To provide direct technical support and mentorship of community volunteers to ensure improved health status among maternal and lactating mothers, newborns and children under 5 years old to ensure child wellbeing aspirations.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Provide technical support to community health-based volunteers to increase their knowledge and skills related to Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition.
- Collaborate with local health facility teams to build local capacity ensuring improved overall health outcomes through integrated health care delivery systems.
- Support the Development Facilitator in Preparing/Adapting and disseminating relevant health educational material, teaching aids and clinic reference materials for the delivery of high impact interventions in S2T through CBVs
- Regularly visit respective zones to ensure CBVs understand ST2 and MNCH standards
- Mobilise community members and ensure that they participate in project activities
- Work with the Neighborhood health community groups in strengthening the health systems
- Implement locally-specific strategies to increase demand and utilization of MNCH services.
- Capture accurate and consistent data from the field.
- Work with DF to prepare and submit the monthly program implementation report related to MNCH&N indicators and quarterly performance review reports for respective zones timely
- Assist in initiating and implementing project models (ICCM, PD Hearth, ttC) to improve health outcomes among mothers and children under five years old.
- Represent the project in various local health community forums as may become necessary
- Any other technical duties as may be assigned.
Educational Background:
Diploma in any Health-related field, Social work or Developmental Studies, Degree in any social science is added advantage.
Skills/Experience:
- 2-3 work experience in similar environment/role
- Grade 12 with credit in English and any five subjects
- Experience in community mobilization and engagement
- Good Facilitation skills
- Basic Computer skills in Ms Office applications
- Adaptive and willing to work in a rural set up.
- Must have good interpersonal relations.
- Must have a good understanding of the Health System
- Must have an understanding of World Vision mission, vision and core values.
- Experience with operations of the health system particularly Maternal Newborn and Child Health programmes is added advantage
- Must be a licensed Motor bike rider
Working Environment / Conditions:
- Work environment: 20%Office/ 80% field -based
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Sep 21 2019
Active Until:
Oct 21 2019
Hiring Organization:
World Vision
industry:
Nonprofit