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Position Title: Senior Technical Advisor for Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health
Deadline: - April 16, 2014
Location: Uganda
Employment Type: Full Time
Department: Conditional Funding
Priority: Conditional -- Funding
Description:
IMA seeks a Senior Technical Advisor for Maternal, Child and Reproductive
Health for the upcoming supply chain project in Uganda. The MCH Senior Technical
Advisor will contribute to leadership and technical excellence in the design
and implementation of MCH essential commodity package, and contribute to the
development of policies and approaches that will strengthen the financing of
these essential health-related commodities.
Duties:
The Senior Technical Advisor (STA) for Maternal and Reproductive Health
provides strategic technical leadership and expertise in family planning,
reproductive health and maternal and child health, including the integration of
family planning with other health services. The Advisor will provide technical
guidance to country programs activities designed to address integrated service
delivery and pilot innovations with a focus on ensuring access to and
strengthening functional FP, maternal, and child health services. The Advisor
will also work with MCH country manager, district officials and project supply
chain specialists, covering content areas articulated in the MCH Strategic
Plan; and identify, document, disseminate, adapt, and replicate best practices
in supply chain management of FP and MCH commodities for taking them to scale.
The Advisor will work closely with the Supply Chain Support Team Leader to
ensure the use of the latest clinical standards and guidelines in design of
essential package for FP and MCH commodities; and will work with the
Monitoring, Evaluation, & Research Director to ensure design of appropriate
monitoring, evaluation, & research activities including the use of data
related to specific commodities.
Qualifications:
• Graduate degree in public health or a related field, maternal and child
health specialist
• Demonstrated experience in clinical practice of key midwifery life-saving
skills, e.g., management of third stage of labor, postpartum hemorrhage
prevention
• At least 10 years’ experience in program development and management of
facility-based maternal health, child health, Family Planning/RH services; with
at least 3 years’ experience integrating family planning with other RH in
resource-constrained settings
• Strong experience in competency-based training; familiarity with gender
equity approaches, desirable
• Technical expertise in clinic-based maternity care, child care including
PMTCT; informed choice and client-provider interaction, with experience in
counseling of clients using PAC and postpartum services
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic program planning, implementation, and
TA provision
• Excellent writing demonstrated through publications; strong communication
skills
• Fluency in English required
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