Overview

Jhpiego is a nonprofit global leader in the creation and delivery of transformative healthcare solutions for the developing world. In partnership with national governments, health experts, and local communities, we build health providers’ skills and we develop systems that save lives now and guarantee healthier futures for women and their families.

We are seeking a dynamic Technical Assistant based in Homabay County to support the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of innovative service delivery approaches that strengthen health outcomes for mothers and children. The Technical Assistant will play a pivotal role in advancing innovative service delivery models to improve access to quality Maternal, Newborn, Child Health, Immunization, and Nutrition (MNCHIN) services, with a focus on strengthening maternal and newborn care, improving immunization coverage among children under five, particularly underserved populations such as zero-dose children, and supporting nutrition interventions for pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five years of age.

This role involves translating technical guidance into practical tools and processes, supporting onsite mentorship, and ensuring effective implementation at the facility level. The Technical Assistant will contribute to knowledge generation by drafting technical briefs, donor reports, and presentations, while actively participating in brainstorming sessions to test and refine new approaches. A key responsibility includes gathering insights from health facilities and documenting learnings to inform adaptive programming and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with program leads and stakeholders to conceptualize and pilot new approaches that improve access to high-quality MNCHIN services, ensuring quality ANC, access to skilled delivery, and postnatal services.
• Use data, community feedback, and global best practices to inform design and scale-up of service delivery innovations.
• Support in delivering hands-on onsite mentorship to frontline health workers, supervisors, and facility staff.
• Translate complex technical guidelines into practical tools, workflows, and job aids that are usable and work on the ground.
• Monitor implementation and troubleshoot challenges in real time to ensure project effectiveness.
• Draft clear, compelling, and evidence-based documents including success stories that communicate program achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.
• Support the preparation of donor-facing materials, including quarterly reports, success stories, and strategic updates.
• Bring energy to brainstorming sessions, help test innovations, and feedback what’s working , and what’s not.
• Collect insights from health facilities and document learnings , to inform adaptive programming.
• Synthesize findings into actionable recommendations for program improvement and knowledge sharing.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in nursing and/or midwifery, Clinical Medicine, or a related field.
• Current registration and valid practicing license with the relevant professional regulatory body, where required.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in implementation of RMNCAH/ health programs
• Demonstrated practical experience in maternal and newborn care, child health, routine immunization and nutrition service delivery, mentorship or program implementation.
• Experience working with county and sub-county health management teams, health facilities, community health structures and implementing partners is desirable.
• Training or practical experience in Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care, Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness, Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition, Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition, immunization, quality improvement and/or respectful maternity care is desirable (EmONC, MIYCN, IMAM and IMNCI training is desirable)
• Experience preparing technical reports, presentations, implementation updates, success stories and other knowledge products. Good interpersonal skills and teamwork
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Excellent organizational skills including the ability to multitask
• Be of high integrity and able to maintain confidentiality.
• Strong presentation and communication skills, oral and written

• Collaborate with program leads and stakeholders to conceptualize and pilot new approaches that improve access to high-quality MNCHIN services, ensuring quality ANC, access to skilled delivery, and postnatal services.
• Use data, community feedback, and global best practices to inform design and scale-up of service delivery innovations.
• Support in delivering hands-on onsite mentorship to frontline health workers, supervisors, and facility staff.
• Translate complex technical guidelines into practical tools, workflows, and job aids that are usable and work on the ground.
• Monitor implementation and troubleshoot challenges in real time to ensure project effectiveness.
• Draft clear, compelling, and evidence-based documents including success stories that communicate program achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.
• Support the preparation of donor-facing materials, including quarterly reports, success stories, and strategic updates.
• Bring energy to brainstorming sessions, help test innovations, and feedback what’s working , and what’s not.
• Collect insights from health facilities and document learnings , to inform adaptive programming.
• Synthesize findings into actionable recommendations for program improvement and knowledge sharing.

• Practical experience in maternal and newborn care, child health, routine immunization and nutrition service delivery
• Mentorship or program implementation
• Experience preparing technical reports, presentations, implementation updates, success stories and other knowledge products
• Good interpersonal skills and teamwork
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Excellent organizational skills including the ability to multitask
• High integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality
• Strong presentation and communication skills, oral and written
• Training or practical experience in Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care, Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness, Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition, Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition, immunization, quality improvement and/or respectful maternity care

• Degree in nursing and/or midwifery, Clinical Medicine, or a related field.
• Current registration and valid practicing license with the relevant professional regulatory body, where required.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in implementation of RMNCAH/ health programs
• Demonstrated practical experience in maternal and newborn care, child health, routine immunization and nutrition service delivery, mentorship or program implementation.
• Experience working with county and sub-county health management teams, health facilities, community health structures and implementing partners is desirable.
• Training or practical experience in Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care, Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness, Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition, Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition, immunization, quality improvement and/or respectful maternity care is desirable (EmONC, MIYCN, IMAM and IMNCI training is desirable)