JOB TITLE: Service Delivery Program Volunteer, Sexual Reproductive Maternal Newborn and Child Health Program
JOB LOCATION: Lagos, Nigeria
JOB DETAILS:
Responsibilities
The specific responsibilities for this position include:
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- Support state quantification of uterotonics for postpartum hemorrhage management;
- Provide technical and coordination support to government stakeholders and development partners for the update of state-level training manuals on postpartum hemorrhage management;
- Under the direction of the State Program Lead, coordinate healthcare worker trainings;
- Map antenatal care counselling services in intervention facilities, identify key areas for expansion in coaching curriculum, and support the state to implement them;
- Support the development of clinical training materials and guides to strengthen patient counselling at health facilities;
- Update mapping of health facility referral networks, and support strengthening, expansion, and institutionalization of referral directory for facilities;
- Support training of referral focal persons to strengthen community and primary healthcare referral to secondary health facility referrals;
- Provide technical and coordination support to initiate or strengthen quality improvement teams in intervention facilities;
- Support health facilities to improve timeliness and completeness of facility reporting;
- Support testing and finalization of community-based patient literacy materials on pregnancy to increase care-seeking behavior of women in local communities;
- Develop evidence-based community mobilization plans and conduct trainings of community champions to increase care-seeking at health facilities for maternal health services and pregnancy complications;
- Identify opportunities for developing volunteer driver’s schemes to link communities to health facilities for emergency obstetric care;
- Supervise process for developing and strengthening vital community reporting registration systems in collaboration with ward development committees and the Primary Healthcare Board;
- Work with key stakeholders in the state to collect and report on program data relating to postpartum hemorrhage and maternal health;
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative data analyses on clinical and non-clinical data sets;
- Develop and maintain relationships with key counterparts in partner organizations and in government agencies relevant to program requirements;
- Contribute to technical reports and conduct desktop research on key topics for new product introduction in the maternal health space; develop charts and infographics for presentations;
- Any other tasks as assigned by the Program Director.
Qualifications
Proactive, resourceful individuals with strong analytical and communication skills are required for this role. Specific requirements include:
- Bachelor’s degree in Medicine or Nursing with a minimum of two years of work experience in a clinical setting;
- Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management across government agencies, hospitals, and non-profit entities;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to write and proofread written materials, and to deliver presentations to clinical and non-clinical audiences;
- Demonstrated ability to use computer technology (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email, Internet, etc.);
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-pace environment, and collaborate effectively with a multidisciplinary and multicultural team of colleagues and stakeholders;
- Ability to coordinate and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously; demonstrates a positive, results-oriented approach to work; self-motivated;
- Must have good understanding of the complexities of maternal health provision in low-resource settings, and the role that communities play in increasing care seeking in health facilities.
Plusses:
- Experience working in SRMNCH programs or other public health program in Nigeria;
- Experience conducting or coordinating healthcare worker trainings;
- Experience working with public health sector stakeholders in Lagos state.
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