Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Adviser at ITM Africa Ltd: (Deadline 10 March 2023)

Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Adviser at ITM Africa Ltd: (Deadline 10 March 2023)

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POSITION : Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Adviser

Location : Kigali, Rwanda 

ITM Africa Ltd, an international company specializing in all HR solutions is assisting a client to recruit an Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Adviser 

Purpose of role :

Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals, and the goals on gender equality.

Our organization is transforming itself to meet this enormous challenge everywhere we work. We need bold, forward-thinking and innovative individuals to lead our country operations, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of 100 millions girls.

The position holder will provide technical and programmatic assistance in the area of ASRH and act as an integral part of Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC)/ Maternal Child and Community Health (MCCH) Division team. She/he will technically contribute in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation as well as coordination of ASRH interventions at central and decentralized levels.

What you will do :

Planning and integration of ASRH

• Work closely with RBC/MCCH team to plan, implement, and scale-up strategies for high-impactinterventions related to ASRH at the facility level.
• Plan and implement capacity-building activities among health care providers, schools, and at the community level in adolescent (youth) friendly service provision in collaboration with districts and partner organizations.
• Monitor the progress of implementation of work plan activities related to ASRH and ensure that activities are executed according to plan, and any issues are discussed with the supervisor in a timely manner.
• Work collaboratively with Plan International team members and other MOH/ RBC staff to ensure good coordination and efficient programming and management of the ASRH program.

Coordination and leadership

• Provide technical oversight, strategic direction and ensure appropriate support for the implementation of ASRH program activities.
• Lead strategies to effectively engage adolescent boys and girls as well as local government, health care providers, civil society, religious leaders, to foster community-wide commitments and actions to foster young people healthy behaviours;
• Build capacity in adolescent-focused analyses (e.g. government and partners) and conduct field-based analyses to ensure local specificities are considered in all adolescent health interventions;
• Identify appropriate facility and community-based strategies to address ASRH service delivery gaps;
• Develop service delivery strategies in coordination with local social behaviour change (SBC) partner for accessing hard-to-reach populations with ASRH services, including the use of SBC and community outreach activities to increase awareness and demand for services;
• Coordinate assessments, advocacy, demand creation, policy support, capacity-strengthening, and M&E related interventions.
• Coordinate the formulation of approaches for scale-up of ASRH services to the Rwandan population by working with a wide range of technical experts to provide holistic needs, or segments of youth (in school or out-of-school), etc. In accordance with Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent health (RMNCAH) policy and FP/ASRH Strategic plan;
• Work with health care providers, local authorities, community members, and program team members to identify and address service delivery gaps that impede access to ASRH services.
• Coordinate the development ASRH tools and contribute to the development of technical reports and publications related to ASRH.

Management

• Maintain excellent relationships with MOH, RBC team and and other Ministry of Health partners.
• Provide technical support during program monitoring and development of annual work plans;
• Provide reports to supervisors and update all technical staff on successes, challenges, and lessons learned in the implementation of ASRH activities.
• Perform any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

You will be a good fit if you have :

Qualifications/ experience essential: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in nursing, midwifery, public health, or other clinical or related disciplines with nursing or social sciences background is required.
• At least 3 – 5 years’ experience implementing and/or supporting reproductive health programs
• Proven experience working with and for adolescents and young people, and track record of successful implementation of similar programs in Rwanda.
• Experience to mentor health providers using competency-based approaches; experience of training health workers on clinical aspects related to ASRH, peer education, etc.
• Ability to work with senior MOH officials, executives of NGOs, FBOs, CBOs, the for-profit business community, and senior members of the donor community on ASRH/FP matters.
• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of the Rwandan healthcare system
• Ability to coach, mentor, and develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff in ASRH

Qualifications/ experience desirable:

• Ability to work independently and under pressure
• Willingness to work overtime as required

Languages required.

• Strong oral and written communication and presentations skills in English and Kinyarwanda.
• The knowledge of French language is an added value.

How to apply :

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