National Consultancy - Post Discharge Community Follow-Up of Newborns (Part-time), UNICEF Ghana

Overview

Develop national standard operating procedures and training materials for the post-discharge community follow-up of small and sick newborns. Support capacity building of regional level trainers.

Key Responsibilities

• Organise an inception meeting with stakeholders.
• Draft a national Standard Operating Procedures document.
• Conduct a consultative meeting with key partners.
• Conduct validation meeting with key stakeholders and prepare a final document.
• Develop refined Powerpoint slides and PDF version of training materials.
• Facilitate training of trainers (ToT) and submit a final report with recommendations.

Required Experience

At least 7 years professional experience in working within the newborn care in Ghana with proven experience in newborn clinical care, as well as community health systems. Good understanding of the Ghana’s health context especially Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent, Health and Nutrition (RMNCAHN) services. Prior experience in similar assignments. Previous work experience in developing training materials or SOPs especially in the areas of RMNCAHN, and/or community work.

Qualifications

An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health/nutrition, pediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology, or another relevant technical field.

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