RMNH Specialist Vacancy at Jhpiego Nigeria

We are proud of our contribution to improving the health of women and children throughout the world and recognize that our leadership position in international public health is due to the excellence and dedication of our staff, both in the field and in our Baltimore headquarters.

Vacancy exist for the below job position;
 

Job Title: RMNH Specialist
Job ID  2013-1881

Location: Lagos

Overview:
Jhpiego seeks a Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health (RMNH) Specialist for an upcoming 5-year project focused on improving RMNH outcomes in 6 Northern Nigerian states.  The RMNH Advisor will provide technical and program support in the areas of maternal and newborn health, basic and/or comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care with an emphasis on prevention, identification and treatment of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and postpartum hemorrhage, health systems strengthening and quality improvement and family planning.  The RMNH Advisor will also manage/coordinate the integration of these technical areas with other project components such as child health and immunization.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership to increase the access to and use of quality Maternal and Newborn health services and Family planning
• Revise/draft training materials, job aids on MNH and FP
• Provide training and on-site coaching/ supervision of facility- and community-level health cadres to improve quality of services
• Develop and maintain excellent relations with government, partners, and local counterparts.
• Support the development of work plans, reporting and monitoring and evaluation plans
• Work collaboratively with field staff to ensure that resources for effective and timely program implementation are available
• Participate in and lead, monitoring and evaluation of activities for countries and regions assigned as needed
• Mentor field staff to assume responsibilities for developing and managing the program at the field level

Required Qualifications:

• Senior Nigerian Ob/Gyn or experienced Midwife with 10+ years of working experience
• Clinical degree required, advanced degree in public health preferred
• Ten years of mid- to senior-level demonstrated experience implementing and managing international, field-based reproductive, maternal, and newborn health programs
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing capacity-building programs for improving service delivery
• Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff in the areas maternal, newborn and child health, and performance and quality improvement
• 5+ years of experience in the area of site strengthening including quality improvement and enhancing district/state management processes.
• Ability to build relationship with government personnel; local counterparts; and donor agencies.
• Willingness to travel and work in Northern Nigeria
• Fluency in English; Hausa preferred
• Excellent presentation skills and verbal and written communications skills
• Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
• Aware of and sensitive to working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multi-cultural groups in a developing country environment
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform

How To Apply

Interested qualified candidates should;
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Application Deadline Date
Closes by 26th November, 2013.