RMNH Specialist at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

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.