Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:- Support review of national service delivery guidelines, training materials and reference manuals to integrate new MNH products.- Conduct facility readiness assessments for introduction of new maternal and neonatal health commodities.- Support/coordinate provider trainings and mentorships as required by closely working with MOH and district coordinators.- Work with MOH to coordinate partners to ensure adherence to and implementation of the introduction and scale up plans.- Support Quality improvement initiatives for maternal and neonatal health, working closely with MoH district coordinators.- Strengthening Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) in selected focus districts, working...

- Working closely with the CHAI Technical team to provide technical assistance to Ministry of Health, Reproductive Health Directorate on Maternal and Newborn Health.- Support CHAI Malawi’s Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health (SRMNH) and Infectious Diseases Clusters to scale up evidence-based interventions to address the primary drivers of maternal mortality, stillbirths, and neonatal mortality in high-burden facilities across Lilongwe, Blantyre, and Mzimba Districts. This will include coordinating and facilitating trainings, supportive supervision, skills building visits, and operational research to strengthen the capacity of health facilities to deploy MNH technologies, such as group antenatal care, point-of-care ultrasound, and the e-MOTIVE bundle for postpartum...

- Support the Ministry of Health and districts to quantify the optimum number of MNH specialist health workers required to deliver high-quality health services, in line with the Ministry’s integrated service delivery framework known as the Health Service Packages. This will also include working with training institutions to align health workforce production and education for MNH specialists with the country’s need- Collaborate with the Ministry of Health to facilitate the strategic selection of trainees for postgraduate training supported by program funding, including applying defined selection criteria and supporting ongoing oversight of the selection process- Provide technical assistance to Malawi’s Paediatric and Child Health Association to plan for and support subspecialty...

- Provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to ensure that infrastructure policy frameworks and guidelines are aligned with updated, evidence-based MNH norms and standards- Support the Ministry of Health to coordinate infrastructure investments across partners and reinforce governance structures for overseeing infrastructure development nationally- Lead preparatory steps for planned infrastructure as required by relevant regulations and policies. This will include working with the Ministries of Health and Transport and Public Works, districts, facility management teams, and implementing partners to review construction requirements; conduct site assessments, soil tests, and measurements; and develop environmental management plans- Work with the...

- Provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in developing a costed Cervical Cancer Elimination Acceleration Plan. This will include collaborating with MoH departments and other health sector structures, such as Technical Working Groups (TWG), to define priorities for the plan - Conduct funding gap analysis and mapping of donor and government funding towards cervical cancer primary, secondary and tertiary prevention interventions- Working closely with the Health Financing team, provide technical assistance to the MoH in ensuring that “One Plan” priorities inform ongoing resource mobilization and grant-making processes, including working with the MoH and other stakeholders to create a roadmap to guide proposal development processes in line with the annual “One Plan”...

Strengthening the governance and harmonization of RSSH and other health sector investments- Provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health in developing, operationalizing, and monitoring its vision for the single PIU structure in line with the Ministry of Health’s “One Plan, One Budget, One Report” approach for improving aid alignment and the Lusaka Agenda. This includes supporting stakeholders to establish a shared vision for this PIU, defining its structure and functions, and creating a phased approach with the Ministry and donors for gradually moving towards the single PIU- Undertake an assessment of financial management bottlenecks and gaps that would preclude GFATM’s involvement in the single PIU, while supporting both the Ministry of Health and GFATM to develop and...

Strengthening the governance and harmonization of RSSH and other health sector investments- Provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health in developing, operationalizing, and monitoring its vision for the single PIU structure in line with the Ministry of Health’s “One Plan, One Budget, One Report” approach for improving aid alignment and the Lusaka Agenda. This includes supporting stakeholders to establish a shared vision for this PIU, defining its structure and functions, and creating a phased approach with the Ministry and donors for gradually moving towards the single PIU- Undertake an assessment of financial management bottlenecks and gaps that would preclude GFATM’s involvement in the single PIU, while supporting both the Ministry of Health and GFATM to develop and...