Jobs at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

Overview

• Maternal and Perinatal Mortality are Obstetric and neonatal tragedies worldwide. Of the global Maternal Mortality occurrences, the vast majority occur in low-resource settings and Nigeria accounts for nearly 20% of the global death. The lifetime risk of dying in Nigeria is 1 in 22 during pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum period compared to 1 in 4,900 in most developed countries.
• The causes of maternal mortality include Pre-eclampsia /Eclampsia (PEE), obstructed labor, postpartum hemorrhage, puerperal sepsis and abortion complications. These causes are treatable and preventable when labour is supervised by Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs). Perinatal morbidity and mortality are closely related to events during pregnancy and labor. The high rate in Nigeria is a result of poor maternal health, sub -optimal care during pregnancy and childbirth, and lack of newborn care.
• The major causes of newborn deaths are birth asphyxia, neonatal sepsis and prematurity. Universal access to Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (CEmONC) services is one of the strategies thatcan reduce these deaths and sufferings along with the ten core signal functions of the services. Improving access to quality comprehensive emergency obstetrics and newborn care is critical to reducing these preventable maternal and newborn deaths and is a top priority of the Government of Nigeria.
• Therefore, as part of the commitment of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMOHSW) to ensure that there are well equipped CEmONC facilities throughout the country to provide quality healthcare services, a nationwide CEmONC health facility assessment was conducted. to identified existing gaps. As part of the efforts to bridge the identified gaps in healthcare workers competencies, Jhpiego, in collaboration with the FCT, Ebonyi and Kebbi State Governments, through funding from USG in Nigeria, provides technical assistance to GoN to bridge the capacities of doctors, nurses, midwives, anaesthetic nurses, laboratory scientists/assistants inselected health facilities inthethree states.

Purpose of the CEmONC intervention

• This intervention aims to bridge existing gaps in the identified competencies of healthcare workers to provide quality CEmONC services during the recently concluded CEmONC health facility assessment in at least one CEmONC public facility per LGA in the selected states to improve quality services for women and newborns during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and postnatal period.

Specific Objectives
The specific objectives include to build the capacity of healthcare workers to provide quality:

• Antenatal care (ANC) services inline with therecent WHOguideline onANCfor positive pregnancy experience.
• Management of labour and childbirth using the national labour care guide (LCG), early identification and management of prolonged labour and imminent labour obstruction, maternal and fetal distress.
• Prevention and management of obstetrics complications such as use of AMSTL to prevent PPH, use of PPH bundle for early identification and prompt management of PPH, use of MgSO4 for treatment of severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, use of parenteral antibiotics for prevention and management of puerperal sepsis, manual removal of placenta, MVA for incomplete abortion, and assisted vaginal delivery with vacuum extractor.
• Pre-, intra- and post-operative management of patients for Caesarean section and exploratory laparotomy for ruptured uterus.
• Build the competencies of the healthcare workers to use lifesaving skills such as NASG, bimanual uterine compression, B-Lynch sutures, etc.
• Build capacity to implement MPCDSR/QoC processes and strengthen the data collection, collation, reporting, analysis and development of action plans to improve quality of maternal and newborn health services.
• Build capacity to improve two-way referral system in the stat

Responsibilities
In collaboration with Jhpiego staff:

• Each consultant will participate in a one-day skills standardization and pre-training planning workshop tobe organize by Jhpiego.
• Conduct anon-site capacity building of anaverage of 8 healthcare care workers, which would include doctors, nurses and midwives.
• Conduct follow-up mentoring of the trained healthcare workers to strengthen their confidence and competence inusing the newly acquired knowledge and skills.
• Conduct pre- and post-test assessment for each of the modules of the training package.
• Compile and submit a comprehensive report of the training within 5working days after completion of the training.
• Participate in a one-day post-training debrief meeting with key stakeholders in the state

Deliverables:

• Detailed and analysed pre- and post- training scores for each of the trainee for each module of the training package.
• Detail report ofthetraining tobesubmitted within 5working days ofcompletion of the training.

Required Qualifications

• Registered and practicing Obstetrician/Gynaecologist
• Evidence of previous and ongoing work experience in a facility delivering CEmONC services.
• Evidence of previous experience conducting CEmONC training especially within the last 24 months (preferred) OR Evidence of active involvement in the training of specialist doctors in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
• Evidence of having up-to-date annual practicing license with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
• Evidence of strong coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills.
• Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.

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Overview

• The project seeks to strengthen integrated Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) interventions through the review, adaptation, and harmonization of existing I-SBC training and communication materials to incorporate key maternal and newborn health content, including Perinatal Mental Health (PMH), Group Antenatal Care (G-ANC), Group Postnatal Care (G-PNC), Family-Led Postnatal Care (F-PNC), and Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), in alignment with national guidelines and standards.
• To achieve this, a consultant will be engaged to support the technical review, adaptation, design, and production of integrated SBC materials for use in community engagement, health promotion, and capacity-building activities.
• The purpose of this consultancy is to review, adapt, and integrate PMH, G-ANC, G-PNC, F-PNC, and POCUS content into existing I-SBC training manuals and community SBC materials, ensuring alignment with national policies, strategies, and approved technical standards.

Responsibilities
The consultant will:

• Lead the technical review and adaptation process.
• Ensure all adapted content aligns with national guidelines and approved technical
• standards.
• Maintain close coordination with the project team and relevant stakeholders.
• Submit all deliverables within agreed timelines.
• Incorporate feedback from stakeholders and finalize documents accordingly.
• Ensure quality assurance of all materials before submission.
• Facilitate the 2-day standardization training for Master Trainers and ensure quality,
• consistency, and standardization of I-SBC implementation approaches.

The consultant will undertake the following tasks over a period of 20 working days:
Review and Adaptation of I-SBC Training Manuals (5 Days): Labor& Employment Law

• Conduct a desk review of existing integrated I-SBC training manuals.
• Review relevant national guidelines, policies, and technical documents related to PMH, GANC, G-PNC, F-PNC, and POCUS.
• Adapt and integrate PMH, G-ANC, G-PNC, F-PNC, and POCUS content into the I-SBC training manuals.
• Ensure consistency of technical messaging and alignment with national standards and approved terminology.
• Incorporate gender-sensitive, culturally appropriate, and community-responsive messaging into the manuals.
• Lead review and finalization of documents

Review and Adaptation of SBC Materials (5 Days):

• Conduct a desk review of existing SBC materials, including: Flipcharts, Community dialogue guides, Key message booklets
• Adapt and integrate PMH and POCUS-related content into the SBC materials.
• Harmonize messaging across all SBC materials for consistency and clarity.
• Ensure materials are user-friendly, audience-appropriate, and aligned with national communication standards.
• Revise illustrations, messaging flow, and content structure where necessary.

Design I-SBC Materials (5 Days):

• Design and finalize adapted SBC materials, including: Flipcharts, Key message booklets, Community dialogue guides.
• Prepare print-ready versions of all materials.
• Incorporate stakeholder feedback and finalize all deliverables.
• Ensure all materials meet branding and formatting requirements of the organization and national guidelines.

Conduct I-SBC Standardization Training for Master Trainers (2 Days):

• Develop/adapt the training agenda, facilitation plan, presentations, and  job aids for training (ToT & CBHW) on I-SBC.
• Facilitate a 2-day standardization training for 12 Master Trainers to strengthen technical understanding and ensure standardized delivery of I-SBC interventions within the HARMONY Care project.
• Standardize key concepts, approaches, messaging, and facilitation techniques related to PMH, G-ANC, G-PNC, F-PNC, POCUS, and other relevant material and newborn health SBC content.
• Facilitate participatory learning sessions and practical exercises to strengthen trainer competence and consistency in delivery.
• Conduct pre- and post-training assessments and document training outcomes.
• Incorporate stakeholder feedback and recommendations for subsequent cascade training.

Reporting (3 Days):

• The consultant will write a comprehensive report and submit to the MNCH Advisor.

Key Deliverables
The consultant is expected to deliver the following:

• Inception report/workplan outlining methodology and timelines.
• Adapted integrated I-SBC training manual incorporating PMH, G-ANC, G-PNC, F-PNC, and POCUS content.
• Adapted SBC materials: Flipcharts, Community dialogue guides, Key message booklets
• Designed and print-ready versions of all SBC materials.
• Training package (agenda, presentations, facilitator guide, participant materials, and assessment tools).
• Training report including participant attendance, training outcomes, key observations, and recommendations.
• Final consultancy report summarizing: Activities conducted, Key revisions made, Challenges encountered, Recommendations.

Required Qualifications
The consultant should possess:

• Advanced Degree in Public Health, Health Communication, Social and Behaviour Change, Nursing, Medicine, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience in SBC material development and adaptation.
• Strong knowledge of maternal, newborn, and reproductive health programming.
• Familiarity with PMH, G-ANC, G-PNC, F-PNC, and POCUS programming and national health guidelines.
• Experience in training manual development and communication material design.
• Excellent facilitation, technical writing, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Communication Skills:
• Facilitation skills
• Presentation Skills 
• Analytical Skills
• Team mobilization skills.

Interested consultants are invited to submit a single document for upload to include:

• Technical Proposal (maximum 5 pages)
• Financial Proposal
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Examples of Previous Work (At least 23 samples)
• References (two professional referees).

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Background

• Maternal and Perinatal Mortality are Obstetric and neonatal tragedies worldwide. Of the global Maternal Mortality occurrences, the vast majority occur in low-resource settings and Nigeria accounts for nearly 20% of the global death. 
• The lifetime risk of dying in Nigeria is 1 in 22 during pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum period compared to 1 in 4,900 in most developed countries. The causes of maternal mortality include Pre-eclampsia /Eclampsia (PEE), obstructed labor, postpartum hemorrhage, puerperal sepsis and abortion complications.
• These causes are treatable and preventable when labour is supervised by Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs). Perinatal morbidity and mortality are closely related to events during pregnancy and labor. 
• The high rate in Nigeria is a result of poor maternal health, sub -optimal care during pregnancy and childbirth, and lack of newborn care. The major causes of newborn deaths are birth asphyxia, neonatal sepsis and prematurity. 
• Universal access to Comprehensve Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (CEmONC) services is one of the strategies that can reduce these deaths and sufferings along with the ten core signal functions of the services. 
• Improving access to quality comprehensive emergency obstetrics and newborn care is critical to reducing these preventable maternal and newborn deaths and is a top priority of the Government of Nigeria. 
• Therefore, as part of the commitment of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMOHSW) to ensure that there are well equipped CEmONC facilities throughout the country to provide quality healthcare services, a nationwide CEmONC health facility assessment was conducted. to identified existing gaps. 
• As part of the efforts to bridge the identified gaps in healthcare workers competencies, Jhpiego, in collaboration with the FCT, Ebonyi and Kebbi State Governments, through funding from USG in Nigeria, provides technical assistance to GoN to bridge the capacities of doctors, nurses, midwives, anaesthetic nurses, laboratory scientists/assistants inselected health facilities inthethree states.

Purpose of the CEmONC interventions

• This intervention aims to bridge existing gaps in the identified competencies of healthcare workers to provide quality CEmONC services during the recently concluded health facility assessment in at least one CEmONC public facility per LGA in the selected states to improve
• quality services for women during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and postnatal period.

Specific Objectives:

• By the end of the training learners are expected to improve in their:
• Ability to setup a 24-hour safe blood transfusion services in their health facility.
• Competencies to manage patients requiring transfusion services in obstetrics.
• To prevent and manage likely complications that may arise from blood transfusion.

Scope of the competencies will include the following:

• Blood group system
• Blood transfusion and Transmittable infection.
• Prevention of blood transmittable infections.
• Blood screening and cross matching.
• Blood transfusion procedure blood quality.
• Complications of blood transfusion including blood transfusion reaction.
• Blood donation processes.
• Blood storage: functional and reliable 24-hour blood transfusion banking system.

Responsibilities
In collaboration with Jhpiego staff:

• Each consultant will participate inaonedayvirtual skills standardization workshop tobe organize by Jhpiego.
• Conduct an on-site capacity building of an average of 8 healthcare care workers, which would include doctors, nurses and midwives.
• Conduct follow upmentoring of the trained healthcare workers to strengthen their confidence and competence inusing the newly acquired knowledge and skills.
• Conduct pre- and post-test assessment for each of the modules of the training package.
• Compile and submit acomprehensive report ofthetraining within 5working days after completion of the training.
• Participate in a one day post-training debrief meeting with key stakeholders in the state.

Deliverables:

• Detailed and analysed pre- and post- training scores for each of the trainee for each module of the training package.
• Detail report ofthetraining tobesubmitted within 5 working days ofcompletion of the training.

Required Qualifications
The preferred candidate should posse the following qualifications and experiences:

• Registered and practicing Haematologist with at least 5 years post-qualification working experience.
• Evidence of previous and ongoing work experience in a facility delivering CEmONC services.
• Evidence of previous experience conducting training onsafe blood transfusion component ofCEmONC orasimilar training especially withinthelast 24months or Evidence of provision of ongoing training inhaematology residency training or training ofmedical officers undergoing rotation in haematolopgy till date.
• Evidence ofhaving up-to-date annual practicing license with Medical andDental Council of Nigeria.
• Evidence of strong coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills
• Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.
• Travel: Ability to travel _70%, particularly to Facilitiesin the work location.
• Evidence ofhaving up-to-date annual practicing license with Medical andDental Council of Nigeria.
• Evidence of strong coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills.
• Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.