Family Planning RMNCAH Officer at Options Consultancy Services Limited

Location: Turkana & Samburu, Kenya

Responsibilities for the FP/RMNCAH Officer Job

Technical Inputs

• Provide technical guidance, advice and support to project counterparts to effectively implement activities across a broad range of service delivery areas, including:
• Quality improvement along FP/RMNCAH continuum of care
• Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR)
• Respectful maternity care
• High impact and locally appropriate interventions, such as KMC, birthing cushions, youth friendly services, post-abortion care
• Treatment and management of STIs including HIV (eMTCT)
• Integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI)
• Improved inter-facility referral
• Improved blood availability
• Family planning service delivery including long-term methods (through static clinics and outreach)
• Nutrition and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
• Work with hard-to-reach or marginalised communities

Capacity Development

• Promote the development of health workers and management staff capacity in the above areas through a broad range of approaches such as curriculum development and training, one-on-one mentorship and on-the-job training, supportive supervision, etc.

FP/RMNCAH Officer Job Qualifications

• The candidate will hold at minimum a bachelor’s degree in a clinical field. S/he will have proven RMNCAH clinical experience, preferably in Kenya.
• The candidate will have at least 3 years demonstrated clinical or health management experience in FP/RMNCAH service delivery.
• The candidate will have demonstrated experience working with ‘hard to reach’/ marginalised groups
• The candidate will have experience in working with donor-funded programs and demonstrated ability to work effectively with all kind of stakeholders: government representatives, local community organisations, for-profit private sectors entities
• The candidate will be fluent in English and Swahili.
• A practical knowledge of the Turkana and/or Samburu context would be an added advantage