Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based
international health development organization, currently implementing more than 120 programs,
directly reaching more than 12 million people across 35 African countries. Headquartered in Nairobi,
Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in ten countries in Africa and an additional eleven advocacy
and fundraising offices in Europe and North America. In the spirit of Ubuntu, partnership and
networking are key elements of our approach. Amref has a staff complement of over 1,500.

Amref Health Africa in Malawi is implementing Delivering Innovation in Self Care (DISC) project (DISC MW-Amref), a CIFF funded multi-year Family planning project focusing on increasing uptake of DepoProvera self-injectable in Chitipa, Karonga, Kasungu, Salima and Nkhotakota districts. The project goal is to achieve 35% increase in uptake of Depo-Provera Self-Injection in MOMENTUM Tikweze Umoyo Districts by 2026. Amref Health Africa in Malawi is therefore inviting suitably qualified applicants for the following position;

Family Planning Technical Advisor-DISC (FP TA-DISC)

The position holder will be based at the Head Office in Lilongwe and report to the Technical LeadMNCH/FP/RH.

Main Purpose of the Job:

To provide technical and managerial oversight in the planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of maternal neonatal and child health activities implemented under DISC project layered
on USAID MOMENTUM Tikweze Umoyo Project. The post holder will provide leadership, guidance,
mentorship and support in integration, coordination and collaboration among stakeholders in the
FP/RH sectors.

Specific Key Responsibilities:

• To provide managerial guidance and technical leadership in the implementation of DISC
  activities across the five project implementation districts.
• Effectively plan, execute and evaluate the implementation of activities and critically reflect and
  improve on project strategies to promote quality service delivery.
• Coordinate and represent Amref in stakeholders’ meetings and technical working groups on
  FP/RH programs.
• Provide leadership in development of quarterly reports and presentations for sharing with
  donor and other stakeholder’s resources.
• Build capacity of MOH to promote the development of health workers and management of staff capacity in the above areas through a broad range of approaches such as curriculum
  development and training, one-on-one mentorship and on-the-job training, supportive
  supervision, on-site and off-site training coordination etc.
• Build capacity of service delivery technical officers to institute mentorship and coaching at all
  levels on maternal, newborn and child health program.
• Build capacity of project technical teams on documentation of success stories and concept
  notes.
• Work closely with other project staff to ensure that maternal newborn and child health
  strategies and approaches are delivered in a coherent and coordinated way, in line with log
  frame targets, and
• Support national and district teams to identify synergies and lead in the development and
  implementation of integrated work plans to ensure efficient and effective delivery of services.
• Review indicators for monitoring maternal newborn and child health activities for the DISC and
  coordinate supervision and mentoring of service providers both at national and district levels
• Liaise with various Government departments, NGOs and donor partners to spearhead
  coordination and collaboration at all levels for the benefit of the recipients of services at
  grassroots level
• Coordinate national and district level joint learning, reflection and planning platforms and
  participate in relevant technical working group meetings
• In conjunction with Monitoring and Evaluation team, document and disseminate best practices
  and lessons learnt in FP/RH activities
• Lead in identification of capacity gaps for the consortium members and various national and
  district level key stakeholders’ and project participants and develop strategies to address the
  identified gaps
• Collect and apply innovative capacity building tools and techniques for the consortium
  members and recipients of services at national and district level
• Contribute significantly to consortium level coordination and collaboration meetings including
  the quarterly review meetings both at national and district levels

Requirements and Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Midwifery or public health, or any other related discipline in health with
  relevant work experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience with at least 3 years directly in coordination, management and
  monitoring of maternal newborn and child health programs.
• Substantial experience implementing integrated health programs
• Proficient in IT Skills e.g. MSOffice.

Competences& Skills:

• Demonstrates sound judgment, diplomacy and sensitivity to different expectations of the
  stakeholders
• Well versed with project management and development;
• Ability to work under pressure and against tight deadlines;
• Ability for analytical and strategic thinking;
• A proactive, participatory and result oriented approach to work.
• Prior experience working in research related projects