasting, and implementation monitoring.
• Identify implementation risks and bottlenecks and coordinate timely corrective actions.
• Promote adaptive management and ensure timely achievement of project milestones, deliverables, and performance targets.

Technical Oversight

• Provide first-line technical leadership and oversight for implementation of interventions related to competency-based pre-service education, educational quality improvement, accreditation, faculty development, continuing professional development, professional regulation, workforce competency assessment, leadership development, workforce planning, HRH management, digital HRH, HRH information systems, organizational development, and adaptive learning.
• Provide ongoing technical guidance, coaching, and mentoring to Hub HRH Advisors and other implementation teams.
• Review technical approaches, implementation plans, training materials, technical deliverables, and field implementation to ensure technical excellence.
• Ensure implementation fidelity and compliance with national standards, technical guidelines, evidence-based practices, and project implementation frameworks.
• Promote integrated HRH systems strengthening across PHCUs, including workforce competency, leadership, workforce management, quality improvement, continuing professional development, and organizational performance.
• Facilitate technical problem-solving and support implementation of innovative, context-appropriate solutions.

 Government Engagement and Institutional Capacity Strengthening

• Serve as Jhpiego's primary focal person within the assigned Hub by maintaining productive relationships with RHBs, ZHDs, WoHOs, PHCUs, HEIs, ETA structures, professional regulatory bodies, professional associations, and other regional stakeholders.
• Promote government-led planning, implementation, supervision, monitoring, and review of HRH interventions.
• Strengthen institutional capacity of government structures to sustainably lead HRH reforms and workforce systems strengthening.
• Facilitate joint planning meetings, supportive supervision, technical review meetings, and implementation monitoring with government counterparts.
• Promote country ownership, institutionalization, and sustainability of project-supported interventions.

 Supervision of Area Implementation Team

• Provide day-to-day leadership, supervision, and performance management of Hub HRH Advisors, program support staff, Professional Association Woreda Officers, and assigned consultants.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing, multidisciplinary team culture focused on quality, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Support staff through coaching, mentoring, technical guidance, work planning, problem-solving, and professional development.
• Conduct routine performance reviews, provide constructive feedback, and support staff capacity development and succession planning.
• Ensure effective communication and coordination between Hub teams and the Country Office.

Coordination of Professional Association Partners

• Coordinate implementation of all Professional Association sub-awards within the assigned Hub.
• Ensure integrated implementation of continuing professional development, workplace learning, educational quality improvement, accreditation support, professional regulation, clinical mentorship, leadership development, and quality improvement activities.
• Monitor technical quality, implementation progress, and contractual performance of Professional Association partners.
• Strengthen technical and organizational capacity of Professional Association partners to sustainably support HRH interventions.
• Promote a "One Team" approach that strengthens collaboration among Jhpiego, Professional Associations, government institutions, and other implementing partners.

 Technical Quality Assurance

• Ensure consistent technical quality across all project interventions through routine field monitoring, supportive supervision, mentorship, coaching, implementation fidelity assessments, and technical reviews.
• Monitor implementation across PHCUs, hospitals, HEIs, and government structures to ensure adherence to national standards, project technical packages, standard operating procedures, quality assurance tools, and donor requirements.
• Conduct periodic technical quality audits and coordinate corrective action plans to address implementation gaps.
• Review technical deliverables and ensure high-quality implementation across all supported institutions.
• Promote standardization of technical approaches and continuous quality improvement throughout the Hub.

 Monitoring, Learning and Adaptive Management

• Collaborate closely with the Country Office Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team to monitor technical performance and implementation progress.
• Review project indicators, workforce analytics, and implementation data to support evidence-informed decision-making.
• Facilitate quarterly performance reviews, after-action reviews, implementation learning sessions, Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) activities, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Promote routine use of monitoring data to support adaptive management, implementation science, and organizational learning.
• Document innovations, implementation experiences, lessons learned, and best practices to inform continuous program improvement.

 Financial and Operational Coordination

• Support preparation and implementation of Hub work plans, budgets, forecasts, and activity schedules.
• Monitor activity expenditures and promote efficient, accountable utilization of project resources.
• Coordinate logistics, procurement planning, travel, workshops, mentorship visits, supervision activities, and other operational requirements.
• Work closely with finance, operations, procurement, grants, and administrative teams to ensure timely implementation and compliance with Jhpiego and donor policies.
• Identify operational risks and support timely resolution of implementation challenges.

 Knowledge Management

• Promote systematic documentation of best practices, innovations, implementation experiences, case studies, success stories, and lessons learned.
• Facilitate Communities of Practice, technical exchange forums, peer learning activities, and knowledge-sharing events across the Hub.
• Support development of technical reports, policy briefs, conference presentations, publications, and other knowledge products.
• Promote organizational learning and dissemination of evidence to improve HRH policy and practice.

 Representation

• Represent Jhpiego in regional technical working groups, HRH coordination forums, government review meetings, professional meetings, donor coordination platforms, and other strategic forums.
• Cultivate and maintain strong partnerships with government institutions, development partners, universities, professional associations, local implementing partners, and other stakeholders.
• Support development of regional HRH strategies, implementation guidelines, and policy dialogue.
• Identify opportunities for collaboration, resource mobilization, and new partnerships that advance project objectives.
• Contribute technical expertise to proposal development, concept notes, and strategic business development initiatives, as requested.

• Master's degree or higher in Health Professions Education (preferred), Public Health, Health Systems Management, Health Workforce Development, Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery, Anesthesia, Health Policy, Health Administration, Leadership, or another relevant discipline.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in Human Resources for Health (HRH), health systems strengthening, primary health care strengthening, or related fields.
• At least 5 years of experience leading complex HRH or HSS-related programs, regional implementation teams, or multi-partner initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership in HRH systems strengthening, health workforce development, and primary health care programs.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multi-site implementation across RHBs, WoHOs, PHCUs, HEIs, and professional associations.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical assistance to government institutions on workforce development, organizational strengthening, leadership, or health systems improvement.
• Experience managing internationally funded health programs and multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Strong understanding of Ethiopia's HRH architecture, regulatory environment, decentralized health system, and primary health care delivery system.

Knowledge and Technical Competencies

Demonstrated expertise in:

• Competency-based education
• Educational quality improvement and accreditation
• Faculty development
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Professional regulation and competency assessment
• National Licensing Examination
• Leadership development
• Health workforce governance
• Workforce planning and optimization
• Organizational development and institutional capacity strengthening
• Human resource management and workforce performance improvement
• HRH information systems and digital health
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning, and Adaptation (MERLA)
• Implementation of science and quality improvement
• Primary health care systems strengthening

Leadership Competencies

The successful candidate should demonstrate:

• Strategic leadership and systems thinking
• Excellent program and project management skills
• Strong technical leadership and coaching abilities
• Partnership building and stakeholder engagement
• Organizational development and change management
• Results-oriented implementation and accountability
• Adaptive leadership and sound decision-making
• Negotiation, diplomacy, and conflict resolution
• High emotional intelligence and interpersonal effectiveness
• Strong analytical, coordination, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills

 Language

• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Professional proficiency in Amharic is required.
• Knowledge of additional Ethiopian languages relevant to the assigned Hub is an advantage.

Salary: Between 22,966 – 30,207 USD per annum. 

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

Please apply at www.jobs-jhpiego.icims.com

Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, and references.

For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

“Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, other legally protected characteristics or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Jhpiego promotes Affirmative Action for minorities, women, individuals who are disabled, and veterans.

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Application Deadline: October 20, 2026

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