Maternal and Child Health Nurse Full-Time

The Position

The Maternal and Child Health Nurse assists in the analysis and assessment of relevant political, social and economic trends, guiding and facilitating the delivery of UNFPA’s programmes.

S/he will report directly to the UNFPA Sofala sub office coordinator.

Under the overall guidance of the UNFPA Sofala sub office coordinator, the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Nurse will be part of the UNFPA Mozambique sub-office in Beira, Sofala, and work under the programmatic guidance of the Maternal health team lead and SRH Program Specialist based in Maputo. S/he will be the focal Point for coordination, implementation, monitoring, and reporting on SRH and maternal health  activities, including HIV and medical aspects of GBV, in Sofala Province with a special focus on the humanitarian-development peace nexus. The MCH Nurse will be accountable for the cost-effective and timely delivery of all SRH programs in the Sofala Province, both technically and financially and lead the development of new interventions/projects as guided by national priorities and in alignment with the UNFPA Country Programme (2022-2026).

The Maternal and Child Health Nurse will work both on development agenda as well as collaborate actively in the Province inter-agency Sexual and Reproductive (SRH) humanitarian working group, ensuring that maternal and child health needs in emergency settings are fully integrated in Provinces documents and interventions. She will safeguard the timely planning, monitoring and execution of SRH programmes/projects, in collaboration with implementing partners, and monitor the programme’s progress and performance as per approved timelines, budgets and responsibilities of implementing partners, using appropriate monitoring and measuring mechanisms and tools.

How Maternal and Child Health Nurse can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s new strategic plan (2022-2025), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

In an environment where the UNFPA Country Office needs to be agile and flexible to quickly transition between development-humanitarian-development interventions, the Maternal and Child Health Nurse will play a vital role in ensuring continuity of provision of quality MCH services in the province. The Maternal and Child Health Nurse will oversee the implementation of MCH related activities in the health facilities and in communities, including the maternal perinatal newborn death surveillance (MPDSR) and maternal death committee, quality maternal and SRH service provision at health facilities,  deployment of integrated SRH mobile brigades, community health agents’ interventions, community dialogues, adolescent girls’ and boys’ mentorship activities, monitoring and health data collection in four target districts to KOICA funded SRHR project in Sofala province.

S/he will build close relationships with government stakeholders, communicating regularly to ensure capacity building on relevant Reproductive Health topics and provision of technical assistance through partnership with Provincial Health Directorate (DPS) and Provincial Health Services (SPS) and NGO partners mainly for KOICA funded SRHR project intervention. S/he will also monitor the availability of commodities at different levels of the supply chain system in the Province.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose

To improve the reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health indicators in Mozambique, UNFPA Mozambique country office has various development projects in the area of SRHR to support the Government of Mozambique at the national and provincial level.

To respond the country needs in the realm of the development programs and in the humanitarian response context and the humanitarian-development-peace triple Nexus, the Mozambique CO has successfully mobilized funds in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and Gender-based Violence (GBV) since 2020 and is currently implementing several projects that will complete in the next 2 years.

In 2021, UNFPA Mozambique country office started its implementation of the KOICA funded SRHR project in cyclone Idai affected districts in the Sofala Province.

Since 2019, the SRHR team has continued its expansion, especially in the humanitarian context, the team has actively fundraised additional funds to respond to different humanitarian needs affecting the provision of SRH integrated services: Cyclones Idai and Kenneth recovery; the insecurity situation as a result of the armed conflict in the north of the country; and COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, additional technical support to meet deadlines and additional requirements from donors and partners is required.

To accelerate progress towards the three zeros in the Sofala Province, UNFPA puts increased focus on ensuring uninterrupted provision of the minimum initial service package for reproductive health in emergencies, while building health system resilience to reduce the impacts of climatic hazards on women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health.

The Maternal and Child Health will be responsible for:

Working within the Country Office (CO) environment, you will support the effective management of UNFPA activities in the areas of population and development, reproductive health and gender. Through analysis and assessment of political, social and economic trends, you will contribute to project formulation and evaluation, joint programming initiatives and national development frameworks.

S/he will assist in monitoring results achieved during implementation, guiding the appropriate application of systems and procedures, and developing enhancements as required. Following are the outcome to be achieved through KOICA funded SRHR project named “Improving Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, New-born, Child and Adolescent Health, in Sofala province” implementation:

Support to build close relationships with government and NGO partners, communicating regularly to ensure capacity building on relevant Reproductive Health topics and provide technical support to KOICA project implementation.

• Provides technical support on activity implementation focused on C/BEmONC training, MPDSR, family planning technique training, ANC/PPC training, and MISP, etc.
• Provides technical support on the continuity of provincial and district level MPDSR implementation and coordination meetings and dissemination of the quarterly and annual report with central level (MISAU) to improve the maternal and neonatal health situation.
• Provides technical support for NGO IPs activity implementation mainly the community health agents and adolescent girl mentors training focus on SRHR components. Regular monitoring of the training, refresher training of ACSs.
• Guides and supervises the district MCH nurses – 16 MCH nurses – supported and deployed in KOICA project target district –  to support the maternity ward at targeted health facilities providing integrated SRHR services.
• Monitors the availability of medical equipment distirubuted under KOICA funded project and commodities at different levels of the supply chain system in the province.
• Provide knowledge transfer and sharing and document of lessons learned, for proposals development and quality reporting to donor agency.
• Support communications and visibility of UNFPA Mozambique country office for donors as required.

Support to project implementation in particular work plan planning, revision and reporting and monitoring of project implementation and support data collection.

• Support the work plan planning, revision and management (GPS, Quantum) of the KOICA project implementing partners.
• Support the monitoring, collecting and tracking on health data collection, analysis, triangulation in communities and health facilities for increasing coverage of women delivered at health facilities.
• Support donor visit and regular monitoring team visit requested by donor agency.

Qualifications and Experience

Education and Experience: 

• Master in Public Health or Midwifery Nursing, particularly on Maternal and Child Health.
• At least 2 years of professional experience or relevant experience in the field of MCH.

Knowledge:

• Solid experience in Emergency, Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EmONC); Ante/postnatal care, family planning techniques; safe delivery, family planning consultations;
• Solid experience in integration of MCH services.
• Proven experience in training health staff in particular SRH and GBV related areas;
• Track record on working with and/for the National Health System;
• Knowledge on the situation of women and girls in natural disasters and conflict context, including Internal Displaced People.
• Experience in preparing work plans and monitoring reports;
• Practical experience in designing and delivering SRH and GBV related training packages.
• Experience using office software packages and web-based management systems.
• Familiarity with UNFPA humanitarian/development programming and operations, and about UN common programming principles including human-rights based approach, gender equality and capacity development.
• Capacity to collaborate with a wide range of partners.
• Strong communication, networking and organizational skills.

Languages:

• Fluency in Portuguese is required. Working knowledge of English is a requirement.

Required Competencies:

Values:

• Integrity – An ability to work honestly, openly, impartially, and in according with the values of the United Nations.
• Professionalism – An ability to work in a calm, competent, and committed manner; Is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results.
• Respect for Diversity – An ability to work effectively, respectfully, and inclusively with people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives.

Core Competencies: 

• Commitment.
• Diversity and Inclusion.
• Integrity.
• Communication.
• Working with People.
• Drive for the Results.

Functional Competencies:

• Formulating Strategies and Concepts.
• Analyzing.
• Relating and Networking.
• Creating and Innovating.

Managerial Competencies (if applicable):

• Providing Strategic Focus.
• Engaging internal/external partners and stakeholders.
• Leadership, developing and empowering people, creating a culture of performance.
• Making decisions and exercising judgment.

Compensation and Benefits 

This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus the cost of health insurance and other benefits as applicable.

Disclaimer 

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