Technical Assistant

Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, implements The Challenge Initiative (TCI), a project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, focusing on population and reproductive health.

The Technical Assistant will work closely with program leads and stakeholders to design and test innovative strategies aimed at enhancing access to quality maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (MNCHIN) services, including antenatal care, skilled delivery, and postnatal services. The role involves using data, community feedback, and global best practices to inform the development and scaling of service delivery innovations. Key activities include providing hands-on mentorship to frontline health workers and facility staff, translating technical guidelines into practical tools, and monitoring implementation to troubleshoot challenges in real-time. The assistant will also be responsible for drafting evidence-based documents, preparing donor-facing materials, and collecting insights from health facilities to inform adaptive programming and synthesize findings into actionable recommendations.

1. Collaborate with program leads and stakeholders to conceptualize and pilot new approaches for improving access to high-quality maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (MNCHIN) services, ensuring quality antenatal care, access to skilled delivery, and postnatal services.
2. Utilize data, community feedback, and global best practices to inform the design and scale-up of service delivery innovations.
3. Support the delivery of hands-on onsite mentorship to frontline health workers, supervisors, and facility staff.
4. Translate complex technical guidelines into practical tools, workflows, and job aids that are usable and effective on the ground.
5. Monitor implementation and troubleshoot challenges in real-time to ensure project effectiveness.
6. Draft clear, compelling, and evidence-based documents, including success stories, to communicate program achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.
7. Support the preparation of donor-facing materials, such as quarterly reports, success stories, and strategic updates.
8. Actively participate in brainstorming sessions, help test innovations, and provide feedback on what is working and what is not.
9. Collect insights from health facilities and document learnings to inform adaptive programming.
10. Synthesize findings into actionable recommendations for program improvement and knowledge sharing.

1. Hold a degree in nursing, midwifery, clinical medicine, or a related field.
2. Possess current registration and a valid practicing license with the relevant professional regulatory body, where required.
3. Have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in the implementation of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) or general health programs.
4. Demonstrate practical experience in maternal and newborn care, child health, routine immunization, and nutrition service delivery, mentorship, or program implementation.
5. Experience working with county and sub-county health management teams, health facilities, community health structures, and implementing partners is desirable.
6. Training or practical experience in Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC), Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness (IMNCI), Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM), immunization, quality improvement, and/or respectful maternity care is desirable.
7. Experience preparing technical reports, presentations, implementation updates, success stories, and other knowledge products.
8. Possess good interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.
9. Be capable of working with minimal supervision.
10. Demonstrate excellent organizational skills, including the ability to multitask.
11. Exhibit high integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
12. Have strong presentation and communication skills, both oral and written.