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Master Mentor

JOB SUMMARY

Company Jhpiego Industry

NGO/IGO/INGO

Category Medical/Pharm... Location Eastern & Gre... Job Status Fixed term (R... Salary

GH¢

Education Bachelor̵... Experience 5 years Job Expires Apr 30, 2026 Contact

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Company Profile

Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with John Hopkins University.  For 50 years and over and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families. Jhpiego works with health experts, governments, and community leaders to provide high-quality health care for their people. Jhpiego develops strategies to help countries care for themselves by training competent healthcare workers, strengthening health systems, and improving care delivery. Jhpiego designs innovative, effective, and low-cost healthcare solutions to ensure a level of care for women and their families. These practical, evidence-based interventions are breaking down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations.

Job Description

Department/Project: LDSC-MaNuCARE

Reports to: Senior Program Manager

Project Focus Areas: Eastern Region and Greater Accra Region

Project Overview  

Jhpiego in collaboration with The Latter-Day Saints Charities is using a collaborative approach to implement a project aimed at improving and sustaining the capacity of secondary-level hospitals and their referral hospitals, in the Eastern and Greater Accra Regions to care for maternal and newborn complications at birth, and small and vulnerable newborns. 

The Project requires the services of a Master Mentor to lead onsite activity implementation. 

Job Overview

The Master Mentor will lead technical assistance and capacity development activities for newborn care in high volume facilities in collaboration with Ghana Health Service and other key stakeholders. The role includes developing training packages, assisting with developing workplans, engaging facility leadership in planning and implementation, and partnering with relevant health sector actors to ensure quality and efficient delivery of activities.

Duties and Responsibilities  

Provide technical assistance to capacity development activities within the designated facilities

Provide capacity strengthening and clinical mentorship for maternity and NICU staff on newborn packages 

Assist with the design implementation, monitoring and assessment of activities. 

Develop project and activity reports and contribute to external programmatic reports and knowledge products as required. 

Work closely with LDSC program team members to ensure quality implementation of programs 

Conduct training and technical site assessments of health facilities in collaboration with partners 

Work with GHS and other implementing partners to implement the job trainings, maintain services, and on-site mentoring and supportive supervision 

Perform other duties as necessary or as assigned 

Required Skills or Experience

Qualification, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

A minimum of Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in midwifery and/or nursing. Advanced specialized qualifications will be an added advantage

Experience and competency with maternal and newborn modules including Helping Mothers Survive and Helping Babies Breathe essential. 

Demonstrated experience working with other development partners. 

5+ years’ experience in management, operational and technical expertise with a preference in public health program implementation 

Familiarity with Ghana health systems and reporting structure and demonstrated ability to collaborate with government level officials to strengthen program implementation 

Demonstrated ability in working and collaborating with a wide range of local and international partner organizations 

Excellent skills in facilitation, mentorship, capacity development, team building and coordination 

Excellent writing and communications skills, including demonstrated technical writing skills for publication.

Ability to work effectively with diverse teams and willingness to learn and empower others. 

Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform. 

Ability and willingness to travel frequently to implementation facilities.

Familiarity and experience working with Zoom and other virtual platforms 

NOTE: All Jhpiego staff members, regardless of their level of responsibilities are expected to:

Model the Jhpiego mission and values

Participate in the business development process

Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process

Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability 

Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed

Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives

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