IntraHealth Community Health Technical Advisor Jobs in Rwanda

IntraHealth Community Health Technical Advisor Jobs in Rwanda


Summary of Role

  • IntraHealth seeks a Community Health Technical Advisor to be seconded to the MOH/RBC, Maternal, Child, and Community Health (MCCH) Division in Kigali.

  • Reporting the MCCH Division Head and the Sr. Malaria Specialist / IHI – Ingobyi Activity, the Community Health Technical Advisor will provide technical support to MCCH Division in the implementation of community health services to ensure that the program achieves its goal of increasing coverage and utilization of high impact low cost maternal, newborn and child health interventions.

    Responsibilities:

    The Community Health Technical Advisor will be responsible for the following functions:

    • In collaboration with MOH/RBC/MCCH Division staff, review, develop prepare, and support implementation of multitasks competence-based training for community health workers.

    • Participate in operations research and monitoring and evaluation of activities conducted by the community health unit.

    • Seeking out and using available data to inform strategic and implementation decisions.

    • Seek out innovative approaches to address the community health challenges faced in Rwanda and share all new information and insights with the community health program.

    • Represent USAID Ingobyi Activity at the Ministry of Health and other MNCH technical meetings related to areas of responsibility and alert supervisors and program management about any upcoming meetings of importance to the program.

    • Support the Rwanda Ministry of Health/RBC/MCCH Division to implement verbal autopsy approaches and to monitor implementation of recommendations made by audit committees

    Support MOH/RBC/MCCH Division in the development, review, and adaptation of community health tools.

    • Support MOH/RBC/MCCH Division in rolling out the digitalization system for community health program

    • Support MOH/RBC/MCCH Division in planning and conducting supportive supervision for community health program

    • Support MOH/RBC/MCCH Division in conduct analysis and produce reports on community health programs.

    • Participate in evaluations of community health programs and to follow the implementation of recommendations from those evaluations.

    • Participate in key Ingobyi Activity planning and review meetings, as well as monitoring and evaluation activities; and

    • Perform other relevant duties as directed by the supervisor

    Requirements

    • Masters’ s Degree in Community Health / or other related field

    • Strong record of experience in working with Community Health program and good knowledge of Rwanda community health program or monitoring and evaluation of community health interventions

    • At least 8 years of professional experience in designing, planning, implementing, and monitoring of facility and community-based programs

    • Sound understanding of current policy developments and evidence base related to community health

    • Good working knowledge of Microsoft office programs including MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint.

    • Strong skills in teamwork and networking.

    • Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English, French, and Kinyarwanda.

    • Solid skills in documentation and report writing.

    • Ability to travel nationally frequently.

    How to Apply

  • For more information and job application details, see; IntraHealth Community Health Technical Advisor Jobs in Rwanda


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