Senior Technical Advisor, Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) at Corus International

The Senior Technical Advisor, Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) reports to the MNH Team Lead and works with other members of MIHR's technical team to provide direct, senior level technical support to multiple MIHR - MNH core activities and country programs and represents MIHR technically and organizationally at the global level.

The technical assistance is focused on MNH, quality improvement (QI) and individual (clinical and non-clinical) capacity strengthening and will help MIHR country teams build service delivery and health provider capacity in fragile settings and in the nexus between humanitarian and development assistance. The Senior Advisor will also guide the capacity building of government and private sector health providers, support the introduction of quality standards and QI mechanisms, help countries translate emerging global evidence to national policies and strategies, increase preparedness for acute shocks and stresses, and support other actions that increase health system resilience.

Key Result Areas: KRAs indicate the core responsibilities, deliverables, and quality standards required for the individual to be successful in his or her role.

The success of this role is measured by the following KRAs:

• Ensuring timely implementation of planned MNH and QoC/QI related core-funded activities
• Contributing to technical excellence of MIHR's MNH, QoC/QI and individual capacity strengthening programing
• Contributing to measurable improvements in the use and the quality of MNH services in MIHR supported countries.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to and support the implementation of MNH-focused strategies and activities by providing technical inputs to project workplans, budgets, guidelines, training curricula, implementation tools, and reporting and M&E in compliance with the requirements and regulations of the award.
• Lead the adaptation and/or development of tools and resources, and support country teams in the implementation of MNH activities that respond to shocks and stresses (such as COVID-19) to maintain continuity and quality of services in supported countries.
• Work collaboratively with country program teams to provide senior level technical assistance and clinical and non-clinical capacity strengthening to country-level advisors, National and Sub-national level health officers, care providers and/or other target beneficiaries in MIHR-supported geographies.
• Translate/adapt global learning and emerging evidence into local, context-specific solutions to sustainably improve services including antenatal care, intrapartum care, postnatal care, psychosocial support, respectful maternal and newborn care, maternal perinatal death surveillance and response, among others.
• Provide senior level technical assistance to assisted countries for a range of activities (i.e., initial scoping and rapid assessments, program design and work planning, implementation, and monitoring) and develop appropriate strategies to respond to health service delivery and human resource challenges in fragile settings, including Francophone Africa.
• Contribute to the development and adaptation of capacity strengthening strategies, curricula and tools for human resource development related to MNH.
• Work with respective cross-cutting technical teams to contribute to the design and implementation of cross-cutting (resilience, social and behavior change, gender and youth, community health) activities at individual, household, community, system, and global levels.
• Work closely with monitoring evaluation research and learning teams at HQ and in countries to develop protocols for formative research, test indicators and tools for monitoring, analyzing and visualizing performance, and monitoring and evaluating performance and results.
• Contribute to the documentation of program implementation and learnings and disseminate these widely in various national and global forums.
• Prepare regular and ad hoc technical or travel reports, technical or program briefs and publications as required.
• Support preparation, organization, presentation, and documentation of meetings with USAID and other stakeholders (including technical working groups and coordination meetings) and the implementation and tracking of activities following these meetings.
• Represent MIHR in select Global MNH technical working groups and share learnings and experience from country programs.

Supervisory:

• This position reports to the Deputy Technical Director, Maternal, and Neonatal, Child, Immunization and Nutrition Health/MNH Lead
• There are no direct reports.

Education & Experience:

• Clinical degree (obstetrics, neonatology, nursing, or midwifery) is required.
• Master of Public Health highly desired.
• Minimum of 8 years' relevant and progressively responsible experience in international health
• Must have clinical experience in MNH with focus on EmONC, ANC and PNC across continuum of care.
• Experience supporting design and implementation of MNH, MCH or PHC programs at facility, community, subnational, national and/or global levels, preferably in Africa in fragile settings.
• Experience in clinical training and mentoring related to MNH and QI, preferably in fragile.
• Experience in M&E with the focus on MNH data collection, analysis and report

Qualifications:

• Ability to support implementation of programs without substantial guidance/coaching.
• Ability to communicate (speaking and writing) in English and French.
• Proficiency in an additional language and ability to interact professionally in Arabic is desirable, but not required.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, oral, and written communications skills
• Strong working knowledge of USG and other international donor funding mechanisms (including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements) required.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity required; experience living and/or working in developing countries.
• Experience working with professional and support staff in a multicultural, multi-linguistic.
• Advanced knowledge of international maternal and neonatal health best practices
• Demonstrated experience in research and issue.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to be both a team leader and a team.
• Proven track record of developing and maintaining productive working relationships with host country counterparts and NGO/FBO/CBO actors.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to work well in a team and fast-paced environment and meet tight.
• Willingness to travel extensively, including travelling to unstable and non-permissive.
• Willingness to support Corus's.