Kenya
Project Overview and Role:
In Kenya, NPI EXPAND will support locally driven solutions to increase access to and use of health services in Narok County. Specifically, the program will provide grants and tailored assistance to local organizations to implement context-specific approaches aimed at removing barriers to family planning access and use and improving maternal health outcomes. The activities will also promote continuity of services and mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on routine health services. The primary beneficiaries of the program include adolescents and youth (girls and boys) who are in- and out-of-school, women, men, and couples. While the NPI EXPAND program focuses on the health sector, this activity forms part of an integrated program that also advances livelihoods, food security, sustainable livestock raising, and conservation in the Mara Landscape. Grantees will be required to coordinate closely with county government representatives and other organizations working in health, conservation, and development spaces in Narok County.
Goal and objectives
The overall goal of this project is to enhance the capacity of the local partners to increase demand and deliver high quality maternal and family planning services to the underserved populations in Narok County – Kenya, while ensuring sustainability of the environment in which they depend on. The following are the objectives:
●Improve availability of integrated maternal health and family planning information and services through integration with environment and while addressing gender barriers ●Increase awareness, demand and acceptance of maternal health and family planning services by addressing socio-cultural barriers including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and through integration with environment. ●Strengthen the community health and environment platforms, systems, and structures to support uptake of maternal health and family planning services ●Strengthen the capacity of the Narok County Health department to plan, finance and implement cross sectoral integrated health and environment programs/projects.
NPI EXPAND is looking for an individual consultant to provide technical expertise to the sub-grantees in maternal health and family planning (MH/FP). The consultant will work closely with the Gender Advisor to ensure that planned activities integrate gender.
The MH/FP Specialist is a health expert who has managed maternal health and family planning programs and integration of MH/FP with other health and development activities. The MH/FP technical specialist will work under the overall direction of the Country Team Lead, NPI EXPAND Kenya. This position will play a significant role in providing MH/FP technical standards, direction, guidance, and measurement related activities (FP/MH and maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response as well as capacity strengthening. They will be responsible for technical quality assurance of the MH/FP components of the project.
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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
To be considered for this assignment, the applicants must meet the following minimum eligibility requirements:
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Company Overview:
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