Child Health and Malaria Technical officer at Jhpiego: (Deadline 25 August 2023)

Child Health and Malaria Technical officer at Jhpiego: (Deadline 25 August 2023)

Overview

Jhpiego Rwanda is hiring a Child Health and Malaria Technical officers for the USAID-funded Integrated Services Delivery Activity (ISDA) project. The ISDA supports the Rwandan Ministry of Health (MOH) to contribute to the reduction of infant and maternal mortality and incidence of malaria in Rwanda, focusing on improving the availability, quality and utilization of RMNCH and malaria services and improving the health of women, adolescent, and children under five. The Child Health and Malaria Technical officer will provide technical and program support in Child health and Malaria (CH/Malaria) at zonal level. The Child Health and Malaria Technical officers will report to the zonal coordinator and will be based at one of the zones of the ISDA project with frequent field travels. The primary responsibility of CH/Malaria Technical officers will be to provide technical and program support in Child health and Malaria prevention and Case Management at facility and community levels.  Under the technical leadership of the Child health advisor and the malaria advisor and the supervision of the zonal manager, the CH/Malaria Technical officers will coordinate all Child Health and Malaria in supported districts. They will participate in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of appropriate and sustainable approaches related to Child health and Malaria to contribute to achievement of project deliverables.

Applications will be closed on Friday August 25, 2023

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Malaria advisor and the Child health advisor to implement Malaria and child health interventions at both facility and community levels, including integrated community case management (iCCM) and Home-based Management of Malaria.

• Plan implementation of Child health and Malaria activities in close collaboration with the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) and District counterparts.

• Conduct ToTs on pediatric emergencies (ETAT+) and integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI), malaria case management and malaria in pregnancy (MiP)

• Conduct supportive supervisions of ETAT+, IMCI and malaria activities at facility levels using updated/innovative approaches.

• Support health care provider efforts to implement quality of care for child health and malaria services

• Specifically monitor the implementation of ISDA’s work plan activities related to Child health and malaria activities and ensure that activities are executed according to work plan.

• Actively participate in the preparation of the project work plan, budgets and technical reports for submission to the line manager.

• Participate in developing or reviewing of different child health and malaria related documents, guidelines, training manuals and tools

• In close collaboration with the CH advisor and the Malaria advisor, develop and monitor learning and documentation activities related to CH and malaria in supported districts.

• Lead efforts to translate program data and findings into programmatic guidance and policy advocacy.

• Conduct supportive supervision at facility and community levels to ensure quality implementation of Child health and Malaria activities at facility and community levels in accordance with the national guidelines.

• Prepare, avail job-aids and training materials in coordination with the procurement team and ensure that materials and supplies reach target sites in a timely manner.

• Update the supervisor on field visit findings, propose solutions and monitor their implementation as well.

• Assist finance staff to prepare financial forms to advance/reimburse funds for on-going activities

• Assist finance staff to review process and reconcile payment documentation from trainers, program, technical and management staff

• Assist in organizing meetings, trainings, field visits, events and other project activities.

• Assist in other programmatic and administrative duties as required.

• Perform any other duties requested by the Supervisor

Reporting, learning and documentation   

• Document CH and malaria activities and assist with identification of best practices at health centers and community levels.

• Document successes, lessons learned and challenges in implementation as well as reports of project activities and results to the project and donor, including routine quarterly and annual reports and other reporting requirements as requested, in a timely manner

• Collaborate with Data use & M&E and zonal manager to ensure that the learnings from the project implementation are being tracked and information analyzed to inform the changes being brought in the project

• Support program data analysis and interpretation, and use findings to plan interventions accordingly in supported activities

• Author/co-author abstracts, presentations, and articles for journals and conferences

Representation in technical meetings/discussions   

• Represent ISDA project/Jhpiego in relevant meetings organized by supported Districts

• Participate in technical meetings with MOH/RBC and other partner meetings as may be  requested from time to time.

• Present updates on child health and Malaria in internal quarterly technical meetings or as may be requested by supervisor.

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing Sciences, Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical medicine and community health or Bachelor’s degree in Public health with background in nursing.

• Strong requirement of valid and current license to practice from relevant bodies (Rwanda Council of Nurses and Midwives (NCNM) or Rwanda Allied Health Professions Council (RAHPC).

• Additional trainings related to child health, Malaria or Community health and project planning and management

• Experience for training in IMCI, ETAT+, Malaria case management and iCCM

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in implementation of health-related activities and programs.

• Previous experience in Child health, Malaria and iCCM implementation projects

• Ability to cultivate strong collaboration with other team members and key stakeholders

• Experience with a mix of practical technical skills in child health and malaria necessary for strengthening Child health and Malaria service delivery at national, clinical and community-level

• Skilled in Malaria surveillance, M&E and at least two or more of the following technical areas: strengthening service delivery programs, training, pre-service education, performance and quality improvement

• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Rwandan healthcare system, particularly the public health system

• Experience in living and working in Rwanda preferred

• Familiarity with USAID or other USG regulations, compliance and reporting procedures and systems

• Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff

• Language requirement: (Fluent) speaking/reading English, French and Kinyarwanda is preferred

• Computer literacy in MS Office applications including Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook;

• Willingness to travel 50-60% of working time

Preferred Qualifications

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

Please apply at www.jobs-jhpiego.icims.com

Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, references, and salary history.

For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

Jhpiego does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, orientation or any other

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