Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Officer at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Location: Damaturu-Yobe / Maiduguri-Borno
Slot: 5 Openings
Start date: Subject to Donor Funding Approval
Direct Line Manager: Health Sector  Manager (support from PM)

Tasks and Responsibilities
Objective 1 - Provide support to ACF supported health facilities to implement Maternal and Child health activities throughout the project implementation stages based on the national and ACF standards:

• Conduct facility assessment, identify gaps and develop recommendation for action
• Provide onsite and offsite training for health care providers to ensure the quality of care at the health facilities
• Ensure health facilities have necessary guidelines, tools, reference to implement Maternal and Child health services in the facilities.
• To coordinate with LGA officials to share plan and implementation of the Maternal and Child health activities
• Help to identify methods that enhance partnership & coordination with government official and local communities, internal integration within sectors and programs (Health, Nutrition, WASH,  etc.)
• Identify areas of cross-program linkages within AAH programs in assigned LGA to ensure program quality and adherence to program objectives, including respect of AAH technical guidelines, systems, and established deadlines.
• Support the reinforcement and coordination of regular project monitoring activities, i.e. baseline, PDM, end line, etc.
• Provide support to line manager in budget forecasting, detailed work planning, monthly and quarterly reporting.
• Assist the Sector Managers and PM in preparing internal and external reports for AAH and the health facilities, including case studies and success stories.

Objective 2 - Manage Community Promoters CHIPS Supervisors within the project to ensure compliance, technical quality MCH interventions, trainings and IEC material Building:

• Enhance the referral service from the communities to the health facilities and intra-facilities and feedback mechanism
• Ensure constant engagement with Community Promoters CHIPS, give them necessary support in the field, and report this to the office.
• Follow up the Community Promoters CHIPS and be sure that they are conducting the agreed activities.
• In close coordination with Community Promoters CHIPS supervisors and social mobilization team in the review and lead technical assessments, training manuals for AAH program.
• Provide regular support to the project manager to implement the filed activities at health facilities and community level.
• Provide regular input for the tools based on findings at field level to ensure that technical standards, guidelines and methodologies are communicated and understood.
• Assist in engaging HeRoN consortium and other stakeholders at LGA level.

Objective 3 - Ensure tracking and reporting of activities of Maternal and Child health activities:

• Share reports and finding on a weekly basis to provide help in the compilation of quality reports with an overview of activities and contextual updates, and quantitative indicator follow-up and submit to supervisor for consolidation.
• Share day to day challenges and will suggest mitigation to project team.
• Assist the Project Manager in reviewing maternal and child health activities, budget and then follow up with Logistics and field assistants to ensure adherence to work plan.
• Support Project Manager through the Sector Manager to ensure timely submission of PRs, car/ staff movement plans on a weekly basis.
• Ensure that all project-related data and information shared are correct, updated, organized, properly documented and accessible to the supervisor.
• Facilitate and support systematic monitoring and evaluation of the Project activities.
• Contribute to developing monthly update on activities for the project team as well as contribute to the development of donor reports.

Objective 4 - Participate in regular internal and external coordination for the project at LGA level and at the state level when required:

• Coordinate with AAH support departments and AAH sector departments with the help of PM to ensure a common approach and sharing of information.
• Represent AAH with local authorities, partners and other program stakeholders at LGA level.
• Undertake additional coordination as requested by the PM.

Internal and External Relationship
Internal Relationship:

• PM: Direct line management & reporting, technical oversight, coaching
• Deputy Health and nutrition HoD- technical supervisor
• Community Promoters CHIPS Supervisors, direct supervisee
• Other Program Managers: exchange of information on programs and monitoring and evaluation (integrated approach)
• Base log, Admin and Finance: exchange of information, reporting, collaboration, coordination

External Relationship:

• Participate in all Working Group meetings  (with the consent of line manager):
• Local and state government: Engage with stakeholders in coordination with base admin &log and state supervisors/PMs/DPMs
• HeRoN consortium partners

Position Requirements
Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration, Community Health Extension, Political Science, Public Health other related qualifications.
• Minimum 2 years of work experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 2 years in conflict/insecure contexts.
• He/she must have experience in Nutrition/Health and WASH programming and community engagement.

Skills and Experience
Essential:

• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions like long-distance walking to screening sites
• Capacity to supervise and coach.
• Ability to work in an environment where there are physical discomforts associated with a change in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust or dirt
• Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive.
• Excellent team, budget and project management, and representation competencies

Preferred:

• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in English and Hausa
• Commitment to AAH mission, values, and policy.
• A resident of community area (LGA) of work, networks within the community)
• Proficiency with local languages
• Previous NGO experience managing mobilization in different interventions (i.e.  FSL, wash,  and Nutrition).
• Report writing skills

Minimum Basic Salary
N211,441 per month.