The Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP),MCSP Child Health Coordinator jobs in Rwanda

ram is focused on
ensuring that all women, newborns and children most in need have equitable
access to quality health care services to save lives. USAID’s MCSP supports
programming in maternal, newborn and child health, immunization, family
planning and reproductive health, nutrition, health systems strengthening,
water/sanitation/hygiene, malaria, prevention of mother-to-child transmission
of HIV, and pediatric HIV care and treatment. USAID’s MCSP engages governments,
policymakers, private sector leaders, health care providers, civil society,
faith-based organizations and communities in adopting and accelerating proven
approaches to address the major causes of maternal, newborn and child mortality
such as postpartum hemorrhage, birth asphyxia and diarrhea, respectively, and
improve the quality of health services, from household to hospital.

1. Planning
   and integration of CH activities

• Work
  closely with the Child Health Advisor on implementing scale-up strategies
  for high impact child health interventions at both facility and community
  levels (including iCCM, IMCI and ETAT).
• Plan
  implementation of activities, in close collaboration with district
  coordinators as well as the Field Program Coordinator, respective Team
  Leaders and other Program Coordinators.
• Specifically
  monitor the implementation of MCSP’s workplan related to child health
  activities and ensure that activities are executed according to plan and
  are integrated across the RMNCH platform
• Work
  collaboratively with other team members to ensure coordinated project
  planning, and development, and assure resource availability and management
  of activities so that the project functions smoothly and efficiently.

1. Operation

• Facilitate
  the implementation of all activities including technical materials
  development, training, supervision, and monitoring.
• Provide
  follow-up and assure supportive supervision for activities.
• Assist
  finance staff to prepare financial forms to advance/reimburse funds for
  on-going activities. Assist finance staff to review process and reconcile
  payment documentation from trainers, program, technical and management
  staff as well as from consultants.
• Order
  job-aids and training materials in coordination with the Child Health
  Advisor and MNCH Team Lead and ensure that materials and supplies reach
  target sites in a timely manner.
• Help
  ensure that required project and administrative reports are submitted in a
  timely way.
• Assist
  with organization of meetings, trainings, field visits, and other
  activities.
• Assist
  with other programmatic and administrative duties as required.

1. Learning
   and documentation

• Contribute/coordinate
  with the Project’s M&E team to ensure that the Project meets targets
  in accordance with the M&E framework.
• Ensure
  that activities related to child health are properly documented and that
  program data are systematically collected , analyzed, submitted and
  properly archived as well as shared across the project to inform MCSP’s
  technical reports and to feed into MCSP’s learning activities
• Share
  experience related to child health activities to inform the design of
  MCSP’s workplan.

• A
  degree in medicine or nursing and/or a master’s degree in Public Health or
  other clinical disciplines.
• Additional
  training related to child health and project planning and management.
• At
  least 5 years of professional experience working in child health programs.
• Hands-on
  knowledge and skills in designing, planning, implementing and monitoring
  of facility and community based programs for promoting safe motherhood and
  child survival.
• Experience
  in child health-related capacity building for health facility staff.
• Sound
  understanding of current policy developments related to child health.
• Good
  working knowledge of Microsoft office programs including MS Excel, MS Word
  and MS PowerPoint.
• Strong
  skills in teamwork and networking.
• Excellent
  communication skills (written and oral) in English, French and Kinyarwanda
  (preferred).
• Solid
  skills in documentation and report writing.
• Ability
  to travel nationally frequently.