Project Officer, Emergency Response to Maternal Mortality (for Japanese Nationals)

UNFPA LBR organization mission TBD

The project will achieve the following four outputs:

Output 1: The infrastructural capacity of John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital (JFK) and Two Health Centers is improved to provide fully functional Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Services

Output 2: The supply of essential life-saving medicines, commodities, supplies and equipment for three (Two Health Centers and JFK Hospital) facilities is improved to deliver quality comprehensive integrated maternal and newborn care services

Output 3. The managerial and clinical capacities of health managers and skilled providers is strengthened in three health facilities (two health centres and JFK hospital).

Output 4: Three health facilities have functional health information management systems for adequate data collection, management, and quality assurance systems to inform planning and decision-making.

The Project Officer has a key role to support the implementation, monitoring and follow up of the project to ensure the timely efficient delivery of high-quality emergency response to the maternal health emergency in the geographical area of project focus

The Project Officer has a key role to support the implementation, monitoring and follow up of the project to ensure the timely efficient delivery of high-quality emergency response to the maternal health emergency in the geographical area of project focus.

The Project Officer will work closely with UNFPA Emergency Focal Point, and the Ministry of Health Team set up for the implementation of the Project. In addition, the Project Officer will work with JICA to ensure the seamless integration of the 5 S Model for the capacity enhancement of the three health facilities. The Project Officer will produce weekly Situation Reports (Sitreps) to inform management about the project progress, monitor and update the project risk matrix and promote strong adherence to accountability and transparency in the emergency response.

Under the supervision of the Emergency Focal Point/ Reproductive Health Specialist of UNFPA Liberia, the Project Officer will perform the following tasks:

Project support (Emergency Response)
● Support the development of project work plan ensuring clear timelines for important deliverables in line with the project document.
● Follow up on the implementation of the project work plan including follow up on all project procurements to ensure adherence to policies and standards and timely delivery.
● Attend and contribute to the project management team, document the minutes and follow up on the implementation of agreed action plans
● Prepare weekly situation reports (Sitrep) about the emergency response highlighting any significant change in the context and the progress of the emergency response.
● In collaboration with the UNFPA and Partners’ Communication Teams, develop press materials including press releases, media briefs, fact sheets about the implementation of the Japanese Supplementary Budget response to maternal health emergency in Liberia.
● Support the development and implementation of the donor visibility plan for the project including audio and visual materials. This includes the development of social

This includes the development of social media content on ongoing activities, ensuring appropriate donor visibility for the project
● Support the three health facilities to develop/customise ICT tools to track service delivery impact for women and girls along the continuum of care and response (antenatal, delivery and post-natal interventions) of the project
● Serve as the day-to-day focal point between UNFPA and the Ministry of Health/ County Health Team in the follow up of the project implementation.
● Lead and coordinate reporting on the implementation of the programme as per agreed reporting requirements and tools
● Monitor and update the project risk matrix and support efforts to ensure accountability and transparency in the project implementation.
● Establish collaborative relationships with all relevant project stakeholders including the Ministry of Health Central, County Health Team (Montserrado) and the leadership of the 3 Health Facilities.
● Ensure that inventory management are in place and utilised for all project procurements and support the logistics management and supplies for the timely delivery of services to the health facilities.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:
● Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
● Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country.
● Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities.
● Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.
● Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers.
● Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.