RH Capacity Building Officer at International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Sector: Health

Employment Category: Regular

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Yobe, Nigeria

Job Overview/Summary:

The capacity building officer is a member of the reproductive health team, and will be responsible for supporting the existing PHC’s/MCH where IRC works. She/he will provide system strengthening in reproductive health activities through capacity building trainings, on the job coaching and supportive supervision to ensure optimization of the quality and standard of reproductive health services. She/he will work to ensure the improved quality of family planning, post abortion care, maternal and neonatal care (including safe delivery, antenatal and postnatal care), prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and the clinical care for sexual assault survivors.

Major Responsibilities:

• Organize and co-facilitate formal trainings for service providers in RH services.
• Provide continuous clinical supportive coaching and on the job training across several facilities
• Develop a work plan together with supervisor on capacity building for each facility
• Conduct facility readiness and infection preventions and control supportive supervision
• Provides continuous recommendations on optimizing facilities
• Monitor and report progress of capacities of service providers
• Serve as the contact person for IRC RH services in the location
• Support the community mobilization team in the sensitization of women, men, girls and boys to increased RH awareness and service utilization.
• Support the design of the community mobilization activity plan based on trends seen within the facilities
• Support the development of key RH messaging ensuring accuracy and cultural sensitivity.
• Coordinate with other SRH partners and attend SRH coordination meetings
• Any other responsibility as assigned by supervisor

Key Working Relationships:

• Position Reports to:  RH Manager
  Position directly supervises:  None
• Indirect Reporting: Senior RH Manager, Health Manager 
  Other Internal and/or external contacts:
• Internal: CM officer, Health team, Base manager
• External:  PHC “in charge”

Qualifications

Education:

Qualified doctor, midwife or nurse.

Work Experience:

• At least two years’ experience in organising reproductive health trainings and in supervising other clinic staff preferably with an iNGO
• Experience in working together with PHC/MoH in the system strengthening approach.
• Ability to lead, train, supervise and facilitate other midwives, nursing staff and community health workers in their respective tasks 

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Clear understanding of gender equality and gender issues for women and girls.
• Ability to maintain beneficiary confidentiality and respect at all times is essential.
• Positive and professional attitude, able to organize, maintain composure and prioritize work under pressure and be able to coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
• Ability to work as a member of a team is essential.
• Good teaching and coaching ability
• Excellent computer office application skills
• Good report writing skills 

Language Skills: 

• Fluency in English and Hausa

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

IRC et les employés de IRC doivent adhérer aux valeurs et principes contenus dans le IRC WAY (normes de conduite professionnelle). Ce sont l’Intégrité, le Service, et la Responsabilité. En conformité avec ces valeurs, IRC opère et fait respecter les politiques sur la protection des bénéficiaires contre l’exploitation et les abus, la protection de l’enfant, le harcèlement sur les lieux de travail, l’intégrité financière, et les représailles.