Midwife-MHNT – Concern Worldwide
Health Care
Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
Concern Worldwide was founded by John and Kay O’Loughlin-Kennedy in 1968, in response to the famine in the breakaway province of Biafra in Nigeria. The widespread conflict that followed Biafra’s attempt to secede from Nigeria caused the displacement of millions and a blockade of food, medicine, and basic necessities by the Nigerian authorities. At the height of the crisis in the summer of 1968, it was estimated that 6,000 children were dying every week.
Job Purpose
- The position holder shall be in charge of reproductive maternal and child health services delivered through the Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams (MHNT) mechanism in the assigned Woreda. This will include health education to targeted beneficiaries on maternal and child health, family planning services, safe motherhood and child health consultation such as Antenatal, delivery, postnatal and essential new born services, Iron supplementation, provision of TT vaccination, identification of high risk mothers and facilitation of referral and counselling on FP, exclusive breast feeding among others
- The position holder is also expected to provide technical assistance and capacity building to health extension workers and Health workers in health facilities within the assigned Woreda.
- She/he will be responsible for the daily implementation of mobile health and Nutrition services package as per the approved standard, supporting Kebeles assigned for integrated mobile health & nutrition modality
- She/he will also be responsible for day-to-day documentation of all provided services accordingly and compile weekly and monthly reports and share with Health Officer and the Snr Project Officer.
Main duties & Responsibilities:
Technical Support and Facilitation
- Improving basic preventive health care at community level in line with public health emergency management with emphasis on health especially preventing maternal and newborn deaths.
- Conduct & undertake family health services as part of primary health care
- Provide ANC, PNC, delivery and essential new-born care.
- Provide maternal nutrition counselling and breast feeding including Iron and Folic acid supplementation for pregnant mothers
- Provide iron supplementation, TT vaccine, FP counselling and contraceptives
- Strengthening of early referrals mechanism all obstetrics complications and other maternal and child health illnesses.
- Ensure all referral cases are properly transported to the nearest or Woreda capital health facility based on the availability of ambulance and seriousness of the illness.
- Strengthening of linkages and coordination mechanisms between community and the Woreda health bureaus.
- Train and support health workers (HWs) and health extension workers (HEWs) on how to provide quality maternal and child health services.
- Train and support community-based volunteer where applicable, health workers for the implementation of the community component of the project.
- Conduct planning and promotion of awareness creation on Family planning including available contraceptives, nutrition and preventative health care issues in the community.
- Establish effective communication and close working relationships with project team (Snr Project Officer, MHNT Team members, other nutrition team members, program beneficiaries and Woreda Health offices,.
Planning, Reporting and Accountability
- Prepare monthly progress reports and any other required documentation for submission to the Project Manager
- Ensure weekly and monthly reports are submitted to the project manager using appropriate format (narrative and statistics with database)
- Ensure that program participants and stakeholders have clear information about the program activities as appropriate and relevant to them.
- At all times, adhere to policies and guidelines of Concern.
- Support on cascading induction on mainstreaming gender, protection, accountability, HIV/AIDS, and equality to other project staff
- Ensure proper documentation of good practices, success stories, challenges for learning and sharing
- Follow clearly appropriate protocols and guidelines – National.
- Participate in the weekly/ monthly data compilation and reporting of Mobile activities
- Prepare both weekly and monthly reports regarding your activities, identified, problems and proposed solutions for your immediate supervisor and program manager (if he/she needs it)
- Ensure timely request of drugs, supplies and other program items necessary for the MHNT in collaboration with the Health Officer.
Additional Duties
- Perform other duties assigned by the line manager for the accomplishment of programme objectives.
Emergency response
Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and the Ethiopia Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.
Accountability
In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS):
- Actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E);
- Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed;
- Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities.
- Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.
- Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements.
- Practises in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.
- Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including carers, family members and children at risk.
- Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record-keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion.
Safeguarding
- Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.
- Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements.
- Practises in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.
- Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including carers, family members and children at risk
- Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record-keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion.
Gender Equity
- Demonstrate understanding of Concern Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy
- Contribute to ensuring that Concern Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with dignity and respect
- Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities.
Person Specification
- BSc Degree in Public Health/Nursing with minimum of three years or Diploma in clinical nursing five years relevant experience
- Proven experience in Midwifery
- Knowledge on emergency nutrition and health interventions including infant and young child feeding (IYCF) interventions.
- Good communication and report writing skills
- Good negotiation skill with government and other agencies
- Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written English.
- Good interpersonal skills and team player with sensitivity to cultural diversity
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to understand and respect the cultural, religious and political environment and to work well with staff and local authorities in a diplomatic
- Experience in providing training and capacity building for staff
- Proficiency in Amharic and Tigrigna languages
Competencies
Knowledge of participatory approaches
- Ability to work with teams at distance and good team player
- Capacity Building skills
- Ability to plan own work, set priorities, complete work under pressure or when faced with competing demands and report
Analytical skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Computer proficiency
What we offer
- A competitive salary and benefit package
- Excellent medical benefits (100% cover including dependents)
- 20 days annual leave
- 26 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 18 weeks (unpaid) parental leave
ETB 19,471 – ETB 23,289
