The Maternal and Child Health (MCH),Maternal and Child Health Program Officer Jobs Vacancy

nt area. AMCC aims to reduce
maternal and child mortality through improving the quality of health services
for mothers, newborns, and children through training, mentorship, and quality
improvement in addition to sustainable community- and facility-based activities
to promote good nutrition for mothers and children. The Program Officer role
will include a combination of supporting hospital-based MCH mentors, conducting
trainings in MCH care protocols, direct nurse mentorship at health centers and
district hospitals in areas of nutrition, maternity, postnatal care, antenatal
care, and other services as appropriate, and supporting quality improvement
efforts in the assigned hospital catchment area and other IMB-supported areas
as needed. The MCH Program Officer will work closely with the MCH team
including AMCC Project Manager, Pediatric Program Coordinator, Nutrition team,
as well as other IMB programs such as Community Health Department and the
Program on Social and Economic Rights (POSER). The Program Officer will also
work with health center titulaires and QI teams to support MOH/IMB joint
implementation of AMCC.

• Supporting
  training of health facility providers in core MCH protocols as needed,
  such as Helping Babies Breathe, kangaroo mother care, routine newborn care
  (elements of Essential Newborn Care), Advanced Neonatal Care, and
  Management of Acute Malnutrition, etc.
• Supporting
  additional health provider trainings as needs arise
• Clinical
  mentorship and on the job training in MCH care with health facility staff
  through visits to health facilities. Visits will include:
• Coaching
  of health center staff in maternity, post-partum/post-natal care,
  antenatal care, nutrition and any other MCH services as needed, to address
  any identified gaps and continue to strengthen quality of maternal,
  newborn and child care
• Close
  coordination with existing Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MCH)
  Mentors at the district hospital for mentorship and register/chart reviews
  for data validation and feedback
• Close
  coordination with the Nutrition Program Coordinator regarding mentorship
  feedback and follow-up
• Support
  training of HC staff on the use of equipment and coordinate with Hospital
  biomedical engineer for maintenance

• Participate
  in Advanced QI training by PIH/IMB Mentorship and Quality Improvement
  Manager and ABC Managers to become an expert QI facilitator.
• Support
  MCH Mentors at the District Hospitals to lead District Learning
  Collaborates focused on MCH. This includes the following primary tasks:
• Coordinating
  quarterly learning sessions for QI teams from each facility (all health
  centers in district and hospital team). Each QI team will include a
  clinical provider, data officer and community health nurse/liaison.
• Joint
  visits with MOH MCH Mentors for QI coaching during routine
  mentorship/coaching visits
• Ongoing
  communication between joint mentorship visits (phone calls, SMS, emails)
  to MCH mentor between learning sessions to support problem solving
• Coordinate
  with and provide support for hospital’s MCH Supervisor and Quality
  Improvement Committees when appropriate.
• Support
  interventions that are generated through District Learning Collaborative
  to improve communication and coordination across all levels of health
  system (community, health center, district hospital).
• Support
  MOH MCH Mentors on monitoring data of quality improvement projects, with
  support from M&E teams as needed

• Coordination
  and logistical support for all aspects of AMCC including:
• Training
  preparation and logistics, including drafting training concept notes
• Logistics
  for District Learning Collaborative learning sessions
• Routine
  reporting to AMCC manager on mentorship and QI activities
• Routine
  reporting and writing stories for AMCC funders
• Effective
  and professional communication with MOH partners, MCH colleagues, and IMB
  leadership as needed
• Ensure
  the availability of all essential equipment/advocate to leadership for
  availing essential supplies and equipment; monitoring distributed
  equipment
• Identification,
  training, and equipping of vulnerable families with skills and materials
  to improve household food security and nutritional outcomes
• Ensure
  timely distribution of food packages to vulnerable families
• Working
  closely with Community Health Department and POSER to link facility and
  community interventions

• A0
  level midwife, or nurse with extensive maternity experience
• Clinical
  experience in neonatal/newborn care either through maternity or
  pediatric/neonatal ward assignments
• Experience
  with data interpretation, collection and usage either through academic,
  quality improvement, or research experience
• Experience
  in clinical mentorship and teaching

• Preference
  for those with hospital and health center experience, those with training
  in comprehensive or basic SONU/EmONC and/or family planning, and/or IMCI
  and/or other maternal and child health related domains.
• Experience
  with facilitation, training, and mentorship (rather than direct clinical
  practice only)
• Fluency
  in Kinyarwanda and English required
• French
  fluency strongly preferred
• Flexibility
  and willingness to live in rural areas and routinely travel to rural
  health facilities
• Proven
  commitment to social justice and ability to live and work in a rural
  setting
• Fluency
  in English is required; French and Kinyarwanda are preferred