Overview

USAID Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) is an adolescent co-led initiative to empower girls and boys, 10-19 years and including the most marginalized, to attain their adolescent reproductive health (ARH) rights

The goal of the USAID ARH is to support adolescents to reach their full potential by; ensuring they receive correct and appropriate reproductive health (RH) information and guidance to decision-making skills, creating an environment conducive to making healthy reproductive health decisions and facilitating translation of these decisions into healthy behaviors

USAID ARH operates over a five-year period

The ARH Quality Assurance (QA) Officer will support and encourage technical leadership in the areas of family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH) with a specific focus on ARH Service and Quality Assurance (QA) for the project in coordination with Health Directorate, Health Offices, Health Section of municipalities and health facilities

The ARH QA officer will be posted in Sarlahi district and operate from the USAID ARH District Office

The position will support several health facilities of the district's program municipalities

The position will operate under the leadership of the Province ARH Services and Quality Assurance Specialist technically and in coordination with the District ARH Manager and the District-based Officers

In collaboration with the USAID ARH team and partners, the position will support the implementation of ARH technical and service delivery strategies based on evidence, best practices, and lessons learned focusing on local level/municipalities

The ARH QA officer will work closely with and engage in other components of the project at the district level

Responsibilities

Program planning, implementation, and Quality assurance

Ensure a deep understanding of USAID ARH approaches, relevant technical evidence, and thinking around adolescent health programming over the life of USAID ARH

Apply USAID ARH approaches to ensure a Total Market Approach to the design and implementation of services is responsive to the needs of adolescents

Provide strategic input and recommendations for effective implementation of activities and needed adaptations as per the learnings from gaps in quality service provision

Identify training needs for clinical and community healthcare providers and assist in the design and implementation of measures to address those needs

Work with health care providers, local level authorities, community members, adolescents and other key stakeholders to identify and address clinical, community-based service delivery issues that impede access to care and uptake of services

In close coordination with government and other stakeholders, provide technical assistance for strengthening QA/QI and training systems for USAID ARH within municipalities and facilities, including conducting site assessments; strengthening QA/QI systems (including accreditation/certification); in-service training and/or pre-service education; mentorship; and supportive supervision

Reporting and Documentation

Document successes, lessons learned, and challenges in implementation as well as reports of activities and results for the donor, including routine quarterly and annual reports and other reporting requirements

Prepare and share the case story from the field regularly

Ensure the program implementation/progress data has been entered in the MIS and guide field staff for the data entry

Capacity Enhancement of Service Providers and Youth on ARH

Provide mentoring and capacity building at the individual, facility, and organizational level in specific areas of expertise including but not limited to:

Adolescent-responsive health services

FP/RH

Quality improvement

Facility and provider readiness

Povide mentoring and capacity building at the individual, facility, and organizational level in specific areas of expertise including but not limited to:

Adolescent-responsive health services

FP/RH

Quality improvement

Facility and provider readiness

Identify and implement appropriate facilityand community-based strategies to address adolescent FP/RH service delivery gaps

Support municipalities, youth/adolescent groups, and other component leads in capacitating the field team and ensuring common understanding

Coordination and Liaison

Respectfully engage with adolescents, including priority sub-populations within the team, as critical stakeholders who are engaged throughout design, implementation, and monitoring

Maintain excellent relationships with CARE, other consortium partners, district partners, municipalities and in-country stakeholders and develop rapid responses

Coordinate within the USAID ARH team and with external stakeholders on advocacy, demand generation, and policy support, as required

Actively participate in relevant technical advisory/working groups and professional forums representing the USAID ARH

Required Qualifications

A Nursing or Public Health Degree (master's preferred) with at least 3 years experience implementing and/or providing technical assistance in FP/RH and adolescent health donor-funded projects

Demonstrated experience in training clinical and community-based healthcare workers on adolescent health, FP and RH

Experience working on performance and quality improvement and strengthening service delivery projects including training; and ensuring relevant project monitoring and evaluation activities are

Demonstrated experience strengthening adolescent-responsive FP/RH service delivery at different levels including clinical and community-level

In-depth understanding of Nepals healthcare system, particularly the public health system in the current context of federalism

Experience engaging beneficiaries particularly adolescents in programming, activity design, and M&E activities desirable

Proficiency in Microsoft Office package including Nepali typing

Ability to travel to selected sites

Proficiency in English, Nepali, and local languages

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