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RMNCH Officer

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  • Salary:
    negotiable
  • Job type:
    Full Time
  • Posted:
    4 years ago
  • Category:
    Medicine & Science, Nursing & Biology
  • Deadline:
    March 31, 2020

TITLE: RMNCH Officer
LOCATION: Buchanan City, Liberia
REPORTS TO: Country Director, Liberia
LENGTH: 12 months, with potential to extend based on program need, performance, and
funding availability
ABOUT AMERICARES
Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that responds to people affected by
poverty or disaster with life-changing health programs, medicine and medical supplies. Each year,
Americares reaches more than 90 countries and all 50 U.S. states with innovative health programs and
quality medical aid. Americares is the world’s leading nonprofit provider of donated medicine and
medical supplies.
PROGRAM BACKGROUND
Since 2015, Americares Liberia has been implementing a health system strengthening program in Grand
Bassa County, with a focus on improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH)
services delivery at health facilities. This program focuses on building the capacity of health facilities and
health workers to provide improved integrated quality RMNCH services, which result in contributing to
the lowering maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. In addition, Americares works closely with
communities to increase health care service utilization and to improve links between health facilities
and communities, with a particular focus on key influencers such community leaders. Americares
approach includes making sure that evidence-based global and MOH standards and protocols are in
place and followed by the MOH staff, conducting theoretical and clinical trainings, providing mentoring,
coaching and ongoing technical support to staff, as well as provision of medical supplies and
commodities, and facility upgrades. Americares programs are run in close collaboration with the Grand
Bassa County Health team and focus on three health facilities in Grand Bassa County: John Logan Town
Service Delivery Point, Zondo Clinic, and Liberia Government Hospital in Buchanan.
POSITION SUMMARY
The RMNCH Officer will be directly responsible for planning, implementing, and reporting on Americares
RMNCH programming in Grand Bassa County. The RMNCH Officer will liaise with partners and
stakeholders, including the national-level Ministry of Health and the County Health Team, to ensure
aligned programming, approvals, and clear communication, and attend relevant technical meetings and
be a member of relevant technical working groups, as agreed up with the CD. Additionally, the RMNCH
Officer will directly implement competency-based trainings and provide supportive supervision for
facility-based staff on RMNCH topics. S/He will forecast expenditure needs and will assist in the
management of funds for his/her program in the Buchanan office. S/he will track key indicators and
collect the RMNCH data that the program requires and analyze relevant data to inform programming.
The responsibilities of the RMNCH officer include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Program Development
• In collaboration and coordination with Liberia Country Director and Americares headquarters
teams, contribute to the development of RMNCH program design
• Assist with funding proposals as requested
• Align Americares programming with Ministry of Health priorities and objectives
• Liaise with local stakeholders, including national-level MOH and the CHT, to secure program
approvals and to facilitate a collegial working relationship
• Participate as an active member and contributor in technical working groups and meetings
Project Implementation
• Develop workplans for project implementation that align with program strategy
• In consultation with Americares HQ and in line with global best practices and Ministry of Health
policies in Liberia, utilize and adapt as needed already developed, competency-based training
curricula and job aids; develop syllabus/training plan for training of midwives and nurses at
target facilities
• Ensure that all clinical standards and protocols are in place and reflect best global evidence and
MOH policies, and that staff are oriented to these and understand how they should be
implemented in practice
• Initial activities with focus on training facility staff on lifesaving care topics including: prevention
and management of post-partum hemorrhage, prevention and management of pre-eclampsia
and eclampsia, correct use of partographs in labor to guide referral, resuscitation of asphyxiated
newborns, and specific management of labor complications such as a breech or twin delivery
• Institute on-going refresher training and drills for sustainability; work with partners to ensure
that the tasks are executed at agreed upon times and intervals. Orient new partners’ staff to
these refresher drills.
• Lead additional training and standards such as: ensuring exclusive breastfeeding, care of low
birthweight neonates, ensuring correct infection prevention practices and promotion of suitable
family planning methods for post-partum women
• Provide facility staff training on child survival interventions such as: routine immunization;
exclusive breast feeding; and identification and prevention of malnutrition, diarrheal disease,
acute respiratory infections and malaria
• Train facility-based health workers on providing respectful care to pregnant women and
mothers, with an understanding of the needs and support of adolescents
• Provide supportive supervision, ongoing mentorship, on-the-job coaching, and technical support
to midwives and nurses in target facilities, including strengthening the organizational,
management and communication skills of senior staff
• Provide training and other technical support to community program – to be defined
Project Monitoring and Reporting
• In consultation with Americares HQ and in line with Ministry of Health standards and tools,
utilize WHO, MOH or other best practice quality improvement monitoring tools and ensure the
implementation of quality improvement monitoring tools at target health facilities
• Ensure accurate data management, organization, and reporting
• Conduct regular monitoring visits to target health facilities to monitor quality and performances
• Document and share best practices, challenges and lessons to internal audience and partners
and stakeholders, including drafting reports, publications, posters, or preparing presentations
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for technical meetings. Use information to inform adjustments to program implementation as
needed.
• Produce and submit high quality monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual programmatic
reports for internal and external uses
• With support from Americares Country Director and HQ staff, including program staff,
monitoring and evaluation staff, and MNCH technical staff, develop indicators to track program
progress
• Document and maintain an inventory of successful tools and approaches for RMNCH
Stakeholder Mobilization
• Liaise with partners and stakeholders to strengthen coordination and collaboration
• Participate in behavior change communication or community program support, especially
focused on technical content and messaging, as assigned; may include radio programs or other
community outreach
General Support
• Manage finance forecasting and reporting for project expenses
• Liaise with Americares supply chain staff to ensure appropriate RMNCH GIK support to target
facilities
• Perform other tasks as needed
This post involves several periods of moderate physical effort, working in the hospital wards and training
facility-based staff in Buchanan and in remote areas. This position also requires dealing with distressed
relatives, caring for women and families who have suffered a bereavement, caring for women and
newborns who are extremely unwell and caring for women at a particularly emotionally vulnerable
period in their lives. This is a local hire position (Liberian nationals only).
QUALIFICATIONS
• Medical Doctorate or First Degree in nursing and midwifery mandatory
• License to practice midwifery in Liberia
• Experience adapting curricula and conducting RMNCH trainings with INGOs or in training
institutions with MOH (such as experience as a midwifery tutor/trainer)
• 7+ years of midwifery clinical experience, including training and service provision in NGOs and
hospitals
• Community level experience and experience mentoring and tutoring an advantage
• Strong communication skills
HOW TO APPLY
In order to be considered for this position, the applicant should please submit the following items in an
expression of interest to Americares:
• Curriculum vitae or resume that clearly spell out qualifications and experience
• Cover letter highlighting commitment to project and skills
• Academic credentials
Deadline for submission: March 31, 2020
Submissions should be sent to: opportunitiesliberia@americares.org
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