Working Document
Job Description
Job Title: CB-MNH Officer
Responsible to: Cluster Team Leader (CTL), Reports to: CTL and Health Team Leader
Location: Bajhang with 70% field visit
Objective of the Job: The job-holder will use all available opportunities to ensure that the maternal and neonatal health (MNH) status in target areas will be improved by supporting: DHO
in planning and implementation of Community Based Maternal and Neonatal Health (CB-MNH) activities and in planning and implementation of Health Facility improvement through
Government Health Workers and Health Facility Operation Management Committee (HFOMC).
Area of Responsibility
Decision making
Qualifications and Experience
The primary responsibility of the CB-MNH Officer is to support D/PHOs in planning and To contribute and provide 
Staff Nurse/Health Assistant with at least three years
implementation of CB-MNH activities through community level health workers and community input into UMN's CBexperience or BN/BSc Nursing/BPH with at least two
health volunteers; to provide technical assistance; and to facilitate and support planning and MNH, Community Health
years experience of working in or with the District Health
implementation of Health Facility improvement plan.
and Cluster team Annual
System;
Community/Health Facility Level:
Plan.
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Working experiences in community based maternal and
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Facilitate planning workshop for Health Facility improvement plan;
child health including birth preparedness package;
Through persuading and 
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Motivate, train and coach HFOMC to undertake their roles and responsibilities;
Local resident with relevant experiences is preferred;

Conduct training and technical support visits to strengthen service provision and coverage influencing, contribute to 
Experience in training and facilitation of workshop at
at different levels including: Health Facilities, VHW/MCHWs, FCHVs, mothers groups, clusters' and partners'
district and at community level;
decisions in Health and 
pregnant and post-partum women and key family members;
Good networking, facilitation, training, coaching and

Support FCHVs in recording and reporting; and ensure timely collecting, preparing and Gender Area of Work to
mentoring skills;
ensure the objectives of 
submission of consistent data by FCHVs/ Health facility;
Sound computer applications skills including Word and

Ensure supply of FP/MCH commodities (including Pills, condom, vit A, iron, BPP flip chart) CB-MNC are achieved.
Spreadsheet;
at community and Health Facility level;
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Good language and communication skills both English

Attend FCHV monthly meetings to provide technical support and feedback; and
and Nepali, knowledge of local dialect will be an

Advocate CBMNH activities in the existing forum like HFOMC, RHCC, mother groups.
advantage ;
District Level:

Ability to work pro-actively and independently towards
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Develop annual plan/ field plan together with D/DPHO regarding implementation of CBset objectives in a result-oriented approach;
MNH and Health Facility improvement activities in the District;
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Experience in quality improvement facilitation tools

Support to strengthen the capacity of D/PHO staff in planning, implementation, monitoring
(example Appreciative Inquiry, PDQ, COPE) will be an
and evaluation of CB-MNH activities;
advantage; and

Facilitate D/PHO staff to organise/conduct CB-MNH related trainings at district and

Experience in projects on social issues relating to
community level, review/refresher meetings and district level annual review meetings;
women and children is desirable.

Assist D/PHO staff to collect, review, prepare and ensure timely submission of CB-MNH Dimensions
Skills, Attitudes, Behaviours
report;

Member
of
the 
Good interpersonal relationship skills including listening,

Coordinate district level NGOs/INGOs and CBOs working in the district to implement
Cluster Team (Mugu
persuasion and influencing;
programs more effectively and efficiently; attend meetings of different fourms
/ Bajhang)

A good trainer, eager to build the capacity of others;

Facilitate and/or participate in celebrating special national days at the district and local 
Represent UMN at 
Have demonstrated self-motivation and proactively
level such as Vit A distribution, NID, Condom Day, Breastfeeding Week, AIDS Day, Safer
relevant
technical
search out opportunities for influencing and motivating
Motherhood Day, International Women's Day etc;
forums
as
others;

Build relationship and collaboration with other line agencies, INGOs, and civil society
appropriate, and at 
Social skills necessary to build effective working
organisations; and
local level
relationships with a broad range of people;
Monitoring and Evaluation related (both at community/HF and district level)

Good communication skills, both written and verbal in

To prepare monthly report (including case studies, photos) and submit to cluster team
Nepali, in order to present technical information in and
leader and CB-MNH advisor and Health Team Leader/Advisor;
at an appropriate manner and level. Knowledge of local

Monitor and analyse CB-MNH reports and service indicators and provide feedback to
language will be an advantage;
D/PHO and Health Facilities;

Seek to model the UMN values;

Support to strengthen the capacity of D/PHO staff in data entry, analysis and report

Must be willing to travel by small plane, bus, and foot to
preparation; and
remote areas of Nepal; and

Support and ensure timely report from NGO partners.

The TO will spend approximately 70 to 80 % of their
Additional:
working time in the field level. Remaining time will be

Perform duties as assigned by the Cluster Team Leader and CB-MNH Advisor and Health
spent at District Headquarters to coordinate and support
Team Leader/Advisor;
D/PHO or hospital staff.

Support partners in planning and implementation of MNH activities in their community and
in reporting of CB-MNH work;

Work in close coordination with other technical officers in the cluster.
Version control: Dec 2011