Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child, Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Officer

Program Development

• 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.

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

• Under the guidance of the Program Manager, and alongside the Liberia MoH relevant stakeholders, 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.
• Support the DRHSs to 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.

PROJECT MONITORING AND REPORTING

• 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.

OTHERS

• 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.

Core Americares Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills, Experience, and Qualifications

• 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.
• Licence 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.