Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Qualifications and Skills

Main Responsibilities

Work closely with the District Coordinator and Provincial Programme Officer to maximise opportunities for implementing activities;
Provide technical support to health providers in the US supported by the project, including training, supervision and mentoring;
Participate in the planning, coordination and prioritisation of activities – on-the-job training, supervision, mentoring, Health Statistics meetings, Task Force meetings;
Drawing up monthly and quarterly work plans, analyses and reports together with provincial management and coordination, in accordance with project procedures;
Ensure the development of joint and ongoing activities with community partners at district and provincial level to further develop collaboration;
Maintaining regular information and attendance at health meetings where issues relating to the FP and relevant to the project being implemented are discussed;
Providing technical support to organisations by supporting supervisions and technical meetings with activists and other agents involved in the project being implemented;
Coordinating interventions with partners at community level, in collaboration with the institutional capacity building team;
Carry out other tasks assigned by the Provincial Programme Officer and Provincial Coordinator;
Reports to the District Coordinator and Provincial Programme Officer;
Draw up profiles and requisitions for follow-up actions under the supervision of the District Coordinator and Provincial Programme Officer;
Carry out any other task assigned to them.
Basic Requirements

Maternal and Child Health Nurse with secondary or higher education;
Professional experience of 2 years to 5 years in the provision of technical assistance and programme management in the area of SRH, experience and understanding of issues and approaches to the provision of integrated reproductive health services, including family planning, essential maternal and obstetric care in primary health care settings;
Ability to speak and write fluently in Portuguese and knowledge of local languages is an advantage;
Ability to develop teamwork and maintain working relationships with government, non-governmental agencies and other co-operation partners at local level;
A motorbike driving licence is an advantage.