Requisition ID: req49164

Job Title: Senior Community-Based Maternal Newborn Care (CBMNC) officer

Sector: Health

Employment Category: Fixed Term

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: Dhusamreb,Somalia

Job Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical support to the program staff, including CHW and data collection staff, track the project activities and provide support such as facilitation of community engagement, social mobilization activities, and project documentation. 
• Lead and facilitate training of the community health workers (CHWs) on MNH-related topics - Together with the community and health staff and provide regular supportive supervision, field monitoring activities, and on-job and refresher training for CHWs.
• The senior CBMNC officer will ensure regular and smooth communication between IRC, research partner Somalia Research and Development Institute (SORDI), and other stakeholders such as the district officer and MoH. 
• Ensure client feedback and responsiveness response mechanism and tools are in place and adapted by the CHWs in coordination with the M&E sector. 
• Represent CBMNC/EQUAL to local communities, government departments, international agencies, and local partners based in Dhusamreeb.
• Attend relevant meetings, prepare meeting notes as required, and share these with all concerned.
•  In collaboration with the research team, schedule, and conduct sensitization meetings with MoH Officials and other implementing partners on the study protocol at the district level.
•  Coordinate meetings with IRC and district MoH officials to update on study progress and share interim results

Budget & Reporting

• Work on developing the item forecast for each activity and get the necessary approval.
• Ensure that assigned budgets are spent according to the approved work plan.
• Support with the logistic and financial tasks related to any planned field activities. 

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Participate in the design of the program’s M&E plans and design/adapt the required tools for program documentation.
• Conduct monthly review of all program’s epidemiological data, including appropriate analysis and develop monthly reports, while ensuring monthly submission of research data.
• Conduct field data collection exercises, including observation, qualitative, and quantitative methods.
• Conduct program performance reviews for all selected locations monthly, in collaboration with the Research project Coordinator and field-based Health managers and ensure feedback sessions with SORDI staff to discuss corrective action.
• Participate in regular reports for the respective donors and IRC New York Health Unit.
• Conduct regular project review meetings, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative data, with field-based staff to assess the level of achievement of project targets for the assigned health grants.
•  Support in coordinating the capacity building for partner organizations’ staff where appropriate, on monitoring, supervision, and evaluation, as well as other identified areas to build the knowledge and implementation of M&E activities throughout the project. Relevant training may include basic concepts, qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection, analysis, and use of M&E data