Midwife Coordinator, HOPE-UNFPA SRHR project (6 months duration)

Job Description

Title: Midwife Coordinator, HOPE-UNFPA SRHR project (6 months duration)

Company Name: HOPE Foundation for Women & Children of Bangladesh.

Vacancy: 2

Job Location: Cox's Bazar, Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Diploma in Midwifery
∎ Licensed Midwife by the BNMC
∎ Skills Required: Good Communication Skill in Both English Bengali

Experience Requirements:
∎ 1 to 3 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): SRHR

Job Context:
∎ The overall aim of the UNFPA`s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) interventions in Cox`s Bazar is to increase the number of pregnant women who have access to high quality midwifery services in Rohingya refugee camps and adjacent host communities, so as to contribute to the goal of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity in the country.
∎ UNFPA is working together with partners, including Hope Foundation, to provide evidence-based, midwifery led, comprehensive SRHR services in the facilities in the camps and the adjacent host communities. Additionally UNFPA leads and coordinates the SRH Working group (SRH WG).
∎ UNFPA along with Hope Foundation are looking for 3 graduate midwives to join a dynamic team of International Midwife Mentors (IMM) to improve skilled attendance at birth by developing a sustainable midwifery workforce through the placement of midwives and building the capacity of the midwives through mentor-ship.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ On a day-to-day basis, the National Midwife Coordinator will assist and support the IMMs with the implementation of both clinical and administrative duties associated to the midwifery mentor-ship program in all the UNFPA supported facilities in the Rohingya refugee camps and adjacent host communities; assuming the following duties:
∎ 1. Assist IMMs in providing capacity building and clinical mentoring:
∎ Work with all UNFPA funded SRH WG implementing partners (IPs) who employ midwives to strengthen midwifery services in health facilities by supporting the IMMs with capacity building, training, mentor-ship and clinical supervision of midwives and midwifery supervisors
∎ Identify midwifery staff development needs and presents the information to IMMs in order to improve care and outcomes
∎ Contribute to the facilitation of midwifery team meetings in health facilities
∎ Contribute to strengthening policies and guidelines to improve health service provision
∎ 2. Reporting, administrative and professional responsibilities:
∎ Participates with IMMs in the development of work plans
∎ Contributes to the UNFPA SRHR team, SRH WG and IPs compiling reports regarding midwifery services
∎ Presents biweekly situational reports on the needs of midwives and health facilities.
∎ Completes all required documentation and reporting on expected project results and outputs
∎ Engages in professional development
∎ 3. Coordination and Inter-agency work:
∎ Participates in meetings with the wider midwifery coordinator team to improve the coordination mechanism of the midwifery mentor-ship program
∎ When requested, attend coordination meetings such as: SRH WG and Upazilas level Health Sector meetings
∎ Contributes to MPMSR committee investigations and dissemination of findings.

Salary: Negotiable

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 17 Jun 2021

Company Information:
∎ 7 Jun 2021
∎ HOPE Foundation for Women & Children of Bangladesh.
∎ Address : 16401 NW 2nd Ave, Suite 202, Miami, FL 33169
∎ Web : www.hopeforbangladesh.org
∎ Business : Works in providing healthcare in and around Cox`s Bazar with special emphasis to hard-to-reach areas.

Category: Medical/Pharma