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Employment Opportunity
Technical Specialist/Site Manager for Hospital Operations Improvements
The USAID-funded Enabling Equitable Health Reforms (EEHR) project, which started in 2010, is an initiative to increase access to essential health services for the poor by supporting the implementation of health care reforms in Albania. EEHR provides technical assistance and resources to assist key stakeholders in the application of reforms at the national level and helps develop and field-test approaches and tools that support implementation of reforms in selected hospitals. The project encourages the involvement of all key stakeholders in policymaking and planning, and supports an evidence-based policymaking process. EEHR is implemented by Abt Associates.
Abt Associates is committed to the improvement of health and health care delivery around the world. Serving both the public and private sectors, our efforts include health policy research and evaluation, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management.
Job Responsibilities
Abt Associates is seeking a Technical Specialist/Site Manager for Hospital Operations Improvements to manage and coordinate EEHR project activities, including the provision of technical assistance and operational support, to a regional hospital pilot site. The Site Manager will be responsible for the effective implementation of project activities in close collaboration with facility counterparts that aim to improve the operations and performance of the regional hospital. Project activities will be defined in a joint work plan with the hospital and may include interventions to strengthen hospital management and governance, improve human resources, facilities, and inventory management and other operations systems, introduce or strengthen health information systems, and better define hospital services and costs. The Site Manager also may provide in-depth technical assistance in one or more of these areas.
The Site Manager will be a full-time position based in Tirana, managing and coordinating project activities in Korca regional hospital. Candidates should be able and willing to travel to Korca region up to 40% of the time. The Site Manager will report to the project’s Chief of Party (Director).
Specific responsibilities include:
• Lead team planning meetings to support development and implementation of a joint work plan with the pilot regional hospital.
• Work with designated hospital managers to monitor progress against work plan and indicators of good hospital management and operations practices.
• Develop systems and processes to ensure regular and frequent communication with hospital management and designees and allow for effective oversight of project support and joint activities.
• Travel to regional pilot hospital on a routine basis to review progress and discuss issues.
• Contribute to scopes of work for international and local short-term technical assistance to support implementation of hospital operations improvements.
• Accompany international and local short-term experts to regional pilot hospital as appropriate to ensure inputs are appropriate, integrated, and coordinated.
• Provide in-depth technical assistance in one or more areas of expertise in support of work plan implementation.
• Inform project Director and other site managers on site progress, issues, concerns, achievements and lessons learned to ensure coordination of project activities across sites.
• Produce and/or contribute to progress reports, analytic papers, and/or policy/issue briefs for specific assignments related to hospital reform.
Skills Prerequisites:
• Masters degree in management/administration sciences with a minimum of 6 years of experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Degree in health care management and administration strongly desired.
• Demonstrated experience in hospital management, operations, or administration strongly desired.
• Experience in program management, project implementation, coordination, and monitoring.
• Experience working with health sector government officials and health care managers, including building productive working relationships.
• Professionally motivated high performer with strong capabilities in:
• Supporting consensus building among various working parties;
• Multitasking and coordinating the activities of multiple parties;
• Creating working schedules and meeting agreed deadlines; and
• Providing technical and operational support to international and local short-term experts.
• Strong professional references.
• Albanian national fluent in English.
Abt Associates offers good working conditions and competitive salaries. Information about Abt Associates is available at www.abtassociates.com.
Only candidates who meet all the job qualifications and have the required work experience will be interviewed. Qualified applicants are invited to send a detailed CV, two letters of reference, and copies of relevant certificates or degrees to the EEHR Project email: eehr.albania@gmail.com, no later than 17.00 on Friday, March 16, 2012.
Technical Specialist/Site Manager for Hospital Operations Improvements
The USAID-funded Enabling Equitable Health Reforms (EEHR) project, which started in 2010, is an initiative to increase access to essential health services for the poor by supporting the implementation of health care reforms in Albania. EEHR provides technical assistance and resources to assist key stakeholders in the application of reforms at the national level and helps develop and field-test approaches and tools that support implementation of reforms in selected hospitals. The project encourages the involvement of all key stakeholders in policymaking and planning, and supports an evidence-based policymaking process. EEHR is implemented by Abt Associates.
Abt Associates is committed to the improvement of health and health care delivery around the world. Serving both the public and private sectors, our efforts include health policy research and evaluation, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management.
Job Responsibilities
Abt Associates is seeking a Technical Specialist/Site Manager for Hospital Operations Improvements to manage and coordinate EEHR project activities, including the provision of technical assistance and operational support, to a regional hospital pilot site. The Site Manager will be responsible for the effective implementation of project activities in close collaboration with facility counterparts that aim to improve the operations and performance of the regional hospital. Project activities will be defined in a joint work plan with the hospital and may include interventions to strengthen hospital management and governance, improve human resources, facilities, and inventory management and other operations systems, introduce or strengthen health information systems, and better define hospital services and costs. The Site Manager also may provide in-depth technical assistance in one or more of these areas.
The Site Manager will be a full-time position based in Tirana, managing and coordinating project activities in Korca regional hospital. Candidates should be able and willing to travel to Korca region up to 40% of the time. The Site Manager will report to the project’s Chief of Party (Director).
Specific responsibilities include:
• Lead team planning meetings to support development and implementation of a joint work plan with the pilot regional hospital.
• Work with designated hospital managers to monitor progress against work plan and indicators of good hospital management and operations practices.
• Develop systems and processes to ensure regular and frequent communication with hospital management and designees and allow for effective oversight of project support and joint activities.
• Travel to regional pilot hospital on a routine basis to review progress and discuss issues.
• Contribute to scopes of work for international and local short-term technical assistance to support implementation of hospital operations improvements.
• Accompany international and local short-term experts to regional pilot hospital as appropriate to ensure inputs are appropriate, integrated, and coordinated.
• Provide in-depth technical assistance in one or more areas of expertise in support of work plan implementation.
• Inform project Director and other site managers on site progress, issues, concerns, achievements and lessons learned to ensure coordination of project activities across sites.
• Produce and/or contribute to progress reports, analytic papers, and/or policy/issue briefs for specific assignments related to hospital reform.
Skills Prerequisites:
• Masters degree in management/administration sciences with a minimum of 6 years of experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Degree in health care management and administration strongly desired.
• Demonstrated experience in hospital management, operations, or administration strongly desired.
• Experience in program management, project implementation, coordination, and monitoring.
• Experience working with health sector government officials and health care managers, including building productive working relationships.
• Professionally motivated high performer with strong capabilities in:
• Supporting consensus building among various working parties;
• Multitasking and coordinating the activities of multiple parties;
• Creating working schedules and meeting agreed deadlines; and
• Providing technical and operational support to international and local short-term experts.
• Strong professional references.
• Albanian national fluent in English.
Abt Associates offers good working conditions and competitive salaries. Information about Abt Associates is available at www.abtassociates.com.
Only candidates who meet all the job qualifications and have the required work experience will be interviewed. Qualified applicants are invited to send a detailed CV, two letters of reference, and copies of relevant certificates or degrees to the EEHR Project email: eehr.albania@gmail.com, no later than 17.00 on Friday, March 16, 2012.