Training Specialist (Maternal, Newborn, Child Health)

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Mission and objectives

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfil their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

Context

With over 10,000 staff members, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) works in over 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF is one of the longest-serving international organizations in Myanmar, with almost 70 years of service in the country, working to improve the lives of children and their families.The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential without discrimination, bias or favouritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — will give all children the opportunity to fulfil their potential and lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child while supporting nations' equitable development.More information on what we do in Myanmar is available here.

Task description

Under the guidance of the Chief of Health & Nutrition Section and direct supervision of the Health Specialist (MNCH), the national UN Volunteer will carry out the tasks mentioned below.The overall objective of the UNV Training Specialist (Maternal, Newborn, Child Health) is to support the planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting of UNICEF’s supported MNCH related training.Main tasks and responsibilities1. Support to development of training plan• Closely coordinate with UNICEF’s MNCH team and developmental partners to develop/update the MNCH’s annual training plan to reflect evolving contexts and meet emerging needs of health care providers while ensuring achievement of targets.• Review WHO’s latest recommendations in delivering quality MNCH care and adapted those recommendations as feasible in current context in consultation with WHO and UNICEF.• Participate in a series of webinar being organized by WHO and UNICEF on MNCH to keep the knowledge and information up to date• Update existing training packages on IMNCI, Essential Care for Every Baby (ECEB), Essential Care for Small Baby (ECSB), Newborn Resuscitation (HBB), community-based training pack-ages- CCM and Community-based Newborn Care (CBNBC) etc as necessary• Assist MNCH team in planning cross-sectoral training like MHPSS, disability assessment, inter-personal communication (IPC) etc.• Being aware of evolving technology and apply different innovative method in delivering high quality training2. Support to implementation of training• Communicate with UNICEF’s field offices and implementation partners to register in-time for the training sessions.• Build capacity of field-based health staff and implementing partners’ staff to co-facilitate the trainings.• Arrange logistic for training venue/virtual platform and training packages for participants.• Delivery high quality training with pre/post assessment to measure training effectiveness.• Support to sustain a close working partnership with all stakeholders through active and regular sharing of information and knowledge on evolving epidemiological shifts and health burdens and their prevention and treatment options and build capacity of stakeholders.3. Monitor and analyse training coverage, its effectiveness for corrective action• Provide post-training follow up and mentoring support to implementing partners and health care providers as necessary to apply their learning in their daily practices.• Review and update monitoring checklist for different level of cadres eg. PHC providers, health volunteers to measure their skills and performances.• Use simple tools like Excel, Access, ODK or Kobo-collect tools for data collection, analysis, and monitoring dashboard (Power BI or similar)4. Contribute in preparing report• Prepare documentation/ report of the training and performance’s monitoring for sharing with donors and partners.• Identify, capture, synthesize, and share lessons learned for knowledge development and to build the capacity of stakeholders.• Contribute to donor’s report, mid-term/annual progress report etc. as necessary from perspective of capacity building of health care providers and its effectiveness in MNCH service delivery