Job Summary
The position holder is responsible for supporting and implementing planned activities and strengthening service delivery systems under the Bread for the World project. The role aims to improve maternal and child health outcomes through quality improvement initiatives and by enhancing the skills and competencies of healthcare providers and CHPs across supported health facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and supportive supervision and mentorship on RMNCAH/FP to all project sites.
• Contribute to the development of localized strategies for integration of RMNCAH with primary health care and into universal health coverage to improve mother and child health outcomes.
• Ensure that evidence-based high impact RMNCAH interventions are adopted and tracked throughout the project supported facilities and communities to improve the overall service delivery at the facility but more specifically the RMNCAH/FP intervention areas.
• Provide RMNCAH technical assistance to CHAK Program projects to support technical excellence, data capture, analysis and reporting of lessons learned.
• Support regular analysis of all RMNCAH programs and approaches to address integration, quality assurance and scale up of service delivery within the supported MHUs.
• Participate in knowledge management, scientific and technical leadership efforts to document impact of RMNCAH interventions, capture and dissemination of lessons learned.
• Actively participate in county level technical working groups, capacity building and advocacy forums to ensure integration of CHAK RMNCAH activities in the county.
• Build and maintain good relationships with the County Health Management Teams, local Implementing partners and other stakeholders.
• Compile and make regular project performance monitoring reports of the planned BFTW activities.
• Any other lawful duties as may be assigned by your supervisor that is within the scope and nature of the position.
• Organize targeted community mobilization and awareness sessions including household visits to ensure uptake of RMNCAH services and ensure targets are met in the targeted facilities.
• Engage community members, adolescents and youths and ensure their RMNCAH service delivery gaps/challenges are identified and addressed to increase uptake.
• Support CHVs to organize community dialogue sessions with local leaders, cultural leaders, TBAs youth to address barriers to RMNCAH services uptake.
• Support in the identification and segmentation of community groups for targeted behavior change interventions.
• Collaborate with other demand creation agents including TBAs, religious leaders and community champions to promote demand for RMNCAH services.
• Organize and facilitate trainings for various facility and community groups to facilitate demand for products and make the products accessible to the consumers.
• Support in monitoring and evaluation of project activities to ensure quality and compliance to standards.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports relating to the project.
• Support in preparation of annual work plans and progress reports as per donor requirements.
• Support in documentation and dissemination of best practices and lessons learnt.
• Support in day-to-day management of activity budgets including processing field imprests and other financial transactions.
• Ensure timely accounting for the use of project resources by stakeholders and communities in liaison with finance teams.
• Participate in writing of new concepts and proposals for fundraising.

Qualifications and Experience

Academic and Professional Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Post graduate Diploma in obstetrics and gynecology or bachelor’s degree in nursing
• Holder of a Certificate of Registration from a relevant Professional Council
• Holder of a Valid Practice License from a relevant Professional Council

Experience

• Minimum five years’ experience working in RMNCAH programs, with experience in demonstrable implementation of community and facility based RMNCAH.

Skills and Attributes

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Management and leadership skills
• Computer literacy
• Project management skills
• Resource mobilization and proposal development skills
• Conflict resolution and meditation skills
• Excellent report writing and analytical skills
• Integrity