Program Officer (Makueni) at Jacaranda Health

What You’ll Do:

Joint Program Activities (Cross-Cutting)

• Share timely field updates with the Senior Regional Program Coordinator, focusing on challenges, opportunities, and basic recommendations based on facility-level observations.
• Support county-led trainings, review meetings, or joint program activities whenever assigned.
• Assist with mobilization, coordination, and documentation during joint county or facility engagements.
• Perform any other program-related duties assigned by the supervisor.

PROMPTS (All PROMPTS-Related Activities Only)

• Sensitize health providers and in-facility mentors on PROMPTS during mentorship meetings or facility visits.
• Coordinate with the PROMPTS team by inviting them to relevant trainings and facility engagements when required.
• Promote PROMPTS enrollment and data use by demonstrating how the SMS platform supports maternal and neonatal health.
• Support basic follow-up with facilities on consenting progress, data quality, and use of PROMPTS feedback reports.

MENTORS (Core Mentorship Responsibilities)

• Support in-facility mentors to complete and submit baseline, midline, and endline data accurately and on time.
• Provide basic technical support for DELTA use, CMEs, simulation drills, and delivery debriefs.
• Conduct routine facility visits and follow-up calls to track progress of mentorship activities.
• Assist in organizing monthly mentorship meetings and documenting key action points.
• Participate in logistics and facilitation support for EmONC Skills and Mentorship trainings.
• Prepare simple weekly and monthly field activity updates for accountability and planning.
• Identify facility-level gaps (documentation issues, stock-outs, low activity completion) and escalate to the supervisor.
• Support implementation of field-level improvement initiatives introduced through mentorship.

Health Systems Strengthening Activities

• Support  and maintain strong relationships with County, Sub-County, and Health Facility teams to facilitate mentorship uptake and smooth program implementation.
• Strengthen provider capacity to deliver high-quality EmONC services through continuous follow-up, coaching, and skill reinforcement.
• Support counties to use mentorship data, facility insights, digital tools), and reporting dashboards to inform clinical decision-making and drive quality improvement initiatives.

Who you are:

What You Bring

• Diploma or Degree in Nursing/Clinical medicine.
• 4+ years of experience in implementing maternal and newborn health programs within the public health system.
• Experience in Public Health programs experience and/or EmONC knowledge & skills will be an added advantage.