Capacity Building Trainers at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

Job ID: 2026-7768

Overview

• The MCGL Integrated Health Project, implemented by Jhpiego, aims to establish a comprehensive framework for embedding community participation, accountability, and ownership within Nigeria’s Primary Health Care (PHC) system.
• This approach recognizes that sustainable improvements in health outcomes, particularly in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH), nutrition, malaria, immunization, and other priority health areas, require active community engagement beyond traditional top-down service delivery models.
• The project prioritizes strengthening the role of existing community structures such as Ward Development Committees (WDCs), Village Development Committees (VDCs), Community-Based Health Volunteers (CBHVs), and trusted community leaders including traditional and religious leaders. These structures serve as credible voices for health advocacy, community mobilization, service monitoring, and demand generation for essential health services.By institutionalizing these mechanisms, the project seeks to transform communities from passive recipients of health services into active partners in health system governance and accountability.
• Strengthening the capacity of community actors is therefore critical to ensuring effective community engagement, improved health-seeking behavior, and timely identification and referral of health risks at the household and community levels.
• To support these efforts, Jhpiego seeks to engage a qualified consultant to conduct a five-day capacitybuilding training for Community-Based Health Volunteers (CBHVs), MAMII Vanguard members, and CHIPS agents.
• The training will focus on strengthening community engagement and mobilization skills while improving community-level surveillance, referral systems, and risk communication related to maternal, newborn, and child health.

Responsibilities
Training Design and Preparation

• Review relevant project materials, national guidelines, and training resources.
• Develop or adapt training modules and facilitation materials aligned with program objectives.
• Prepare training presentations, practical exercises, and job aids.

Training Facilitation:

• Facilitate a five-day interactive training for selected CBHVs, MAMII Vanguard members, and CHIPS agents.
• Apply participatory training methods including group work, simulations, case studies, and demonstrations.
• Ensure participants gain practical skills in MUAC screening, community mobilization, referral documentation, and use of digital tools.

Digital Tools Orientation:

• Train participants on the use of digital applications such as the MAMII App for reporting, referral tracking, and surveillance activities.

Monitoring and Documentation:

• Administer pre- and post-training assessments.
• Document training proceedings.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Public Health, Community Health, Nutrition, Nursing, or a related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in community health programming.
• Demonstrated experience in training and capacity building for community health workers or volunteers.
• Strong knowledge of maternal, newborn, and child health, nutrition screening (MUAC), immunization, and community surveillance systems.
• Experience with community engagement and mobilization approaches.
• Familiarity with digital health tools and data reporting platforms is an added advantage.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and report-writing skills.