Overview:
Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University is implementing Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program to introduce and scale up high-impact maternal, newborn and child health interventions in Sindh Province. Jhpiego seeks suitable candidates for Program Officer - Clinical position, based in various districts of Sindh.
Responsibilities:
Program Officer - Clinical will serve as a mentor for Community Midwives, Family welfare workers (FWAs) LHVs, medical doctors and other health care providers at all MNCH/RH centers (DOH, PWD, private) and CEmONC facilities. Selected candidates will also provide hands-on, high-quality clinical instruction and inspire SBAs, trainers to update their skills and to provide respectful MNCH/FP services. Other responsibilities at MNCH centers, CEmONC centers, midwifery schools and institutions are as follows;
Skills and Qualifications:
Note: Only shorted listed candidate will be consider for the interview. The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. For 40 years and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families. Jhpiego works with health experts, governments and community leaders to provide high-quality health care for their people. Jhpiego develops strategies to help countries care for themselves by training competent health care workers, strengthening health systems and improving the delivery of care. Jhpiego has been working in Pakistan since 1997 when it provided technical assistance under a series of maternal and reproductive health projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). One of the Project aims in Pakistan is to improve the quality of public and private sector health services. Healthcare providers will be trained; health facilities renovated and services will be expanded and improved. We also will improve access of women and children to health services especially the poor and those who do not or cannot go for health care, by educating communities and families and setting up better transport and communications systems. By 2017, thousands of deaths of women, newborn babies and infants will have been prevented as a result of the USAID/Pakistan MCH Program. USAID/Pakistan has, in cooperation with the USAID Office of Inspector General, established the Anti-Fraud Hotline to provide an avenue for the reporting of fraud, waste, and abuse which may be associated with USAID funded projects in Pakistan. Complaints are handled with complete confidentiality and individuals are encouraged to report when corruption, fraud, waste or abuse may exit in the USAID/Pakistan projects. Reports can be filed anonymously via the easy-to-use Hotline (toll-free number 0800 84700); e-mail at [email protected]; fax at 021-35390410; postal address at 5-C, 2nd Floor Khayaban-e-Itthad, Phase VII, DHA, Karachi, Pakistan; and on the website www.anti-fraudhotline.com.”