Hub Implementation Manager

Overview

Jhpiego, an international non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, is dedicated to saving lives and improving health outcomes across Ethiopia. Under the Strategic Assistance Project for Health Workforce Competency and Quality Improvement (HRH Activity), Jhpiego provides strategic technical assistance to strengthen human resources for health systems. The activity addresses critical national challenges, including health workforce competency gaps, pre-service education quality, continuing professional development (CPD) accreditation, health workforce retention and motivation, and digital human resource information systems (iHRIS).

To ensure effective, decentralized implementation of project activities across project implementation areas, the project utilizes a strategic Hub Implementation Model—grouping regional structures, higher education institutions (HEIs), regional health science colleges, and health facilities into interconnected hubs for streamlined execution, localized coordination, and adaptive learning. Jhpiego is seeking a highly experienced Hub Implementation Manager to join the HRH Activity team. Serving as a key implementation management lead, the Hub Implementation Manager will coordinate and monitor day-to-day implementation across hub teams, ensure hub-level workplans and timelines remain aligned with the overall project workplan and milestones, track progress and partner deliverables, and facilitate timely identification and escalation of implementation bottlenecks to the Technical Director and Project Director. The position will also coordinate and monitor local implementing partners, including professional associations, to ensure assigned activities are implemented as planned across target institutions and geographic areas. The role will support consistent implementation monitoring, documentation, learning, and adaptive action across hubs, while technical direction and quality assurance remain with the respective project technical leads.

Responsibilities

Hub Implementation Planning and Workplan Management

- Coordinate hub-level planning to translate the approved project work plan into realistic implementation plans, timelines, key technical milestones, targets, and budgets.

- Ensure hub plans and schedules remain aligned with the approved annual workplan, project milestones, technical priorities, and the G2G government implementation plans.

- Facilitate bottom-up annual planning mechanisms to capture contextual inputs from hub teams, Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs), and academic institutions to ensure implementation plans reflect local context and operational realities.

- Coordinate appropriate adaptation of implementation schedules and approaches to regional and local context, in consultation with technical leads and government counterparts.

- Coordinate with finance and operations teams to ensure budget assumptions align with local operational realities, government policies, and efficient resource allocation for regional technical assistance.

- Coordinate integrated filed implementation schedules to optimize technical assistance, supervision, mentorship, and travel across activities.

Hub Team Coordination and Performance

- Ensure staff safety, security, and duty-of-care standards are followed across hub operations, in accordance with relevant Jhpiego teams.

- Ensure hub teams understand and comply with Jhpiego, donor, and applicable government policies, procedures, and implementation requirements.

- Coordinate day-to-day work of Hub Managers and designated hub implementation staff, ensuring clarity of responsibilities, timelines, deliverables, and follow-up actions.

- Drive effective communication and collaboration across hub team members, consortium partners, and government HRH focal points to maintain a high-functioning work environment.

- Support effective performance management, continuous learning, and team professional development in collaboration with central office team.

- Facilitate coordination between hub teams and national technical leads to ensure timely technical support and consistent implementation.

Implementation coordination and Partner Delivery

- Coordinate and monitor implementation of approved activities across the project's hubs, ensuring delivery remains on schedule and consistent with agreed technical approaches.

- Lead joint hub-level quarterly implementation review meeting to assess progress, agree follow-up actions, and address emerging bottlenecks.

- Monitor hub implementation performance against approved project milestones, targets, timelines, and deliverables, working with technical leads to interpret technical performance where required.

- Facilitate consistent application of approved project SOPs, tools, and implementation guidance across hubs.

- Coordinate closely with national HRH advisors to deploy specialized technical assistance to hubs, universities, and Regional Health Science Colleges.

- Coordinate and monitor implementation by local implementing partners, including professional associations, to ensure assigned activities and deliverables are implemented as planned across target institutions and geographic areas.

- Maintain a consolidated tracker of partner deliverables, implementation milestones, pending actions, and risks, ensuring timely follow-up and escalation.

- Work in tandem with finance, operations, and HR teams to guarantee seamless logistics, procurement, and administrative support for regional hub operations.

Implementation monitoring, reporting and adaptive management

- Establish robust tracking systems to evaluate hub-level activity implementation, milestone achievement, partner deliverables, timelines, and resource utilization.

- Consolidate hub implementation updates and provide timely progress information to the Technical Director and Project Director to support project reporting and decision-making.

- Facilitate documentation of implementation progress, lessons learned, promising practices, and adaptive actions emerging from the hubs, in collaboration with technical and MEL teams.

- Identify regional performance gaps or implementation bottlenecks, facilitate development of corrective actions with relevant technical leads, and track execution of corrective action plans.

- Supervise, mentor, and coach Hub Managers and hub implementation staff to build strong implementation and project management practices.

- Conduct regular reviews of hub implementation capacity and coordinate needed support with the Technical Director and relevant country-office teams.

- Establish proactive communication channels to escalate critical operational or implementation risks to the senior leadership for rapid resolution.

Government and Partner Collaboration

- Build and maintain strong, collaborative partnerships with Ministry of Health (MoH) lead executive offices, Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs), Zonal Health Departments (ZHDs), Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), and other relevant government and implementing partners.

- Ensure relevant government entities and academic leaders are routinely engaged in joint hub-level implementation planning, monitoring, and technical review processes.

- Coordinate joint implementation and supportive supervision visits with government counterparts, as appropriate, to promote ownership, alignment, and timely resolution of implementation issues.

- Participant in relevant regional HRH regional coordination technical working groups, task forces, and high-level health workforce forums on behalf of the project as assigned by the senior project team.

- Perform other related duties assigned by Jhpiego as needed.

Required Qualifications

- Education: Master’s degree or PhD in Public Health (MPH), Health Workforce Development, Health Professions Education, Health Policy and Management, Healthcare Administration, Medicine, Nursing, or a related field.

- HRH Technical Expertise: Minimum of 7 years of specialized experience in leading and implementing complex Human Resources for Health (HRH) programs.

- Leadership & Operations: Minimum of seven (5+) years of progressive supervisory and senior management experience in large-scale, multi-regional health projects.

- Core HRH Domain Mastery: Demonstrated success in managing programs across key HRH pillars:

Pre-service education reform, competency-based curricula implementation, and clinical simulation/skills lab enhancement.

- National competency assessment frameworks, licensing systems, and blueprint development.

- Continuing Professional Development (CPD) system strengthening and e-learning platform integration.

- Health worker motivation, non-financial incentive design, performance-based rewards, and retention strategies.

- Health Workforce Information Systems, including iHRIS deployment and data-driven decision making.

- Travel: Willingness and ability to travel regionally up to 50% of the time.

Technical Competencies

- Deep knowledge of the Ethiopian health system, national health policies, regional health bureau structures, and the National HRH Strategy (2024–2030).

- Proven technical mastery of health workforce planning, competency-based education, clinical preceptor training, and HR systems reform.

- Exceptional representation and political acumen to liaise effectively with senior officials at MoH, RHBs, Civil Service Commissions, and academic institutions.

- Strong capacity-building, mentoring, and coaching skills to lead diverse, multidisciplinary technical teams across multiple geographic locations.

- Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, statistical software, and HRIS platforms).

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with demonstrated ability to write clear technical reports and strategic documents.

Language

- English: Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

- Local Languages: Professional proficiency in Amharic or other Ethiopian regional languages is highly desirable.

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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