Responsibilities

Technical Leadership in Child Health

Lead the design, implementation and oversight of high impact child health interventions across system levels with a focus on strengthening child health services for leading causes of child mortality and morbidity (including pneumonia, diarrheal disease, malaria, malnutrition, HIV).

Lead the application of global best practices in child health programming, ensuring alignment with WHO and country guidelines.

Oversee the implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness [IMCI] strategies and protocols and Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) strategies and protocols

Provide strategic direction for implementation of Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF) best practices as part of integrated child health and nutrition programs, including prevention, screening and management of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM)

Oversee the implementation of Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) best practices for acutely ill children

Support country teams to identify and address bottlenecks in the availability of essential child health and nutrition commodities

Capacity-strengthening and Quality Improvement

Oversee the development and/or revision and use of evidence-based training/mentoring approaches and materials for pediatric health care providers, with a focus on skills for provision of lifesaving clinical care for leading causes of under-five child mortality

Collaborate with MEL and Quality Improvement teams at global, regional and country levels to improve and monitor quality of child health services, using routine health information data as feasible

Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement

Represent Jhpiego in strategic engagement with U.S. Government (USG) and other non-USG partners to develop and align strategies and technical resources for delivery of quality child health care services (global, regional and country levels)

Foster strong relationships with USG and non-USG partners working in child health (global, regional and country levels)

Knowledge Sharing, Learning and Reporting

Regularly synthesize and share key evidence, publications, and global and regional child health resources

Oversee preparation of technical reports, case studies, learning briefs and presentations of project child health activities and results

Lead and contribute to cross-country learning initiatives to capture and disseminate best practices and innovations in child health and nutrition programming.

Required Qualifications

Advanced clinical degree (e.g., Medical Doctor, Registered Nurse, or equivalent) with specialization in pediatric clinical care

9 - 10 years of progressively responsible experience in child health programs, with at least

5 years of experience providing pediatric clinical care (preferably at primary and referral levels)

At least five years of experience supporting child health programs in low- and middle-income settings, including at least 2 countries in Africa

Up to date knowledge of and familiarity with global child health evidence, guidelines and resources

Familiarity with and experience implementing IMCI strategies and using IMCI tools

Flexibility to adapt to changing work environments and conditions

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong interpersonal and supervision skills, including the demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and coach technical staff  

Ability to work independently and with team members and partners at all levels 

Strong analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to think and plan strategically 

Fluency in written and spoken English

Ability to travel up to 40% to support country programs