I'm experienced research and health development professional who’s well organized and capable of managing programs, projects across diverse cultural and linguistic settings. Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders and translate knowledge outputs into clear messages to support program, advocacy and policy development and evidence uptake.• over 17 years’ professional experience leading program/projects design and development, implementations, and conducting monitoring, evaluation and research in the areas of several public health issues including eye healthcare.• Supported the development and implementation of national eye health initiatives including cataract backlog clearance and refractive error initiatives• Extensively supported the development of the national 5-year eye health strategy plan 2016-2020.• Serving as a secretary to the national technical working group leading the 2nd national eye survey protocol development, resource mobilization and other related• Experienced in program and projects design, implementations, monitoring and evaluations• Skilled in developing protocols, SOPs, high quality data collection tools - questionnaires, key informant and focus group discussion guides• Experienced in developing human resource capacities through training and mentoring• Experienced in contributing to new business opportunities and working with a variety of donors • Successful in leading the 10-year capacity building program evaluation• Very strong conceptual, analytic, writing and editing skills• Fluent in Amharic (Mother tongue), proficient in English, beginner in French
Listed skills include Public Health, Program Evaluation, Research, Global Health, and 20 others.