Reproductive Maternal Neonatal and Child Health/Family Planning (RMNCH/FP) Officer, Community Partnerships for Respectful Care

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About Community Partnerships for Respectful Care (CPRC):
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) has awarded to the Americares Foundation Inc.. NPI is shifting the focus of USAID’s traditional partners to mentoring, capacity-building, and technical oversight, by using umbrella mechanisms and sub-awards strategically to enable new and underutilized local partners to lead development in their own communities and advance the Journey to Self-Reliance. USAID seeks to expand its network of partnerships with local organizations because they can mobilize quickly and take advantage of long-standing grassroots relationships to bring needed interventions directly to people at risk.

The Americares Community Partnerships for Respectful Care (CPRC) project is a five-year, $25 million effort under NPI to reduce mortality and morbidity among mothers and their children through improved community-based health care. Americares will work with Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) and its local affiliates in the United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Liberia to leverage the expertise and reach of local and locally established organizations, by building their institutional capacity. This new partnership will work closely with Tanzanian and Liberian communities and faith-based networks to improve access to, and demand for, high-quality, community-based health care for mothers, newborns, and children; voluntary family planning; nutrition; and respectful maternity care.

POSITION SUMMARY:
The RMNCH Officer will provide technical and program oversight and direction in the areas of family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH), nutrition and maternal and child health (MCH) of the CPRC project.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Training and Other Capacity Building Activities:
*Strengthen guidance, tools, and procedures for rigorous continuous implementation evaluation of training needs that ensures the inclusion of respectful maternity care in materials and training modules,
*Coordinate need-based refresher trainings for partners and facility-based staff where the CPRC project is implemented.
Support capacity building activities for CHAs through training and mentorship program.
*Champion sexual and reproductive health services to adolescents
*Ensure capacity building activities, alongside with MOH trainers and mentors to increase knowledge, attitude and positive attitude toward Family planning, nutrition for children and pregnant and lactating women of healthcare providers
*Routinely monitor and strengthen the quality of service provision by health staff, including CHAs
*Conduct regular supervisory visits and meetings, in collaboration with CPRS partners
*Conduct data quality audits to validate results prior to including them in the monthly reports.
*Ensure that data is reported from the health facilities, relayed to the Montserrado CHT
*Reinforce the management system of health facilities and the Montserrado CHT as a feedback mechanism to ensure high quality implementation of activities to meet project objectives.
*Champion and promote awareness raising activities and understanding of relevant issues of FP, MCH and nutrition in Liberia, and particularly in Montserrado County

Planning and coordination:
*Oversee RMNCH activities to ensure quality and timely service delivery including integrated outreach campaigns and activities
*Coordinate to meet CPRC project needs for field visits activities
*Monitor referrals and continuum of care linkages between CHAs and facility-based services
*Facilitate, with CPRC project partners, the MOH and external partners as well, community mobilization and awareness raising on RMNCH prevention and care
*Coordinate monthly or quarterly community health review meetings activities
*Ensure and provide cross-facility learning, collection of good and best practices, documentation and experience sharing with outside and inside CPRC partners, on nutrition, MCH, and FP/RH
*Actively engage in national and county nutrition, MCH and FP networks settings and groups

Leadership:
*Provide technical leadership to ensure integration of respectful maternity care in RMNCH activities of the CPRC project
*Provide technical leadership during the design, development, planning and implementation phases
*Provide in country leadership to develop/adapt and implement of innovative capacity building approaches to ensure high quality performance of healthcare workers (medical staff, CHAs)
*Ensure that the RMNCH strategy of the project adheres to the Liberia and global strategy and are technically sounds during design, planning and implementation phases
*Provide technical and high-quality support to the Montserrado County Health Team to implement and prioritize RMNCH services

Reporting:
*Ensure the CHAs, healthcare services and the linkages are adequately established for timely reporting including the use reporting tools.
*With support from the Montserrado county health team, the CPRC project partner, routinely report on health staff and CHAs system activities household visits, field supervision, trainings
*Submit monthly report on RMNCH-specific activities, as well as weekly updates
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CORE AMERICARES RESPONSIBILITIES: **
*Foster Americares values of responsiveness, results orientation, collaboration, efficiency and integrity;
*Coach, support and develop staff to increase individual and team effectiveness; and
*Develop and manage implementation of plans to increase team operating performance, including SOPs and other efficiency initiatives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
*BA in Nursing, midwifery, public health required, Master’s degree (MPH or equivalent) with a focus on RMNCH highly preferred,
*Excellent interpersonal skills and strong communications skills; ability to develop partnerships across sectors and cultures;
*Strong organizational skills, capacity to think strategically and attention to detail;
*Excellent English-language writing skills
*At least 7 years demonstrated experience working on USAID-funded project and meeting USAID reporting requirements;
*Proficiency in Office 365 including Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint and SharePoint;
*Willingness and ability to travel;
*Unrestricted authorization to work in Liberia.