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the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We
work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we
help them fulfill their potential. We work together, with our partners, to
inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve
immediate and lasting change in their lives.

We
are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job
Title: Consultant
– Training of Service Providers for Integrated Management of Newborn and
Childhood Illnesses (IMCI)
Location: Kaduna

Background

Every
year, about six million children die globally before they reach their
fifth birthday, many during the first year of life (UNICEF, 2016). Half of
these deaths are due to acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea, measles,
malaria, malnutrition; or often to a combination of these conditions which
are largely preventable and treatable conditions
The
IMCI guidelines which was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO)
and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) promotes prompt
identification of childhood illnesses in the outpatient settings and
provides appropriate treatment and referrals when necessary
The
guideline also helps to improve the quality of care of sick children at
the referral level by providing an effective link between the care
provided at the community and the management approach in the facility and
promotes the rational use of resources.
The
risk of a child dying before completing five years of age is highest in
the WHO African Region (81 per 1000 live births), about 7 times higher
than in the WHO European Region (11 per 1000 live births) according to
statistics from WHO (2005). Various factors bordering on socioeconomic
determinants of health have been proposed as possible underlying factors
for these outcomes. Reducing these inequities across countries and saving more
children’s lives by ending preventable child deaths are therefore
important priorities
As
part of efforts to address these challenges, Save the Children with
funding from GSK is currently building the capacity of frontline health
workers in the delivery of MNCH interventions
The
project aligns with the National Strategic Health development plan
(2010–2016), the Integrated Management of Maternal, New-born and Child
Health Strategy (IMNCH) 2013, and IMCI and ICCM guidelines and
implementation strategies

Purpose
of Activity

The
purpose of this activity is to build the capacity of frontline health
workers across Secondary health facilities in Kaduna state on IMCI.

Objective

To
build/strengthen the capacity of health workers to manage common childhood
illnesses at secondary heath care facilities in Kaduna state.

Specific
Tasks
The specific tasks for the consultants to include:

Review
of the current FMoH IMCI course guide and materials for training health
providers in order to ensure the incorporation of new-born care component
(first week of life);
Review
current facilitator guide for IMCI and adapt accordingly;
A
representative of the FMOH should participate/be involved in the review of
IMCI training materials. Note: Process for formalisation and approval of revised
training materials by FMOH will be done at later date;
Advise
Save the Children on the selection criteria of participants to be trained;
Plan
and conduct a 6-day IMCI course for the participants from Kaduna;
Identify
with help of MNCH Advisor and /State Focal person for MNCH appropriate
practicum sites for IMCI training;
Prepare
a follow up plan of the service providers for IMCI that would have been
trained;
Conduct
a follow up for the trained providers to ensure proper use of training
skills they learnt while on the job;
Debrief
with programme staff in Kaduna;
Prepare
and submit a draft summary report of the activity not later than one week
after the completion of the activity.

Methodology

An
IMCI objective-structured clinical assessment checklist will be used in
the conduct of a Training Needs Assessment. All the secondary health
facilities would be visited and the assessment checklist administered to
assess the skills gap observed. The gaps observed would be used in the
design of the training intervention;
The
training will involve the use of low technology and highly effective
teaching methods: simulation, role play, drills, skills practice and
practical demonstration amongst others. The training would be a
combination of both classroom and practical sessions with participants
scheduled to visit selected hospitals for the practical sessions. The
training will also be conducted using mannequins for practice;
Pre-test
and Post-test evaluation would be used in assessing knowledge gained by
trainees;
Facilitators
would conduct a post-training follow-up and supportive supervision to
facilities where selected health workers have been trained within 6-8
weeks of the training.
The
training will be led by a Lead Consultant along with 5 other resource
persons (including the MNCH Advisor);
The
participants will be trained for 6 days on IMCI with mixed classroom
sessions and practical sessions;
The
IMCI chart booklet and exercise booklets would be used as manuals and
materials for the training;

Expected
Output
By the end of the assignment the following outputs will be expected:

Trained
health workers with knowledge and skills to assess and classify the sick
child;
Trained
health workers with enhanced skills in identifying common childhood
illness at the facility level;
Trained
Health workers with skills in managing common childhood illnesses using
the IMCI guidelines;
Trained
Health workers with adequate knowledge and skills in counselling the
mother;
A
comprehensive report of the Training reports developed by the consultants
and shared with SCI office.

Type
of Consultants Required

The
desired Consultant should be an experienced Paediatrician (a fellow of
West African Medical College/NPMCN) with a minimum of 5 years’
post-fellowship experience;
Experienced
facilitators of IMCI training;
Familiarity
with SCI reporting systems in conducting consultancy will be an added
advantage.
He/she
should have undertaken a TOT course on IMCI;
He/she
should be able to mobilize 4 other facilitators (Doctors/Midwives) with a
minimum of 5 years’ experience as well as experience in the delivery of
IMCI training;

Job
Title: Consultant
– Training on Essential New-born Care (ENCC) and Improving Health Workers
Capacity
Location: Kaduna

The
Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground
in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need
better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and
advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure
their voices are heard.

We
are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by
2030:

No
child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All
children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence
against children is no longer tolerated

We
know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a
crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our
people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative
and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly
valued.

Background
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with a population of over 180 million
people, is ranked the second largest contributor to the under–five mortality
rate in the world and the largest contributor in Africa. Nigeria’s newborn
death rate (neonatal mortality) is put at 528 newborn deaths per day (one of
the highest in the world). More than a quarter of the estimated 1 million
children who die under the age of 5 years annually in Nigeria die during the
first 28 days of life (neonatal period).

The
majority of these deaths are caused by conditions that are preventable or
treatable. In fact, 9 of every 10 new-born deaths are preventable. While some
progress has been made to reduce these deaths over the past decade, the rate of
change is not fast enough for Nigeria to meet the Sustainable Development
Goals.

Key
interventions and packages that could prevent 70% of new-born deaths in Nigeria
exist, but coverage is low. The policies are in place; however action is needed
at state and local levels to increase coverage and quality of life-saving
interventions while closing the equity gap for the poorest families.

Save
the Children, through the Health workers’ capacity building project, is
committed to improving quality Maternal, New-born and child health services
through capacity building of frontline health workers and advocating to
influence policy changes related to MNCH indices.

Essential
New-born Care
Essential Newborn Care (ENC) is care that every newborn baby needs regardless
of where it is born or its size. ENC should be applied immediately after the
baby is born and continued for at least the first 7 days after birth. Many ENC
interventions are simple and can be provided by a Skilled Birth Attendant (SBA)
or a trained Community Health Worker (CHW).

Essential
newborn care includes:

Early
initiation and exclusive breastfeeding;
Thermal
care (including prompt drying and covering at birth, maximizing
skin-to-skin contact, delayed bathing, maintaining “warm chain”);
Hygiene
practices (including cord-care and hand washing).

There
is good evidence that adherence to recommended essential newborn care practices
substantially reduces mortality risk, especially for very small newborns.

Nigeria
in 2008 adopted the WHO Essential Newborn Care Course package. In adapting the
generic course to the country, it has undergone several adaptations and
updates. The training package is aimed towards the acceleration of progress
towards achieving significant reduction in infant and Under-five mortality.

Purpose
of the Training

The
goal of this training is to improve the skills of 50 select frontline
health workers (Doctors/Nurses/Midwives) from secondary health facilities
in Kaduna state on Essential New-born Care package using standard national
training guidelines.

Objectives

Build
the capacity of 50 Health workers on the concept of Helping Babies Breathe
(HBB);
Improve
the skills of the trainees on routine cares of all babies (ECEB);
Improve
knowledge and skills of health workers on essential care for small babies
(ECSB);
Improve
knowledge of health workers on referrals of babies identified to be in
severe situation that requires referral.

Approach
& Methodology

An
ENCC objective-structured clinical assessment checklist will be used in
the conduct of a Training Needs Assessment. All the secondary health
facilities would be visited and the assessment checklist administered to
assess the skills gap observed. The gaps observed would be used in the
design of the training intervention. The TNA would be conducted in 3 zones
in Kaduna over a period of 5 days;
The
training will be led by a Lead Consultant along with 4 other resource
persons (including the MNCH Advisor);
Training
slides and manuals would be drawn from FMOH approved guidelines for ENCC;
The
training will involve the use of low technology and highly effective
teaching methods: simulation, role play, drills, skills practice and
practical demonstration amongst others;
The
training will also be conducted using mannequins for practice;
The
training would be a combination of both classroom and practical sessions
with participants scheduled to visit selected hospitals for the practical
sessions;
Pre-test
and Post-test evaluation would be used in assessing knowledge gained by
trainees;
The
consultant/facilitators would conduct a post-training follow-up and
supportive supervision to facilities where selected health workers have
been trained within 6-8 weeks of the training.

Specific
Tasks

Review
of the current FMoH ENCC course guide and materials for training health
providers in order to ensure the incorporation of new-born care component
(first week of life);
Review
current facilitator guide for ENCC and adapt accordingly
Advise
Save the Children on the selection criteria of participants to be trained;
Plan
and conduct a 4-day ENCC course for the participants from Kaduna. This
will include conduct of pre and post-tests;
Identify
with help of MNCH Advisor and /State Focal person for ENCC appropriate
practicum sites for the ENCC training;
Prepare
a follow up plan of the service providers for ENCC that would have been
trained;
Conduct
post training follow up visits to trained health workers at their
respective places of work;
Debrief
meeting with project team in Kaduna;
Prepare
and submit a report of the training not later than 14 days after the
completion of the activity.

Expected
Outputs:

Analyses
of pre and post-tests results of trained Health workers;
A
comprehensive report of the training (both the class room training and the
post training follow-up visits).

Consultant
Specification

The
required consultant should be an experienced paediatrician (a fellow of
West African Medical College/NPMCN) or with a minimum of 5 years’ post-fellowship
experience;
He
or she should have undertaken a TOT in ENCC;
He
or she should be able to mobilize 3 other facilitators (Doctors/Midwives)
who have a minimum of 5 years’ experience and have also undertaken a TOT
in ENCC training);
He/she
should have expertise in Essential New-born care training and programming;
Experienced
facilitators of training.

How
to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply

Application
Deadline 15th
March, 2018.

Note: We need to keep
children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background
checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.