Advisor, Maternal and Newborn Health at AFGHS

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with R/CHMTs in capacity strengthening, including supportive supervision efforts, to ensure quality service delivery to clients and strengthen government systems to independently lead and sustain mentorship, supervision, and continuous quality improvement.
• Provide leadership in building local capacity through mentoring of counterparts and close collaboration with Ministry of Health and PORALG colleagues in MNH clinical areas.
• Coordinate with other projects and partners to identify synergies and enhance MNH outcomes.
• Respond to requests for technical support from counterparts and local partners, ensuring responsiveness and alignment with national and donor priorities.

Requirements

• Ability to coach, mentor, and develop the technical capacity of in-service delivery programs and technical staff in maternal and newborn health and performance and quality improvement.
• Deep technical knowledge of evidence-based MNH interventions across the continuum of care, including antenatal care, skilled delivery (including emergency obstetric care), and postnatal care.
• Strong understanding of data utilization for program monitoring, quality improvement, and informed decision-making in MNH.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, Nursing, or Midwifery or Medical Degree is required (an advanced degree such as an MScN, MMed, MPH is an advantage).
• Minimum of 6 to 7 years of work experience in MNH, with experience working in maternity care.
• At least two years of experience as an excellent classroom and clinical trainer and clinical mentor.
• Experience working in the private sector and/or with NGOs.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing capacity-building and quality improvement programs for MNH.
• Experience managing quality improvement initiatives and supervising or mentoring technical staff.

Skills