Project Officer- RMNCAH
Location: Mutomo, Kitui
We believe in a world in
which every human life is valued, and health and human dignity are shared by
all.
We believe that access to quality healthcare is a basic human right. For more than 100 years, we have worked with global partners to deliver locally sustainable, quality healthcare solutions to women, children and their communities. We’re ready to make it 100 more.
We believe change starts
with her.
We work tirelessly for
women’s and children’s health because they are disproportionately affected by
illness and poverty. We know that healthy, educated, and empowered women are
better able to raise healthy, educated, and confident children, and that
communities depend on their livelihoods. We’re making an impact – learn more.
Building around a new
CHAMPS (CHildren And Mother PartnershipS) model, CMMB will work at both the
community and clinical levels in these targeted communities to strengthen
health services and address the leading causes of maternal and child death. In
addition, CMMB will expand its volunteer program to strengthen health care delivery
in CHAMPS-supported facilities and will engage with the pharmaceutical industry
to help meet the needs of CHAMPS communities and facilities.
CMMB is committed to
learning and evolving in order to successfully achieve impact in its strategy,
and will have strong vertical and horizontal team structures in alignment to
the global strategy in order to encourage accountability, communication, and
effective project management.
We believe in people.
We strive to live out
our core values of collaboration, love, excellence and respect every day. We
provide our employees with a competitive salary and a meaningful benefits
package, with opportunities to learn and grow. We especially encourage all
persons of diverse backgrounds to apply.
Department Summary
The Programs Department plays a critical role in achieving CMMB’s strategy around improving the lives of women and children, by leading the provision of high quality
programs focused on children’s and mothers’ health, and particularly in the
development and implementation of our CHAMPS model. This
team is also responsible for generating revenue from and partnering effectively
with government(s), major foundations, and other major donors, and will help to
position and enhance CMMB’s technical capacity and reputation in the field of
global healthcare.
CMMB has been working in
Kenya for almost 15 years. CMMB works to ensure that the most vulnerable
populations, especially mothers and children, have access to quality services
in health care, health promotion and illness prevention.
Overview
Under the leadership of
the CHAMPS Project Coordinator, the Project Officer- RMNCAH will ensure
community- based and facility based – delivery of RMNCH services in the CHAMPS
catchment. This will be achieved through effective coordination of health
systems strengthening interventions in the GoK and the project anchor facility
(Our Lady of Lourdes Mutomo Hospital) – as they interphase with community
health volunteer system. As such, he/she will directly oversee the capacity
development of health care workers and CHVs across the supported facilities
with a focus on RMNCAH technical areas. For this critical synergistic function,
he/she will ensure that facilities are adequately equipped in terms of
infrastructure, equipment, supply chain and routine health data feedback forums
with county and sub county Health Management teams and members of community
leadership are conducted.
Responsibilities
- Provide
overall implementation of activities within the RMNCAH technical area
including joint support supervision on MNCAH / RH services to the health
facilities together with Health facility managers
- Contribute
to the capacity building of the project staff and MOH competences in
RMNCAH knowledge and skills including mentorship, coaching, OJT, and
regular
- Review
and analyze data for performance monitoring of the MNCAH program and
utilize the data to take corrective actions through monthly and quarterly
data review meetings at the sub counties and facility levels.
- In
collaboration with other team members, preparation of quarterly and annual
donor
- Provide
leadership in writing of abstracts for conferences and manuscripts for
publication
- Planning,
conducting, evaluation and follow up of trainings, sensitizing and
orientation in Kitui South Sub County on BEMOnC, Essential Newborn Care,
IMNCI, among other
- Provide
guidance and support to county staff to coordinate and link initiatives of
other partners in supporting health facilities in service delivery
- Represent
the project in county technical committees including TWGs and
stakeholders’ meetings in relation to RMNCAH programming
- In
collaboration with staff, prepare and track the progress of program and
activity budgets
- Supporting
facilities to improve quality of service delivery through QA / QI
approaches by monitoring and tracking key indicators in RMNCAH
- Jointly
with SCHMTs, plan and coordinate community mobilization for RMNCAH
services demand creation as well as implementation of the integrated
outreaches in hard-to-reach
- Working
with Community Health Units in Identification and tracking of pregnant
women in the community with the aim of improving demand creation and
uptake of maternal and child health services (ANC uptake, Skilled Birth
Attendance, Immunization and growth monitoring) to reduce maternal and
perinatal mortalities
- Provide
technical guidance in QA / QI in RMNCAH service delivery. This include
identification, tracking and evaluation of sub-optimally performing
indicators in maternal and newborn health
- Support
formation and operationalization of MPDSR committees at facility and
community levels
- Supporting
data quality audits, gap assessments and application of different data
collection approaches for facility- and community-based health project
Qualifications
- You
have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 3-5 years’ relevant
experience in successful field implementation of RMNCAH programing in
Kenya.
- You
have at least 3 years’ hands-on experience in community health program
implementation
- You
have demonstrated skills in designing and rolling out GoK-endorsed
approaches that result in improved uptake of services for RMNCAH
- Clinical
background is an added advantage
- You
have strong writing and analytical skills, including writing of reports
- You
can work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines,
and intense pressure to perform and the ability to manage several major
multidimensional activities simultaneously
- You
can recognize limitations and seek appropriate expert advice
- Experience
working on U.S. government or other large donor-funded projects preferred
- You
are Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, advanced Excel,
and PowerPoint).
- You
are comfortable working for a faith-based
- You
believe in CMMB, where we are going, and what we can do together to
achieve Healthier Lives Worldwide.
How to apply
Visit our careers page for more information and click here to apply
All applications must be
received by 3rd November
2020