RH Officer

Job Description

Job Title: Reproductive Health Officer

Band/ Level / Grade: 8B

Department: Health

Location: Aden

Background/IRC Summary:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

The IRC Yemen began its programs in October 2012. Since establishing its presence in the South of Yemen, in the Red Sea Coastal city of Aden, the organization has grown from just implementing small projects to handling large-scale emergency and relief operations. Following the war which broke out in Yemen in March of 2015 and the humanitarian disaster, which was crafted by the same, IRC launched an emergency response program in the southern governorates of Aden, Lahj, Abyan, Shabwah, and Al Dahle`e. Currently, IRC Yemen is operating in eight governorates in the south and north of Yemen and Sana’a and Hodidah in the North through direct programming and through local partnerships, in Health, WASH, Nutrition, Economic Recovery Development, Education, Child Protection, Gender and Women Protection and Empowerment.

Scope/job purpose:

The reproductive Health Officer is responsible for providing technical assistance to the District Health Officer (DHO) for the provision for integration of maternal, neonatal, and child health activities in the program

Detailed responsibilities and tasks:

Technical Guidance and Leadership 20%

• Ensure that activities are carried out as outlined in the activity plan, following standard processes, and aligned to the country's treatment and health service delivery guidelines
• Assess capacity building for midwives, Community Midwives, and Community Health Workers in RH and MHPSS to improve Health services at the community level.
• Strengthen the capacity of the DHO in technical planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and advocacy of MNCH services to prepare the DHO for future handover
• Timely collection and reviewing data of Reproductive health and Thinking Healthy program (THP) and keeping quality data management system for RH & MHPSS.
• Ensure that all RH and MNCH activities are implemented in the location.

Program Design, Development, and Implementation (60%)

• Keep health program activity records both in soft and hard copies and provides activity reports as required by IRC and the donor timely.
• Ensure implementation of MNCH activities in support of the Manager, develop regular work plans, and reports, and contribute to the development of budget forecasts and spending plans.
• Supervise the implementation of a monitoring and evaluation plan for Reproductive Health and Community Midwives’ activities, in line with the IRC results framework and donor guidelines.
• Provide technical support to service providers on the Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (BEmONC) in PHCCs and Supervise the provision of comprehensive antenatal care to pregnant women attending ANC services in collaboration with midwives.
• Ensure that postnatal care provides to all women attending the PNC clinic according to the protocol.
• Ensure all workers are providing family planning and STI management.
• Ensure infection control and universal precautions are adhered to at the health facilities.
• Conduct on-job training to midwives and other staff during service delivery when requested to do so.

Representation and Coordination (10%)

• Coordinate and represent IRC and liaise with local authorities, DHO, and other implementing partners to facilitate successful coordination of activities and ensure clarity in the community
• Collaborated closely with the RH manager to provide updates on the program, discuss emerging challenges, and collaborate on the design of new programs or changes to existing programs.