Country: Liberia
Closing date: 15 Aug 2015
Training and Supervision Coordinator, Health Systems Policy & Planning
Commitment: 45 hours per week, minimum 12 month commitment
Location: Monrovia, Liberia
Compensation: Salary commensurate with experience; housing, R&R, and medical benefits available
Reports to: Director, Health Systems Policy and Planning
About Last Mile Health
Founded by survivors of Liberia’s civil war, Last Mile Health (known in Liberia as Tiyatien Health) is committed to saving lives in the world’s most remote villages. Addressing the needs of remote communities that are cut off from basic life-saving health services, Last Mile Health (LMH) works in partnership with the government to strengthen community health systems—bringing health care to villagers’ doorsteps. As part of the post-Ebola recovery effort, the Ministry of Health in Liberia has prioritized launching a national community health workforce able to prevent, diagnose, and treat the most life-threatening health conditions. Following the stabilization of Ebola, reaching zero new cases in 42 days, LMH is working directly with the Liberian government to design, deploy and sustain a national network of community health workers that can have a transformative impact on maternal and child health outcomes and can serve as a first line response to future outbreaks.
Position Summary
Working in partnership with Liberia’s Ministry of Health (MOH), alongside notable implementing partners like the Clinton Health Access Initiative and Partners in Health, LMH’s Health Systems Policy & Planning (HSPP) team is supporting the government in designing and rolling out a national community health workforce (CHW) program built on a network of trained community health workers providing essential health services to Liberia’s most remote populations. The Training and Supervision Coordinator of the HSPP team will be tasked with working with the Liberian government to design and implement components of the program related to the training and supervision of all community health cadres.
Essential Job Functions
1)Support CHSD and MOH Training Unit to establish and maintain the training component of the CHW program
2)Convene stakeholders and facilitate meetings to gain and organize technical input needed to develop a national training curriculum
3)Support technical consultants to design national training curriculum and training materials
4)Provide input to MOH for the creation and maintenance of terms of reference (TORs) requirements for each cadre in community health workforce
5)Develop an infrastructure assessment plan and conduct field visits to determine appropriate training sites for cascade training of Master Trainers, Community Health Services Supervisors, Peer Supervisors, and CHWs
6)Coordinate with MOH to meet community health workforce training timeline requirements, assisting with the identification and orientation of cadre members
7)Facilitate technical support from LMH and other partners to assist Master Trainers and MOH with training Community Health Services Supervisors, Peer Supervisors, and CHWs
8)Develop strong supervision guidelines leveraging technical expertise of MOH, LMH and other stakeholders
9)Assist in the development of supervision tools and job aides that will form part of the training toolkit for all cadres
10)Assist in planning and execution of trainings for all cadres in the CHW program
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
- Minimum 5 years experience
- Graduate degree in public health, social sciences or a related field
- Experience developing and facilitating training programs
- Experience establishing new national-level programs, protocols, or procedures
- Experience working in resource-limited settings
- Strong stakeholder facilitation and coordination skills
- Strong project management skills and the ability to meet tight timeline requirements
Preferable:
- Experience in health systems strengthening and/or community health at a national level
- Experience working with national governments
- Experience conducting remote or field-based work
- Experience living and working in Africa
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