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• In charge of the recruitment, mentoring and
  supervision of midwives for the 30 project districts
• Evidence generation and continued advocacy
  for interventions to increase recruitment and retention of midwives
• Facilitation of postnatal visits by VHTs and
  health facility workers
• Responsible for the procurement and
  distribution of essential equipment and supplies, as well as minor renovations
  for the selected project districts
• Implementation of MPDSR in targeted
  facilities
• Maternal and newborn health vouchers for increased
  access to RMNCH services
• Piloting of the use of telemedicine in
  providing skilled and quality care to women and newborns with
  complications
• Blood donation campaigns and expansion of
  services
• Research on outpatient treatment of newborn
  sepsis
• Establishment of new born centers, training
  of health workers in newborn resuscitation, e-learning on essential
  newborn health packages and procurement of essential commodities and
  equipment for newborn care
• The incumbent will be tasked with the establishment
  of a central LMIS data warehouse at the MOH
• Tracking of pregnant women by VHTs in the
  selected project districts
• Regularly review and revision of the family
  planning behavior change communication strategy
• Responsible for the implementation of Social
  behavior change communication in the selected project districts
• In charge of the development of protocols and
  guidelines for provision of comprehensive family planning services,
  printing and dissemination of MNH protocols and guidelines, review of
  tools to include preterm birth surveillance
• Capacity building for and delivery of
  comprehensive family planning services at facility and community levels
• Implementation of computerized training for
  IMCI (ICATT)
• Procurement of non-malaria commodities for
  ICCM activities funded through the global fund.
• Overall leadership and governance capacity
  gap assessment at district and regional level and subsequent training
• DHMT Provision of Support supervision and
  mentoring to implementing facilities
• Regional DHMT quarterly RMNCH review meetings

• The compilation of quarterly progress and
  related reports to UNFPA for the Ministry of Health
• Providing the necessary support to district
  local governments to monitor coverage of high quality RMNCH interventions.
• Development of quarterly work plans for the
  project
• Ensuring regular reporting progress to the
  RMNCH core and country teams
• Ensuring that value for money is ensured/
  upheld.

• The ideal candidate for the UNFPA Monitoring
  and Evaluation Officer job vacancy should hold a Master’s Degree or higher
  in Public Health, or a related health discipline.
• Strong evidence of teamwork and facilitation
  skills.
• High levels of computer literacy including
  quantitative/analytical skills and advanced proficiency with MS Excel
• Demonstrated technical writing ability
• The applicant should ideally also hold a
  certificate or advanced training in Monitoring and evaluation.

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