Outreach Officer at Marie Stopes Nigeria - 6 Positions

Marie Slopes International Organisation Nigeria (MSION)is implementing the Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP) component of the newly awarded UK Department for International Development, (DFID) Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH 2) Project in partnership with the FGIGRM International limited ted consortium. The project is aimed at improving equitable access and delivery of high impact maternal, new born and child health services targeted at underserved communities in six selected northern Nigerians states (Jigawa, Kadurta, Kano, Kalsina, Yobe and Zamfara) with a view to dramatically increase utilization of HTSP services, MSION is recruiting the following vacant positions for the MNCH2 project:

Job Title: Outreach Officer - 6 positions

Location: Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Yobe and Zamfara
Reporting to: State Outreach Coordinator

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Master Trainer Mentors to conduct cascade training for service providers from PHC facilities in the project state.
• Support trained service providers to initiate provision of high quality integrated HTSP services at HF level
• Participate in the conduct of HTSP outreach services in the hard to reach communities arid health facilities without killed providers in the project state.
• Support MSION in achieving its milestones under the 0190 funded MNCH 2 project in project state within the context of the MSION/MNCH 2 project core values such as client focus and no blame culture.
• Participate fully in post training and integrated supportive supervision exercise of trained service providers.
• Support service providers to ensure proper documentation of service delivery data and records of community outreach activities.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Must haves recognised clinical qualification in Midwifery or Nursing (Registered Midwife or Nurse)
• At least 1 year post-graduation experience in a Midwifery position [ESSENTIAL]
• Experience of working in Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy Project
• [ESSENTIAL)
• Excellent provider-client interaction skills to engage with clients at HF and community levels (ESSENTIAL)
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, [ESSENTIAL]
• Articulate and analytical with attention to detail (ESSENTIAL)
• Sympathetic to women and men seeking HTSP services [ESSENTIAL] Passionate about Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy projects.

Application Closing Date
Tuesday 22nd July, 2014

Method of Application 
Application Procedure: Interested candidates should apply by email with CV and a suitability statement as a single attachment to: recruitment@mariestopes.org.ng

The subject of the email should be the POSITION TITLE/LOCATION and the CV/suitability statement should be saved with the applicant’s full name, Applications that do not meet the above specification will be rejected. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.