Community Health Manager

The Community Health Manager will be responsible for leading the implementation of technical assistance for strengthening community health systems, ensuring effective collaboration with stakeholders and delivering high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight, strategic direction and ensure appropriate support for the implementation of community health program activities.
  
• Identify appropriate facility and community-based strategies to address community health service delivery gaps.
  
• Formulate sustainable solutions to address community health gaps, utilizing cross-cutting capacity building approaches, such as mentorship and targeted quality improvement.
  
• Plan and implement capacity-building activities among health care providers and Community Health Workers in collaboration with districts and partner organizations.
  
• Provide technical support to PROSPECT SRHR, the DHTs, and partners to operationalize national community systems policy guidance.
  
• Assist health facilities service providers TOTs and partners in planning and designing the CHEWs (Community Health Extension Workers) training program.
  
• Supervise the execution of the CHEWs training program and implementation plans and prepare regular progress reports.
  
• Offer guidance to the Activity and stakeholders for developing, implementing, tracking, and documenting innovative, evidence-based community health strengthening interventions.
  
• Support the regional dissemination of national policies and guidelines, including the MOH Community Health Strategy.
  
• Collaborate with community structures and other implementing partners to ensure smooth and coordinated execution of project activities.
  

Requirements

• Registered Nurse/ midwife with Maternal and Child Health and Midwifery Qualifications. Or a BSC in Public Health, Health Services Management or a relevant field. Masters in a related field is an added advantage.
  
• Five years of experience in health service delivery, and community systems strengthening.
  
• A demonstrated ability to work in the health facilities and community and to promote the development of the maternal and child health service.
  
• Experience working with and providing strategic technical guidance to MOH and a diverse group of partners and helping to refine their community health learning, policies, and approaches.
  
• Broad working knowledge of current national community strengthening policies and structures is essential
  
• Knowledge and experience in working with and strengthening national and district coordination structures
  
• Demonstrated ability to write technical papers and reports
  
• Demonstrated experience in working with multiple stakeholders