Overview
Jhpiego is hiring Six Maternal and Newborn officers to be based in zonal offices . Reporting administratively to the Zonal Manager and technically to the Maternal Health Advisor and Newborn Health Advisor, the maternal health officer provides technical and program support in maternal health for the ISDA. The ISDA is a five-year cooperative agreement to improve the quality of reproductive, Maternal, maternal and child health (RMNCH) and malaria services, The ISDA supports the Rwandan Ministry of Health (MOH) to contribute to the reduction of infant and maternal mortality and incidence of malaria in Rwanda, focusing on improving the availability, quality and utilization of RMNCH and malaria services and improving the health of women, adolescent, and children under five. The maternal health officer will be based in the above-listed district, responsible for at least five districts in total, and will coordinate all maternal and newborn health activities in facilities in the five districts.
Applications will be closed on August 27,2023.
Responsibilities
Planning and integration of support
- Work closely with Maternal and newborn health (MH) Advisors, professional associations, RBC/MCCH and the zonal managers on planning and implementing scale-up strategies for high impact maternal and newborn interventions at facility level, including: Emergency obstetrical and neonatal care (EmONC), Helping mother survival(HMS), respectful maternity care (RMC), Helping Baby Breathe (HBB) 2nd edition , Post Natal Care (PNC) and post-partum family planning ( PPFP), ENC, KMC,
- Monitor the implementation of ISDA’s workplan related to maternal and newborn activities and ensure that activities are executed according to plan and are integrated across the RMNCH platform.
- Work collaboratively with other ISDA Activity team members to ensure coordinated project planning and implementation and assure resource availability and management of activities so that the project functions smoothly and efficiently.
Implementation and Operations
- Organize training of trainers and training of health care providers using the LDHF training approach.
- Conduct supportive supervision in supported facilities (hospitals and Health Centers) to support mentors and health care providers.
- Ensure the implementation of EmONC, PNC, HBB, ENC, KMC in all supported health facilities.
- Support health care provider efforts to implement quality of care for maternal and newborn
- Ensure the use of maternal referral forms during transfer
- Ensure integration of respectful maternity care in maternity services delivery
- Provide guidance and coordinate the peer practices coordinators within health facilities
- Work with the IPC officers to ensure implementation of IPC in maternity
- Support implementation of follow up of high-risk pregnant women at hospital and HC level
- Support development or update of maternal technical training materials, protocol, and guidelines
- Support the review of job-aids, protocols, and training materials in coordination with MH Advisor
- Prepare and submit reports on maternal activities to the zonal manager and MH &MN Advisors on quarterly basis and upon request, in timely manner.
- Assist with organization of meetings, trainings, field visits, events, and other activities
- Assist finance staff to prepare financial forms to advance/reimburse funds for on-going activities.
- Assist finance staff to review process and reconcile payment documentation from trainers, program, and management staff as well as from consultants.
- Assist with other programmatic and administrative duties as required.
Learning and documentation
- Support ISDA’s MEL team to ensure that the project meets deliverables in accordance with the MEL framework.
- Ensure that maternal and newborn related activities are properly documented, and that program data are systematically collected, analyzed, submitted and properly archived as well as shared across the project to inform ISDA’s technical reports and to feed into ISDA’s learning activities.
- Share experience related to maternal and newborn activities to inform the design of ISDA’s subsequent workplans.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing Sciences, Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical medicine and community health or Bachelor’s degree in Public health with background in nursing.
- Candidates must have a valid license issued by the National Council of Nurses and Midwives or Rwanda Medical and dental Council.
- Experience as a trainer in the high impact interventions for maternal and newborn health: EmONC, Helping Mother Survival (HMS), Advance Life Support in Obstetrics(ALSO), Post Natal Care (PNC), Helping Baby Breathe 2nd edition(HBB) , Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), Essential Newborn Care (ENC)
- At least five (5) years of professional experience working in maternal and newborn programs
- Hands-on knowledge and skills in designing, planning, implementing, and monitoring of facility for promoting maternal survival
- Sound understanding of current policy developments related to maternal health
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs including MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint
- Strong skills in teamwork and networking
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English, French and Kinyarwanda.
- Solid skills in documentation and report writing
- Willingness to travel nationally frequently 30-40% of the time within the country.
Preferred Qualifications
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, references, and salary history.
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 does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, orientation or any other fees
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