About US:
AMREF Health Africa is an international African organization founded in Kenya in 1957. Our Headquarters are in Nairobi with major programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, and two regional nubs in Southern and Western Africa based in South Africa and Senegal Respectively. Working with and through African communities, health systems and governments, Amref Health Africa aims to close the gap that prevents people from accessing their basic right to health. Amref Health Africa is committed to improving the health of people in Africa by partnering with and empowering communities. Our Vision is Lasting Health Change in Africa.
About USAID RHITES Project:
Amref Health Africa is implementing the USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in the South West Uganda project that aims to increase the availability, accessibility, and quality of integrated health services including HIV and TB prevention, care and treatment; maternal, neonatal, and child health services; family planning; nutrition assessment and counseling and support; malaria prevention and treatment; and other primary care services.
Job Summary: The Technical Advisor RMNCH will provide technical and program oversight and guidance in the areas of maternal, newborn and child health as part of the upcoming USAID regional integrated health programs in Uganda. The Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Advisor is a pivotal position and will provide technical leadership and oversight in the development, focusing and implementation of MNCH activities. The incumbent will work closely with the project’s Technical Director and other program technical staff to ensure technical quality of the intervention design and implementation. The Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Advisor will also work closely with the other EGPAFs Technical Advisors in identification and provision of technical support; and ensure standard procedures in quality of care are adhered to during training and implementation. The incumbent will also ensure the technical and methodological soundness of activities and, in collaboration with the project team and partners, support the design of service delivery strategies, based on sound and current scientific evidence.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Play a lead technical advisor role for MNCH strategic planning and work plan development; work with MOH, District Health Management Teams (DHMTs) and facility health teams to ensure programmatic efforts to improve MNCH care; and design, align and implement MNCH strategies and activities which support integration and quality improvement of services.
Ensure that there is timely implementation of all program inputs related to maternal, newborn and child health, including planning and implementing assessments, site MNCH quality improvement interventions, strengthening follow-up and supervision, advocacy, demand creation, capacity-building and M&E across program sites, in close coordination and collaboration with MOH, DHTs and program staff.
Provide mentoring and capacity building at the individual and organizational level in maternal, newborn and child health including focused antenatal care; essential and basic and/or comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care; postpartum and postnatal care. Develop, test, harvest and scale up a variety of facility- and community- based approaches to improve MNCH services delivery and utilization using quality improvement approaches.
The jobholder will advocate with national, regional and community-level health institutions to raise awareness about their role in improving health outcomes in. maternal, new-born and child health
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The applicant should preferably hold a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree with Master’s degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics and/or Public Health.
A minimum of five years’ experience and demonstrated practical skills in technical advisory role in the area of MNCH at regional, district, clinical and community level.
Extensive experience in managing quality improvement interventions and technical/institutional capacity building programs primarily through a technical assistance approach.
Excellent track record and experience interacting with the district health system and good knowledge of the community support structures.
Working knowledge of the national sharpened plan on RMNCA for Uganda is added advantage.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the Ugandan decentralized health care system.
Excellent analytical, communication and report writing skills
How to Apply:
All candidates are encouraged to send an updated CV including three professional referees and cover letter addressed to the Human Resources Manager, Amref Health Africa in Uganda via E-mail to: jobs.amrefuganda@amref.org. Emails should not exceed 2MB.
Deadline: 29th January, 2016