Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University is working in partnership with Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS) to implement a five year PEPFAR funded CDC corporate agreement award that will support the Nigerian Federal and States MOH to implement a comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and treatment program named - Local Capacity Enhancement Project (LOCATE) in Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States

Jhpiego is recruiting to fill the below position of:

Job Title: RMNH Specialist

Job ID: 2013-1881

Location: North, NG

Description

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.

Requirements

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.

Remuneration 

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including: medical and dental plans; paid vacation, holidays and sick leave; personal accident insurance; 403(b) retirement plan; life and disability insurance; travel insurance; education assistance plan and more.

Application Closing Date

27th November, 2013

Method Of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply online