Baylor Uganda
Description
Job Summary
The Technical Assistance Officer -MNCH/Malaria will provide technical support and capacity building to districts and health facilities to improve service delivery and outcomes. Responsibilities include implementing and monitoring Nutrition, maternal, newborn, and child health interventions, as well as malaria prevention and control strategies, conducting trainings and mentorship for health workers, supporting data collection and reporting, and ensuring alignment with national guidelines and project work plans.
Overall Responsibilities
- Work closely with the Health Advisor – MNCH/Malaria to implement Malaria Nutrition, and MNCH interventions at both facility and community levels.
- Provide direct technical assistance to health facilities and district teams in Nutrition, MNCH and malaria services, ensuring quality of care and appropriate management.
- Support implementation of project activities through district-led planning and collaboration with other partners in the district.
- Conduct training, mentorship, and CMEs for healthcare workers, including CHEWs and VHTs, to enhance their skills and knowledge in Nutrition, MNCH and malaria case management.
- Support the planning and execution of project activities, monitor their progress against work plans, identify gaps, and propose solutions.
- Assist in collecting, analyzing, and reporting on project data and health indicators, contributing to program evaluations and learning.
- Work closely with district health teams, other implementing partners, and stakeholders to ensure coordinated efforts and leverage resources.
- Support facilities in developing and implementing quality improvement (QI) activities and ensure they are equipped and resourced to provide quality services.
- Support districts and health facilities to utilize client audit tools for patient care and planning.
- Support the strengthening of the capacity of district and health facility staff to conduct surveillance for malaria and respond to real-time to upsurges and epidemics.
- Strengthen and expand iCCM, which may include development and review of iCCM training materials and conduct trainings of new and existing CHEWs in collaboration with other malaria partners in the districts.
- Actively participate in the preparation of the project work plan, budgets and technical reports for submission to the supervisor
- Any other duties may be assigned
Required Qualification.
- • MBChB, Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing Sciences, Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical medicine and community health or Bachelor’s degree in Public health or any related disciplinary
- • At least five years’ experience implementing malaria, nutrition, and MNCH programs
Experience and Competencies:
- 5 Year(s) Relevant Experience
Competencies:
- Experience in training and mentorship of health care workers on malaria Nutrition, and MNCH
- Experience in the planning and implementation of communicable disease control/malaria control and Nutrition interventions, behaviour change communication initiatives/health education, health worker trainings and supportive supervision of health workers
- Experience in working closely with local government
- Experience in developing work plans and activity budgets and in following work plans with minimal supervision
- Profieciency in Microsoft office and report writing