FHI360
Position Summary:
The incumbent will be responsible for the coordination and provision of quality family planning outreach services across all provinces targeting the hard to reach and underserved populations. Located at a provincial level the incumbent will support all districts in the province to scale up access to family planning that include Long Acting Reversible Methods (LARC).
Duties and Responsibilities
Responsible for the provision of efficient, effective, and responsive family planning services in line with the set policies, protocols, standing orders and practices, while ensuring a quality service delivery, that is consistent with the aims and values of Family Planning,
Ensures that clinical standards are always adhered to as well as provision of quality service
Ensures the outreach team has adequate stocks, equipment and staff for quality service delivery
Represents the organization at provincial and district stakeholder meetings
Prepares and timeous submission of required period reports
Ensures collection and compilation of high-quality data to monitor progress.
Prepares monthly schedules for the team and establishing partnerships with key stakeholders to ensure uptake of services
Analyses outreach sites and identification of opportunities and areas that need to be piloted, eliminated or expanded
Ensures the maintenance of records and statistics as required, ensuring accurate statistics are supplied within required time frames
Supervises his/her team and act as a role model for team members within Family Planning.
Provision of induction, integration, and assessment of new clinical and non-clinical staff.
Identifying learning needs of the team and provides /facilitates relevant training
Assist in training of external health professionals
Ensures principles of continuous quality improvement into all activities
Ensure all health and safety procedures are adhered to, to ensure their own safety the safety of others team and all clients. and actively participates in maintaining a safe working environment.
Ensures disposal of waste in line with set policies and procedures
Supervise Officers working on program development
Support the development of annual program implementation plans in line with the strategic plan
Works effectively to ensure regular and accurate reporting on organizational performance and needs.
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
Ability to work with people of different social background
Ability to build, maintain, supervise and motivates an effective team.
Excellent organizational, planning and logistical skills with a proactive attitude and attention to detail
Strong inter-personal skills, enhancing teamwork and organizational culture
Ability to handle confidential information appropriately
Ability to prioritize and multi-task as the tasks demand
Will collect and collate information from multiple sources, analyzing the quantitative and qualitative data to make appropriate decisions
Qualifications and Responsibilities:
Degree/Diploma in Nursing with a post graduate qualification in midwifery
Diploma in community nursing with at least 5 years post qualification experience, 2 of which must be in a supervisory position;
Certificate in Family Planning Training (Basic and LARC)
Computer Literacy
This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
FHI 360 is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer whereby we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
Our values and commitments to safeguarding: FHI 360 is committed to preventing any type of abuse, exploitation and harassment in our work environments and programs, including sexual abuse, exploitation and harassment. FHI 360 takes steps to safeguard the welfare of everyone who engages with our organization and programs and requires that all personnel, including staff members and volunteers, share this commitment and sign our code of conduct. All offers of employment will be subject to appropriate screening checks, including reference, criminal record and terrorism finance checks. FHI 360 also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS), facilitated by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response. In line with the MDS, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any substantiated findings of sexual abuse, exploitation and/or harassment during the applicant’s tenure with previous employers. By applying, job applicants confirm their understanding of these recruitment procedures and consent to these screening checks.
FHI 360 will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.
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