Job in Abuja at Jhpiego for a Pre-Service Education Advisor
Jhpiego, an affiliate of John Hopkins university is a global leader in
improving healthcare services for women and their families, in
collaboration with some of its partners, save the children International
(SCI), Pediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN), Nigerian Society of
Neonatal Medicine (NISONM), Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics of
Nigeria (SOGON) and National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives
(NANNM), will be implementing a USAID funded global cooperative
agreement called the Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP). The
program's goal is to contribute significantly to ending preventable
maternal and child deaths (EPMCD) in Nigeria. The five year project
which started in October 2014 will end in September 2019 and will be
implemented in Kogi and Ebonyi States of Nigeria.
We hereby invite applications from highly resourceful, experienced and dynamic professional for the position of:
Job Title: Pre-Service Education Advisor
Location: Abuja
Job Description
- The Pre-service Education Advisor will report to the Deputy
Country Director and will provide technical guidance to support the
integration of maternal, newborn and child health competencies with
pre-service education at public and private medical training
Institutions.
- The Advisor will provide support to the overall program strategy
development, incorporating competency-based training techniques.
- The Advisor will lead the team in completing a task analysis to
identity core MNCH competencies needed, based on national needs, and
then review and develop curricula to integrate new competencies with
didactic and clinical teaching.
- S/He will mentor partners in Schools of Nursing and Midwifery
and Schools of Health Technology in Ebonyi and Kogi states, and
collaborate with them in developing the five-year plan for transfer of
responsibility and implementation.
- The Training Advisor will coordinate the strengthening of
faculty members and preceptors ability to deliver the new pee-service
curricula for comprehensive MNCH care.
- The Advisor works closely with the other MCSP technical staff as
well as the SMOH to ensure harmonization of implementation efforts.
- S/He ensures timely and cost-effected program implementation and reporting of activities.
Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:
- Provide technical guidance and direction to ensure that the pm-
service program is technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to
the needs of Nigeria and the USAID
- Provide technical guidance and develop or review curricula and
teaching approaches> using proven training approaches and quality
improvement methodologies
- Provide training of trainers, follow-up support and support supervision as necessary for activities
- Ensure the dissemination of revised curricula on integrated
maternal, newborn and child health education through cascade training
- Work collaboratively with other program team members to ensure
that necessary program planning, devel9ment resource availability and
management. activities function smoothly and efficiently
- Work with the MCSP partners including the professional associations to include in dissemination activities
- Coordinate with the DPD for successful delivery of technical assistance and implementation of program activities
- Cultivate strategic relationships and alliances with other partners
- Liaise with Jhpiego's Nigeria Technical Leadership Office on activity design
- Mentor partner institution’s staff during training implementation
- Assist with coordinating the necessary technical input from
partners required by key activeness and work closely with external
stakeholders, consultants and experts as required
- Contribute/coordinate With program’s MitE of activities to
ensure that the program meets set targets in accordance with national
standards
- Collaborate closely with key stakeholders, including
- FMOH/SMOH officials, professional associations, in-service
training organizations and other USC funded programs 4or smooth
implementation
Management:
- Contribute to annual wont planning, training plans and quarterly reports
- Provide mentoring to institutional partners during
implementation of activities based on the plan developed fun transfer of
responsibility
- Promote and support the dissemination of the program’s best
practices and lessons learned among the program team, key stakeholders,
including the MOM, local partners, CDC and PEPFAR collaborators
- Liaise with in-service training partners to build ox materials developed and best practices
- Ensure quality program implementation consistent with Kenyas national health guidelines
- Contribute to timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of
program activities and results to the donors including progress and
annual reports
- Lead the development of the five-year plan for transfer of responsibility and implementation to institutional partners
- Work collaboratively with program team and headquarters staff to
assure proper program and financial reporting, spending and compliance
with program terms and conditions
- Evaluate program progress against deliverables on a quarterly basis
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Clinical degree with post-graduate level training in public health
- A minimum of seven (7) years’ experience as a trainer
- A minimum f seven years of mid- to senior-level experience in designing and implementing large, complex, MNCH programs
- Strong change management, results-oriented and decision making skills
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
- Fluency In English. Hausa language proficiency Is an advantage
- Experience and understanding of the IMNCH framework
- Experience in providing technical assistance to USG-financed programs
- Ability to travel within the state.
- Technical expertise in pre-service education
- At least two years of experience living and working in Nigeria, including supporting implementation of state-level programs
- Demonstrated experience providing technical assistance to public
health programs In developing countries, with emphasis on MNCH programs
- Excellent interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience developing successful, replicable and sustainable programs
- Expertise in research to practice-identifying best practices and adapting them to program realities
- A team player accustomed to building teem capacity, delegating
working teams and developing communities of learning among host country
partners and counterparts.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit an application letter and a CV as one single word document to:
[email protected] The title/subject of your email and application should be the position applied for.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will receive an
invitation for an interview. Any successful candidate will be subject to
a pre-employemnt background investigation.
Application Deadline 8th September, 2015.