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Job Description
The HeRoN Health System Strengthening Officer (HSS Officer) will report to the HeRoN Project Manager in the Location of assignment in Adamawa State. S/he will work closely with health facility staff, community structures, and LGAs to ensure implementation of HeRoN health system strengthening and durable solution approaches and initiatives and ensure activities are aligned with the State’s Strategic Health Plans and Health Sector priorities of IDPs and IDP returnee’s resettlement plan. The position holder must maintain collaborative working relationships established among key government structures and officials. The position requires experience with the government health care system, Experience working in partnership with or directly with the Ministry of Health at the LGA level, the Ability to plan and collaborate with States & LGAs, and the ability to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders through coordination and consultation.
Responsibilities
Program Management, Technical Quality, and Strategy
- Provide Capacity Building needs support and on the Job mentoring/coaching to the MOH Staff at the facility level to ensure that Health System strengthening initiatives are implemented according to the approved project work plans and per donor requirements.
Lead in coordinating the delivery of a comprehensive quality primary health care package at the facility and LGA level. - Support the implementation of the impact funds and other similar activities at the PHCC level.
- Support the Health facilities in the drafting, review, approval, and execution of the business plans and Quality improvement plans.
- Support the State in the review of identified Vulnerable host community members to be enrolled in the Contributory health management Scheme.
- Conduct periodic assessments of the clinical mentors identified and trained with LGAs of Adamawa state.
- Track the performance of the project activities and targets against the expected results, and coordinate with the LGA and facility to fast-track the implementation process to ensure the project is progressing towards the set deliverables.
- Conduct joint monthly review of facility performance using standard facility monitoring tool to ensure facilities are supported to meet the criteria for readiness to deliver comprehensive Primary health care package.
- Support the conduct of joint ISS in collaboration with the state primary health care development agency and LGA, develop action plans based on findings of the ISS, and provide technical support to the LGA and the facility to improve on the plans.
- Provide capacity building and on-job coaching to Facility staff on reproductive, maternal neonatal, child, and adolescent health Antenatal care, delivery care, postnatal care, family planning counseling, STI counseling and treatment, post-abortion care and SGBV services in supported facilities, nutrition activities with emphasis on improving quality of care.
- Support the rollout of implementation of the PDIA and organization development plans across HeRON-supported facilities and LGAs.
- Activate or Reactive and ensure the functionality of WDCs across supported LGAs and provide on the Job mentoring and capacity building to enable them to provide oversight to the facility activities.
- Monitor the activities of CHIPs, identify gaps in community activities, and strengthen referrals from the community to facilities for coverage.
- Support the CHIPs and CEPs, WDCs to meet regularly (monthly to discuss success, challenges, and draw action plans and ensure follow-up and implementation of the plans)
Support health facility-level reporting by providing on-the-job mentoring and reviews of data collected from the entry points for consistency and quality and flag any discrepancies to the LGAs and States M&E staff for improvements. - In line with the communication strategies of the HeRON project, ensure visibility of the project and project strategies at the field level.
- Support the collection of stories and photographs that demonstrate the positive impact of the project.
- Support all logistical preparations for project activities, working closely with IRC Supply Chain and Finance teams.
- Follow-up and track action plans from stakeholder meetings (Produce and archive meeting minutes and reports)
Support field assessments and dissemination activities as required. - Technical support to/and/with M&E teams to collect appropriate baseline data over the life of the project.
- Ensure that all required health inventory checks are conducted, and all variances reconciled.
- Contribute to reports compilation as required.
- Perform any other related tasks as may be assigned by the line manager.
Qualification
- Minimum 2 years of professional experience, of which 1 year in health system strengthening, or humanitarian/development settings.
- Experience in local governance, social accountability, public administration, institutional development, public-sector capacity building, or related technical areas is highly desirable.
- Knowledge and understanding of governance in service delivery, particularly in health, is highly recommended.
- Previous work experience with INGO, especially with project planning and report writing, is an added advantage.
- Have experience in general management (including financial and budget management, logistics management, etc.)
- Familiarity/ knowledge of operational contexts in Adamawa State
Location: Adamawa, Nigeria.
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