Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child, Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Officer

AmeriCares•Monrovia, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster. Each year, Americares reaches more than 90 countries, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, and medical supplies. Americares is the world’s leading nonprofit provider of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.

Requirements

BA in Nursing, midwifery, or public health required
Master’s degree (MPH or equivalent) with a focus on RMNCAH highly preferred
Excellent interpersonal skills and strong communication skills, ability to develop partnerships across sectors and cultures
Strong organizational skills, capacity to think strategically, and attention to detail
Excellent English language and writing skills
License to practice in Liberia
Proficiency in office 365 including word, excel, teams, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
Willingness and ability to travel
Unrestricted authorization to work in Liberia

Responsibilities

Support the design, development, and implementation of RMNCAH program and strategies.
Build and maintain effective relationships with the County Health Teams, health facilities staff, districts and other community stakeholders to support program coordination and buy-in.
Identify RMNCAH gaps and opportunities and provide technical input to inform program improvement and resource mobilization.
Represent Americares in relevant RMNCAH technical working groups, coordination meetings, and other stakeholder forums.
Promote the integration of quality respectful maternity care, maternal mental health, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and community-facility linkages within program activities.
Strengthen guidelines, job aids, and other tools and procedures for quality Reproductive maternal newborn, child, and adolescent health services.
Ensure capacity-building activities, by supporting the District Reproductive Health Supervisors (DRHSs) to implement training and mentoring to increase knowledge, skills, and attitudes of healthcare providers in labor & delivery, PPH, PPC, ENC, Family planning, postpartum family planning, and PMH.
Collaborate with county and district health facility teams to conduct quality assessments, analyze performance data, identify service delivery gaps, and develop and implement quality improvement plans to enhance client outcomes and experience of care.
Lead and support the county and district health teams in implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of facility-based maternal and newborn services quality of care initiatives, ensuring adherence to national standards, protocols, and best practices.
Strengthen functional referral and feedback mechanisms between communities and health facilities through the Traditional Trained Midwives (TTMs) networking platform to improve timely access to maternal, newborn, and adolescent health services.
Coordinate with District Reproductive Health Supervisors (DRHSs) to conduct regular TTM networking meetings to review referral trends, identify barriers to service utilization, and develop action plans to improve continuity of care at level of health facilities.
Support the DRHSs in facilitating collaboration between TTMs, Community Health Assistants (CHAs), Community Health Services Supervisors (CHSS), and facility-based providers to promote effective communication and coordinated RMNCAH service delivery.
Support the DRHSs to establish and strengthen community-facility feedback systems to improve client-centered care, service quality, and community trust in health services.
Monitor and document through the DRHSs community referrals generated through TTMs and support follow-up mechanisms to ensure completion of referrals and appropriate feedback to community actors.
Oversee RMNCAH activities to ensure quality and timely service delivery including integrated community services activities.
Promote the use of TTM networking platforms for community awareness, early identification of pregnancy-related risks, birth preparedness, danger sign recognition, and timely care-seeking behaviors.
Work with the M&E Officer to conduct data quality audits to validate results before including them in the monthly reports.
Support the collection, analysis, and use of community-level RMNCAH data to inform program planning, decision-making, and quality improvement initiatives.
Actively engage in national and county-related RMNCAH activities including network settings and groups.
Provide technical leadership to ensure the integration of quality respectful maternity care, Maternal mental health, and other core RMNCAH activities of the project.
Provide technical leadership during the design, development, planning, and implementation phase of the RMNCAH project.
Provide technical and high-quality support to the Grand Bassa County Health Team to implement agreeable sustainability transitional plan.
Lead efforts to institutionalize community engagement and referral tracking mechanisms within supported health facilities.
Champion best practices and innovations that enhance community participation, accountability, and ownership of RMNCAH interventions.
Support county and district health authorities in leveraging community networks and structures to improve service uptake, referral completion, and continuity of care.
Orient newly hired clinical staff within the RMNCAH project.
Ensure the safety and account for all Americares assets within the project location.
Coordinate and provide technical guidance to other county-led activities supported by Americares.
Ensure County Reproductive Health Supervisors (CRHSs), healthcare service providers, and District Reproductive Health Supervisors (DRHS) are oriented on program reporting tools, SBC indicators, and reporting schedules to support timely and accurate data submission.
Ensure all external meetings are documented using the approved meeting template, with key findings, action points, and recommendations shared with relevant stakeholders in a timely manner.
Prepare and submit high-quality monthly, quarterly, donor, and end-of-project programmatic reports that accurately reflect progress against targets, challenges, and corrective actions.
Contribute to the development of quarterly data review presentations by compiling, analyzing, and synthesizing program data and achievements.
Document and disseminate program best practices, success stories, lessons learned, and implementation challenges through reports, presentations, publications, and technical meetings, and use findings to inform program improvements.
Maintain and regularly update a repository of effective RMNCH tools, resources, approaches, and implementation models to support program quality and knowledge management.
Support project financial management through timely budget monitoring, expense tracking, forecasting, and reporting to ensure efficient utilization of resources and compliance with donor and organizational requirements.
Coordinate with the Medicine Security team to ensure the timely availability, distribution, and accountability of RMNCH-related Gift-in-Kind (GIK) commodities and supplies at supported health facilities.
Provide administrative, operational, and programmatic support as required to facilitate the successful implementation of project activities.
Undertake other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor in support of program and organizational objectives.
Foster Americares values of responsiveness, results orientation, collaboration, efficiency, and integrity.
Coach, support, and develop staff to increase individual and team effectiveness.
Develop and manage the implementation of plans to increase team operating performance, including SOPs and other efficiency initiatives.