Save the Children,Midwife Jobs in Rwanda

hieve immediate and
lasting change in their lives. Save the Children works in thirteen districts in
Rwanda with a current staff complement of approximately 180 staff.

• Welcoming
  all the pregnant women coming for the ANC services into Youth Friendly
  Space (YFS) & health facilities.
• Conduct
  screening for all pregnant women in accordance with the Sudan ANC protocol
  and other guidelines.
• Provide
  all services given in ANC including protocol drugs and screening for all
  mothers.
• Identify
  all Risk factors associated with the pregnancy and refer appropriately and
  take actions.
• Provide
  Iron supplementation, and ensure the mothers are immunized with TT toxoid
  as per the protocol.
• Provide
  Health education and nutrition education for all women attending ANC
  services.
• Register
  all the required information on the ANC Registers and ANC cards as per
  protocol.

• Conduct
  screening for all lactating women attending Post- Natal care in accordance
  with the protocol and other guidelines.
• Provide
  Vitamin A, medical supplements and other protocol drugs as per protocol to
  lactating women.
• Provide
  and Reproductive health and Nutrition counselling and health education on
  importance of lactation.
• Send
  the caretaker to EPI department for immunization.

• Provide
  FP service as per protocol to all adolescents and young people attending
  the YFS
• Operate
  Family planning clinic as per protocols and Rwandan guidelines.
• Explain
  to the FP clients all the methods available and allow them to make
  personal choices.
• Screening
  all the FP clients for STI and other medical complications.
• Manage
  patients with sexually transmitted infections (STI) in line with the
  Syndromic guidelines and protocols.

• Conduct
  Normal and complicated deliveries in line with all guidelines.
• Monitor
  labour using pantograph and in Line with all guidelines provided to
  monitor deliveries.
• Respond
  to all cases of Obstetric emergencies in line with the protocols in
  consultation with the doctor and other medical staff.
• Identify,
  stabilize and refer all cases of emergency obstetric complications with
  the help of the doctors and other medical staff.

• Adhere
  to international standards in infection control and waste management.
• Ensure
  aseptic techniques in provision of RH services.
• Sterilize
  and disinfect all the instruments used during delivery and other obstetric
  services.

• Providing
  health education at the reproductive health waiting area and at all levels
  of RH care.
• Participate
  in provision of one to one  health education to all patients during
  consultation and services delivery

• Conduct
  field visit at community level to the project volunteers During outreach
  activities
• Provide
  a feedback for better improvement to the volunteers
• Strengthen
  youth  clubs to provide health messages

• Provide
  support and supervision to other staff when called upon to by the PHC
  supervisor
• Conduct
  on-job training to other junior staff during service delivery when
  requested to do so.
• Conduct
  any other role provided by the line manager.

• Able
  to assess and analyse key issues in the humanitarian situation and
  formulate actions around them
• Actively
  engages in disaster coordination mechanisms and interagency cooperation
• Leads
  on the development of an organisational response based on an understanding
  of the contexts

• Ensures
  beneficiary and partner feedback is incorporated into programme design,
  planning and learning
• Demonstrates
  flexibility to adapt plans and make decisions in rapidly changing
  environments
• Actively
  manages risk and takes action to reduce risk
• Makes
  changes to improve performance as a result of information received
• Documents
  lessons learned and applies them to future projects

• Develops
  strategies for teams to work across traditional boundaries, working in
  diverse environments
• Establishes
  clear objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress and
  performance
• Fosters
  collaborative, transparent and accountable relationships through partners
• Uses
  negotiation and conflict resolution skills to support positive outcomes

• Demonstrates
  an understanding of wider UN/NGO security coordination and how the
  organisation can benefit from, and contribute to, those mechanisms
• Undertakes
  effective risk assessments and develops contingency plans
• Takes
  appropriate, coordinated and consistent action to handle situations of
  personal risk and risk for others
• Reduces
  vulnerability by complying with safety and security protocols set by the
  organisation

• Helps
  team members to practise stress management through prioritisation of
  workloads and modelling of appropriate self-care
• Remains
  focused on the objectives and goals in a rapidly changing environment
• Remains
  effective and retains perspective in the face of difficult or demanding
  situations

• Holds
  self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
  achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds
  the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities –
  giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing
  the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate
  consequences when results are not achieved
• Creates
  a managerial environment across the Region to lead, enable and
  maintain our culture of child safeguarding

• Sets
  ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes
  responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their
  team to do the same
• Future
  orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale

• Approachable,
  good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective
  relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values
  diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work
  cross-culturally.

• Develops
  and encourages new and innovative solutions

• honest,
  encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence
• displays
  consistent excellent judgement

• A
  qualified Registered Midwife with 2 years’ experience, registered /
  licensed by medical practitioners board
• Experience
  working with international NGO.
• Excellent
  liaison abilities and good communication skills (French, Kiswahili and
  English preferred).
• Willingness
  to work in resource poor environment and be culturally sensitive.
• Ability
  to produce basic reports in English
• Ability
  to work in a remote area and in context of insecurity issues.
• Ability
  to work with adolescent youth
• Experience
  managing  Referral of patients  from Primary Health Care centers
  to secondary level facilities

• Language
  skills in Kinyarwanda,  French, English and Kirundi
• An
  area of particular expertise within humanitarian health
• Experience
  of working on PMTCT programmes

• This
  extends not only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly,
  but also includes children whom staff are responsible for.  SCI
  believes that the situation of children must be improved through the
  promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of
  staff. Save the Children International’s Code of Conduct sets out the
  standards which all staff members must adhere to.