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Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health organization with nearly 2,500 people from over 74 nationalities working in over 40 countries. Our mission: Saving lives and improving the health of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Together with our partner...
Essential Functions:
• Conducts interviews with refugees identified by UNHCR and HIAS partners to be in need of third country resettlement (including refugees who are survivors of torture or sexual and gender-based violence, those with serious medical conditions, unaccompanied children, single-parent heads of households, women most at risk, older refugees, sexual and gender minorities, and other refugees who meet refugee resettlement criteria).
• Prepares refugee case files to be submitted by HIAS to third countries for resettlement.
• Conducts legal research and analysis of refugee-related matters, including of country conditions in refugee-producing countries.
• Drafts memos and other legal documents in support of refugee resettlement claims.
• Follows the status of refugee clients’ resettlement cases and meets with them to provide updates.
• Maintains file management protocols, by entering case information in client database.
• Responds to inquiries from various internal and external stakeholders.
• Attends refugee-related meetings and conferences.
• Performs other tasks as necessary.
Qualifications and Requirements:
• Undergraduate degree in political science, international relations or a related field; completion of at least two years of an advanced degree in law.
• Excellent research, writing and communication skills.
• Previous legal interviewing skills a plus, particularly with vulnerable persons.
• Familiarity with refugee law and resettlement programs preferred; knowledge of refugee crises and human rights issues in Africa preferred.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-agency team in a multicultural environment, with sensitivity to age, gender and diversity.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills; able to work in a fast paced environment.
Specific Responsibilities
Planning and project development, implementation and delivery of technical results:
Qualifications and Experience
Specific Responsibilities
Qualifications and Experience
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Child and Newborn Health Specialist will oversee the strengthening of provider skills in newborn healthcare services by scaling up high impact interventions and reinforcing widely accepted standard care practices. With guidance from the Senior Advisor, s/he will also be responsible for guiding the scale-up of the use of ORS/zinc in the management of diarrhea in private facilities. To address inequities in immunization coverage, s/he will scale up the Reaching Every Community (REC) approach. Utilizing the national Harmonized Competency Based Training Curriculum for Obstetrics and Neonatal Care, the Senior Advisor will ensure appropriate care at various levels as well as a reinforced referral system through continuous trainings and training of trainers.
SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Under the technical guidance of the Child and Newborn Health Senior Advisor, the Specialist will undertake the following activities:
QUALIFICATIONS
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Child and Newborn Health Senior Advisor will oversee the strengthening of provider skills in newborn healthcare services by scaling up high impact interventions and reinforcing widely accepted standard care practices. S/he will also be responsible for guiding the scale-up of the use of ORS/zinc in the management of diarrhea in private facilities. To address inequities in immunization coverage, s/he will scale up the Reaching Every Community (REC) approach. Utilizing the national Harmonized Competency Based Training Curriculum for Obstetrics and Neonatal Care, the Senior Advisor will ensure appropriate care at various levels as well as a reinforced referral system through continuous trainings and training of trainers.
He/she will also supervise and support the Child and Newborn Health Specialist, who will be based in Baringo during Project Years 1 to 3.
SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITY
He/she will lead the design and implementation of the following activities:
QUALIFICATIONS
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