Specialist in Family Planning in Pre-services at Jhpiego: (Deadline 23 March 2022)
Job opportunity:
Specialist in Family Planning in Pre-services/School of Nursing and Midwifery
Jhpiego’s Mission
Jhpiego enhances health and saves the lives of women and families in limited-resource settings. For nearly four decades, we have put evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice to overcome barriers to high-quality health care services for the world’s most vulnerable populations. From our origins as technical experts in reproductive, maternal, and child health, Jhpiego has grown to embrace new challenges, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, and cervical cancer prevention — reflecting the increasing interconnectedness of global health.
Jhpiego’s Values
At Jhpiego, we value our customers who have our respect, responsiveness, and commitment to excellence; our staff and global network of colleagues who bring cultural diversity, innovation, and a wealth of world experience; and our work culture, which is reflected in our team spirit, transparent communication, mutual respect, flexibility, and dedication.
Reporting Structure:
Position Title: Specialist in Family Planning in Pre-services Grade: E
Position Reports to ENABEL MNCH Technical Director
Position Supervised: None
Location: Jhpiego Rwanda Country Office Kigali, with frequent Field Visits
Duration: One-year contract March 2022
Summary Scope of Work:
Jhpiego will be implementing a project in Rwanda to support the scale-up of hormonal IUD.
The project aims to support the government’s National Hormonal IUD Introduction Plan by ensuring that nurses and midwives who are currently undergoing professional PSE acquire competencies to expand counseling and service provision to include hormonal IUD as they complete their classroom and skills-based clinical training. This will contribute to the development of a critical mass of skilled providers to facilitate long-term scale-up.
Jhpiego is seeking a Technical Coordinator to oversee the implementation of pre-services FP training in the school of nursing and midwifery in Rwanda. A significant area of focus of this work is accelerating and strengthening the training of FP in pre services with a focus on hormonal IUS for new graduates.
Responsibilities will be but not limited to:
- Act as the point person for all team members and activities related to the FP pre-service in school of nursing and midwifery
- Coordinate all tasks related to arranging facilities, coordinating, scheduling, booking facilitators, communicating across team members, keeping detailed records.
- To ensure good collaboration between Jhpiego and school of nursing and midwifery for the implementation of FP training in pre-service.
- Ensure that any information relevant to reporting on training activities is recorded and filed.
- Maintain reliable communication with project partners related to FP pre-services activities in the school of nursing and midwifery.
- To link Jhpiego and the school of nursing and midwifery for the FP implementation in pre service
- Ensure planning and implementation of pre-service FP in the school of Nursing and Midwifery is done effectively.
- To develop and coordinate the training plan, budget as well as ensure timeline implementation.
- To prepare the training in collaboration with the school’s focal person and ensure smooth school training implementation.
Reporting
- Report regularly to the Project lead as well as the MER with status updates.
- Maintain detailed information on each activity according to the guidelines for the purpose of reporting by the Project lead.
- Fill out all required forms (Eg: pre-post-tests) and take pictures to gather information at all meetings, training, and workshops that are relevant to data collection for project evaluation and general reporting to the supervisor.
Required Skills&Abilities:
- Demonstrated competence in oral and written English and Kinyarwanda language skills, including a proven ability to prepare reports in a clear, concise manner
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated computer skills, including proficiency in use of Microsoft Office software.
- Knowledge of the country context in Family Planning services and experience in mentorship approach.
Education & Qualifications:
- University Degree in Public Health, Medicine, Nursing and Midwifery or related social sciences with a minimum of five (5) years of experience in Health System strengthening.
- Proven experience in designing and/or implementing pre-services activities specifically with the school of nursing and midwifery.
- Experience in working with nursing and midwifery schools in Rwanda.
- Proof of hands-on skills in providing Family Planning services in the previous three (3) years.
- Excellent organizational skills including the ability to handle a variety of assignments sometimes under pressure of deadlines
- Willingness to take extra responsibilities in order to achieve the goals/objectives set by the organization
IMPORTANT – HOW TO APPLY!!
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online http://jrims.org/Job_Application and upload the following documents in PDF format with your names:
- Application letter
- Updated CV
- Academic Degrees, valid Nursing/Midwife Licence, and certificates in Family Planning
- 3 referees, one of whom should be the current employer or previous employer and with their full contacts.
Address the complete application file to the Country Director. The closing date for the vacancy is Wednesday March23rd,2022 at 5 pm. For further information on Jhpiego, please go to http://www.jhpiego.org
Only online applications through the link shall be considered and failure to follow the outlined procedure might result in the application being disqualified.
If you don’t hear from us within three weeks from the submission deadline, consider your application unsuccessful.
- Failure to follow the outlined procedure might result in the application being disqualified.
Note:
Jhpiego is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate in employment because of age, religion, tribe, race, color, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, military status, marital status, family responsibility, station of life, political opinion, health (includes HIV/AIDS, pregnancy) socioeconomic status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Employment and promotion for any position are based on an individual’s qualifications and merit. Jhpiego does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, orientation, or any other fees).
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