Recruitment Notice: Health System Strengthening Specialist

Recruitment Notice: Health System Strengthening Specialist

Job Opportunity- Health System Strengthening Specialist

Organization: Reach Out Cameroon

Reach Out promotes a culture of diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunities for all of its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, gender, or religious belief.

About Reach Out Cameroon

Reach Out NGO is a local, woman-led, not-for-profit organization headquartered in Buea, in the South-West region of Cameroon. Our aim is to improve the lives of the most vulnerable people using a community-centered approach. We have ongoing projects in Cameroon, in North-East Nigeria, and in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Reach Out operates through three main programmatic areas:

 

 




 

Health : As the pioneer department of the organization, the health department strives to ensure that communities adopt positive and health-seeking behaviors for improved quality of life. It also seeks to increase access to essential needs (medical, nutritional, and psychosocial support) for women, children, vulnerable persons, and remote communities.

Human Rights and Governance: The Human Rights and Governance Department’s key focus is on rights advocacy for women and children, peacebuilding and mediation, activism against gender-based violence using conflict-sensitive and survivor-centered approaches, protection, and the rule of law. It The department also emphasizes organizational capacity strengthening and support for local governance and regional and local authorities. Youth empowerment and engagement in civic responsibility while promoting positive masculinities and human rights monitoring

 

 

 

Wealth Creation: The Wealth Creation Department of Reach Out Cameroon has the main goal of improving household incomes of vulnerable women through the establishment of micro-projects, sustainable agriculture, and micro-credit operations so that beneficiaries are self-reliant in their communities. Generally, beneficiaries include school dropouts, single mothers, internally displaced women, persons living with HIV, and persons living with disabilities.

For more information about Reach Out Cameroon, visit our website at www.reachoutcameroon.org .

Job Purpose

 

 

 

Reach Out seeks a Health System Strengthening specialist for an upcoming USAID-funded malaria project in Cameroon. This project will support the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) in implementing activities to reduce malaria morbidity and maternal and child mortality. The project will operate over a 5-year period.

This position is contingent upon an award from USAID. Cameroonian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Roles and Responsibilities

Lead malaria health system strengthening activities to address gaps at the national,
regional, and facility levels.
– Ensure effective and timely implementation of HSS activities in the project work plan.
– Work with NMCP to ensure front-line health workers (government and non-government)
receive adequate training and mentoring to provide high-quality malaria services.
– Strengthen NMCP leadership and governance at the national, regional, and district levels
to effectively manage the malaria response.
– Contribute to the NMCP HSS efforts through technical working groups and other forums.
– Develop a sustainability plan and ensure an effective transition of activities to the NMCP
and local actors.
– Ensure strong collaboration between in-country malaria partners.
– Document and disseminate lessons learned from HSS efforts.
– Participate in annual project work planning and preparation of donor progress reports.
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Required Qualifications:
– A minimum of a bachelor’s degree or higher in public health, international public policy,
health economics, or a related field
– At least five (5) years of senior-level experience developing and promoting collaboration
with national authorities, as well as providing technical and operational support on
health-care-systems-related issues.
– Demonstrated experience interacting and maintaining relationships with high-level
stakeholders and host country government officials.
– demonstrated experience leading health systems strengthening activities focused on
capacity building of non-government local actors and technical assistance initiatives to
strengthen planning, coordination, and implementation of malaria activities;
– Experience working with USAID/PMI and knowledge of USAID rules and regulations are
preferred.
– management and problem-solving abilities
– Proficient in the use of the standard Microsoft Office package with particular experience
using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet Explorer.
– full professional proficiency in English and French

 

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Interested and qualified candidates can apply online via email to hiring@reachoutcm.org and
copy ettaarnold@reachoutcm.org or deposit their application in a closed envelope specifying the
position at the Reach Out Head Office at Small Soppo, Wonganga, Buea,SWR .

 

Composition of application file
The documents to be submitted for the position of a Fundraising Officer must comprise of;
– A cover letter/application.
– Academic credentials and fundraising certificates.
– An up to date curriculum vitae (CV)
– A copy of national identity card

N/B: Only the preselected candidates will be contacted. Female candidates are encouraged to
apply.

 

 

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