Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health & Family Planning (MNCH and FP/RH) Coordinator

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  • Added Date: Monday, 22 May 2023
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Pact is an international nonprofit that works in nearly 40 countries building solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven and owned by the communities we serve. Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact.

Department Programs - Pact strives for a world where all people are heard, capable, and vibrant. The Programs Team helps realize this objective by bridging program management, technical support, and business development, enabling Pact to achieve its global strategy. We ensure program excellence through continuous learning, monitoring and evaluation and provide organizational and industry-wide thought leadership by leveraging a complementary set of cross-functional, multi-disciplinary skills, expertise, and experiences. The Programs team: influences progressive change through the development and implementation of global and regional strategies and business plans; supports advancement of innovative solutions; pursues new business opportunities; and drives effective internal and external engagement to maximize Pact’s impact across the globe. Across all aspects of its role, the Programs Department adheres to and promotes a culture of inclusion, accountability, and respect.

Position Overview

Pact, Inc. seeks a MNCH and FP/RH Coordinator to work on the recently awarded, five-year USAID Zambia Integrated HIV and Health Activity (ZIH) contract. ZIH will support the USAID and PEPFAR objectives of 95/95/95 and providing service delivery and technical assistance to improve Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) and Family Planning & Reproductive Health (FP/RH) services. ZIH will improve, sustain, and further integrate HIV/AIDS, MNCH and FP/RH services at the health facility and community levels and ensure that client-centered, high-impact, high-quality services are available to all Zambians.

The MNCH and FP/RH Coordinator will be based at a project district hub and will provide services, mentoring and coaching to technical counterparts at district and site level in Maternal Newborn and Child health (MNCH), sexual and reproductive health including family planning (FP/RH), eliminating maternal and neonatal transmission (eMTCT), and cervical cancer screening and referrals. Reporting to the ART Coordinator/District Clinical Team Lead and working closely with the MNCH and FP Advisor at regional level and with service providers at district and site level, the MNCH and FP/RH Coordinator provides technical supervision, guidance, and oversight and ensures provision of quality services. S/he will also help guide technical aspects of the project – playing an active role in design, implementation and monitoring of project goals, objectives, activities, and tasks, as well as supporting analysis of data on MNCH, FP/RH, eMTCT, and cervical cancer outcomes, using empirical evidence in rolling out project activities and in making recommendations to the relevant technical advisors.

Location: Multiple district locations throughout Central and Northwestern Provinces

This is a Zambia based local Position and open to Zambian nationals only.

Key Responsibilities

Provide technical oversight, strategic direction, and support for the implementation of USAID Zambia Integrated HIV and Health (ZIH) program activities in MNCH, FP/RH, eMTCT, and cervical cancer screening and referrals, to ensure technical excellence and quality of services across the continuum of care, with a specific focus at site level. Provide supervision, training, mentorship, and capacity building of service providers at district hub and facility levels in the effective provision of MNCH, FP/RH, eMTCT, and cervical cancer screening and referral services. Monitor and supervise the provision of services to ensure quality. Provide leadership, in collaboration with the Senior Technical Advisor Clinical, FP/RH and MNCH Advisor, Senior Technical Advisor in Community Services and Engagement, Senior Behavioral Change Advisor, in advocacy and demand creation to increase uptake and utilization. Design mechanisms involving ZIH community health workers and community groups to harness and implement proven community strategies aimed at promoting uptake of RH/FP products and services. Ensure ZIH activities are technically sound, evidence-based, and responsive to the needs of program beneficiaries, USAID and MOH. Foster networking with the P/DHO, health facilities, the private sector, and key community structures and cadres in promoting uptake and access to services in the project districts and sites. In collaboration with national, provincial, and district health office counterparts, contribute to developing and implementing health services strengthening strategies in MNCH, FP/RH, eMTCT, and cervical cancer screening and referral services, to ensure quality and sustainable programming.

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