Melkamu Getu Public Health Expert
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaI have Master’s Degree in General Public Health and BSc. Degree in Nursing, with more than 10 years of experience in project management, from initial idea to completion, both in the public sector & International NGOs.
Over the years, I have a long track record of skillfully planning & managing multi-million-dollar projects of the core donors (i.e. USAID, DFID, ECHO, EC/EU, SIDA, GAC, OFDA, UN Pooled/Humanitarian Funds), hiring & training efficient cross functional teams. I have achieved consistent & remarkable results in execution of different multi-sectorial Health and Nutrition projects. I have also developed a wide range of applicable & well-rounded skills, i.e. skills in first-rate-leadership & project management, problem solving and decision-making, organizational and planning, excellent communication & networking. My friendly nature allows me to interact well with other staff members at all level and being me a good team player.
In my current position as Regional HSS Program Officer at JSI Research & Training Institute, I have been undertaking the overall HSS program activities through providing leadership, technical support and expertise on project planning, implementation, monitoring & evaluation at various levels across the community, facility, and public health system. I have also delivering in planning of thematic budgets & track utilization regularly, providing training & capacity building to internal staff as well as partners.
Previously, I worked in Pathfinder International, since September/2017 for 12 months as a Cluster Coordinator, and I had performed the transformational initiatives that focused on driving forces on Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Death interventions, mainly on RMNCH-N packages and I was delivering the expected results on time, within budget, and to the highest requirements.
Since April/2016 for 16 months, I worked in Save the Children International as Health and Nutrition Manager and Project Manager-EC/ECHO Portfolio in the role of people/team management, overall Child Health & Nutrition, Program Management, Program budget management, partnership management and establishing Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning system in the projects.
I worked in ACF International, since September/2012 for 42 months as Nutrition & Health Program Manager. During my staying, I was delivering a lot through developing accurate & achievable project plans, optimizing tools & procedures for managing the project, participate in humanitarian & development coordination meetings/forums and share updates quickly, reporting government & donor reports with deadliness, document & disseminated best practices/success stories, effectively communicate & networking with stakeholders, managing the project budgets, commodities & other resources.
Since August/2009 for 36 months, I was working at Woreda Health Office and Health Centre level as Head of Woreda Health Office & Head of Health Centre respectively.
Besides to my fixed contract, I have also involved in short consultancy works, like in WHO as Independent Monitor (IM) when national measles & polio campaigns conducted and in UNFPA as Individual Consultant IC)-RH/HIV Program officer.
With my solid educational foundation, personal qualities, talents and exceptional project management passion and skills, I will be an asset to your organization. Please review my attached resume for additional details regarding my expertise and career achievements.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Best Regards,
Melkamu Getu
Experience
- 1-September-2018 to till now Regional Health System Strengthening Program Officer at JSI Research & Training Institute Inc.
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• Participate in program design, proposal development, reporting, monitoring and evaluation and other aspects of programming and operations.
• Plan and implement HSS interventions (i.e. Leadership & Governance, Human Resource, Health Information, Medicine & Technology, Service Delivery and Health Finance) in the region in collaboration with central, regional & cluster office teams.
• Assist the Regional Health Bureau in strengthening the achievement of woreda transformation and other the three HSTP transformation agendas.
• Coordinate and conduct planned HSS trainings for Primary Hospitals, Health Centers, Woreda Health office & Zone health department staffs.
• Conduct follow-up visits, on the job mentoring and supportive supervision to ensure the implementation of the trainings provided.
• Ensure the presence of functional referral system across the service level (health post, health center, and primary hospital).
• Conduct, measure and document changes in relation to HSS interventions and document best practices and success stories regularly.
• Support and participate in regional level HSS technical working group (TWG) and coordination meetings.
• Lead and collaborate in the implementation of different HSS operational & implementation researches.
• Review all reports prepared by the field staffs, provide appropriate feedback, and submitted to country office in a timely manner.
• Develop thematic expenditure plans and track utilization regularly, through reviewing the budget vs. actual expenditure monthly. - 1-September-2017 to 31-August-2018 Cluster Coordinator at Pathfinder International
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• Provide technical support on overall program planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation & reporting RMNCH-N services.
• Make training need assessment and develop capacity building trainings and mentorship to project and public sector staffs.
• Plan and coordinate the implementation of all Nutrition, MNCH, RH-FP and AYHD activities in-line with approved budgets & donor requirements.
• Support District Health Offices to implement health sector transformation activities i.e. KPIs, WMS, EHCRIG & CSC, EPAQ, CBHI/HCF.
• Identify the implementation lessons, best practices and innovations in RMNCH-N services, and document & share to country office & partners.
• Facilitate regular discussion and information sharing with partners through regular review and coordination meetings on RMNCH-N programs.
• Lead, manage, coach and supervise all project staffs according to their area of responsibility.
• Review budget vs. actual expenditure for RMNCH-N programs on a monthly basis with program & finance staffs. - 11-April-2016 to 31-August-2017 Health & Nutrition Program Manager at Save the Children
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• Involve in the development of high-quality proposals to expand new projects within the field office.
• Regularly monitor & periodically reviewed all the plans of Health and Nutrition programs (i.e. CMAM, IYCF, ICCM/CBNC, SRH-FP) in line with the DIP.
• Develop and applied local based strategies for addressing the underlying and basic causes of malnutrition.
• Make sure the efficient and timely planning, implantation, monitoring and reporting of all Health and Nutrition Program activities.
• Ensure the effective implementation of existing programs in line with agreed quality standards.
• Organize and support nutrition assessments and survey (SMART, SQUEAC) conducted at host community level.
• Ensure MEAL systems are in place for ongoing performance analysis and programmatic adjustments.
• Identify the implementation lessons, best practices and innovations in all projects and systematically document and share to the concerned bodies.
• Coordinating and conducting joint field monitoring and review meetings as per the project agreed plan with the government stakeholders and donors.
• Develop staff knowledge and skills of appropriate nature to the programs and sets agreed performance objectives for all PMs & PCs and monitor the progress regularly and document the feedbacks.
• Manage the program budgets, including projects procurement management, and ensure avoidance of over/under expenditures.
• Represent Save the Children in various sectoral and general coordination meeting at regional, Zonal and locality level. - 24-September-2012 to 10-April-2016 Nutrition and Health Program Manager at Action Against Hanger (AAH)
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• Design CMAM/IYCF- E program response implementation approach as per the National Nutrition/IYCF guidelines.
• Ensures CMAM/IYCF-E program performance indicators and monitored, reported and reach performance according to national thresholds.
• Organizing and carrying out training sessions on CMAM and IYCF-E to ACF teams based on the profiles of the training participant.
• Organizing and supporting nutrition assessments and survey (SMART, SQUEAC) conducted at host community level.
• Make sure the nutrition program and activities are in line with project definition and time frame.
• Organize regular meeting with key team members to analyse program activities and results.
• Managing the program budget and targets achieved with reference to the project proposal & making any necessary adjustments with Finance teams. - 15-August-2009 to 23-September-2012 Head of Woreda Health Office, Head of Health center & Clinician at MoH
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• Participating and lead in monitoring &evaluation of the health sector activities.
• Managing the overall activities of the Health Extension program and other curative health programs.
• Closely support, follow, monitor, engage and participate NGOs working in the Woreda.
• Build the capacities of health workers, health extension workers and promoters.
• Working in different departments (OPD, MCH, EPI, and inpatient).