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Jhpiego

Global health NGO improving maternal care

Departmental Maternal and Newborn Health Specialist

Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryPosted on Nov 5
Full-timeAtakora Department, BeninNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A clinical diploma in nursing or midwifery is required.
  • At least five years of relevant professional experience managing and coordinating health services in maternal and newborn health.
  • Strong clinical experience applying maternal and child health knowledge and skills.
  • Adequate experience writing reports and developing concepts.

Responsibilities

  • Implement technical service-delivery activities focused on maternal and newborn health, quality improvement, and capacity building in the Atacora department, working with the Departmental Health Directorate and Health Zone teams under the program officer.
  • Support overall implementation of maternal and newborn health activities, including developing new programmatic approaches.
  • Strengthen partnerships with health facilities, health zones, and departmental health directorates.
  • Support programmatic and administrative project activities in the department.
  • Anchor the project in the governance bodies of the Departmental Health Directorate and Health Zone teams.
  • Contribute to annual or quarterly work plans and submit timely technical progress reports to the program officer and stakeholders.
  • Keep Benin and global Jhpiego teams informed about implementation successes, difficulties, and lessons learned.
  • Stay current on essential technical issues, developments, and new evidence, particularly in maternal and newborn health.
  • Promote performance-improvement and quality-improvement approaches at clinical sites.
  • Establish and maintain effective relationships with health-management teams at different levels of program implementation.
  • Build local capacity by coaching counterparts in the Ministry of Health, professional organizations, health facilities, and other stakeholder groups.
  • Serve as lead trainer or co-trainer as needed.
  • Maintain regular contact with consortium partners in Benin and Jhpiego staff in Benin and the region.
  • Ensure project activities, including challenges, successes, and lessons learned, are documented as needed.
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual project activity reports.
  • Ensure data are reported through the established collection and analysis pathway.
  • Provide information on maternal and child health activities for program reports and work plans.
  • Support management teams with post-training follow-up and formative supervision.
  • Facilitate sharing best practices with stakeholders and identify opportunities to improve project implementation quality.
  • Perform other duties or activities within the scope of the role and competencies as requested by the supervisor.

Desired Qualifications

  • An additional diploma in public health is an asset.
  • Experience supporting capacity-building activities.
  • Ability to build relationships with government staff, local counterparts, and donor agencies.
  • Computer skills, particularly use of Microsoft Office.
  • Ability to manage several significant activities simultaneously.
  • Willingness to travel and work in regions of Benin.
  • French proficiency.
  • Oral and written presentation and communication skills.
  • Awareness and sensitivity when working across socioeconomic contexts and with multicultural groups.
  • Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and intense pressure.

About the Company

Jhpiego

Global health NGO improving maternal care

Jhpiego is a nonprofit health organization that designs and runs international health programs in low-resource settings. It provides training, technical assistance, and field-based support to health workers and ministries of health, with programs delivered through local partners to improve safe care and infection prevention. It distinguishes itself through long-term partnerships with governments and health facilities, a strong link to Johns Hopkins, and a focus on implementing proven practices at scale. Its goal is to reduce preventable deaths and strengthen health systems by building local capacity.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$1.2M
Headquarters
Baltimore, MD
Founded
1973

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