Service Improvement Facilitators at Jhpiego - Johns Hopkins University - 2 Positions

Jhpiego, an Affiliate, of Johns Hopkins University is implementing a 3 years Bill and Melinda Gate funded project in Nigeria and Kenya. The Nigeria project is to be implemented in Nassarawa state. The project proposes to develop a group care model for ANC appropriate to the Nigerians contests that will support the MOH to operationalize its guidelines and test whether their alternative model of ANC is more effective, feasible, and acceptable than the Current standard of care at achieving better coverage and quality of ANC services. The project is designed for high-volume government health facilities and will explore the opportunities and challenges of different settings (urban, pen-urban, and rural) to inform scale-up.

We hereby invite applications from highly resourceful, experienced and dynamic professionals for the position below:

Job Title: Service Improvement Facilitator

Locations: Gombe and Nassarawa
Slot: 2

Overview

• The Service Improvement Facilitators (SIF) will report to the Program Manager or Designee.
• S/he will provide technical support for the implementation, and monitoring of service delivery strategies and activities at the level of project-supported health facilities (HFs).
• The SIFs will work with the LGA health coordinator and managers and providers in the health facilities to ensure that the project’s strategies for the delivery of high impact services are implemented.
  ln particular s/he will be responsible for continuous post-training supervision. mentoring and on-the- job training to service providers or follow-up of clients as the case may be.
• The successful candidates will be responsible for ensuring that providers keep to standards of practice and observe the use of service protocols and provide on-the-job training as needed.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the State ministries of health (SMOH), LGAs and other MCSP staff and partners.
• Assist in defining critical training needs and organizing in-service training activity as as needed, Work in conjunction with the SMOH/LGA supportive supervision teams to continuously provide supervision at the health facility level, identify bottle necks to quality services and work with the health facility teams to identify and implement solutions.
• Contribute to writing of the project reports especially in the area of quality assurance, including identifying success stories and keeping a photographic and written record of/aid activity highlights.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Key Outputs:

• Documented and accurate reports on types of On the Job training conducted or on the clients that are followed-up
• Number of supportive supervision conducted with documentation on the number of provider reached.
• Up to date knowledge of relevant high impact interventions for reduction of maternal, newborn and child mortality use of such in providing support to service providers,
• Technical inputs and contributions as technical support to the overall project implementation.
• Support provided to technical trainings in their respective zone.

Qualifications/Knowledge

• Clinical degree e.g. Nursing/Midwifery, Public Health.
• Most possess six (6) to ten (10) years post qualification experience in clinical/maternity practice including experience with teaching, perception and health management.
• Knowledge and experience working for -projects funded by international donors will bean advantage
• Demonstrated ability to be both a team player and to lead teams and organize multiple and simultaneous nets of activities.
• Strong clinical skills and demonstrated supportive supervisory skills are needed,
• Clear understanding of public health issues and challenges in Nigeria.
• Computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are essential.
• Ability to produce accurate reports and data on activities,
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and a local language of the project state will bean advantage.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% lime within the stale is a requirement.

Application Closing Date
17th December, 2015.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit an Application letter and a CV as one single word document to: ng-recruitment@jhpiego.org The title/subject of your email and application should be the position of what you have applied for.

Note

• Only shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation for an interview.
• Any successful candidate will be subject to a pro-employment background investigation.