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• Provides technical leadership in FP within
  specific FP activities and program-wide to ensure integration of FP
  services.
• With technical oversight, provides
  technical leadership in design, development, planning, implementation, and
  capacity- building of specific FP technical components of programs.
• Provides timely and adequate technical
  support to health programs on reproductive health, including guidance on
  improving service quality, increasing use of priority FP interventions,
  supporting and motivating frontline health workers (clinicians, nurses),
  and building capacity (including on-the-job training) on select FP topics.
• Responsible for planning and scheduling
  own work flow and timetables, within FP technical area.
• Maintains a constructive dialogue and technical
  exchange with technical ( MNCH, HIV, TB, Nutrition) and cluster
  counterparts to effectively support integration and health workers in the
  facilities to offer quality FP services.
• Champions provision of sexual reproductive
  health services to the youth and adolescents.
• Develops and maintains collaborative
  relationships with donors and client organizations, relevant government
  agencies, bilateral and other NGOs.
• Develops tools for the design and
  implementation of FP technical components.
• Ensures that project implementation of the
  FP strategy adheres to the appropriate national, global strategy and
  remains technically sound.
• Provides FP technical leadership to
  multiple components for moderate to complex programs.
• Builds the technical capacity of health
  care providers and transforming attitudes around FP services through
  training and mentorship
• Provide technical support to district
  health management teams in prioritizing reproductive health services
  including FP.
• Develops/oversee development of tools to
  support delivery of reproductive health services.
• Influences design and scope of FP
  initiatives and programs within the RHITES-E Project.
• Work in close collaboration with the
  M&E team, reviews, analyzes, and evaluates the effectiveness of FP
  activities and provides recommendations for improvements.
• Ensures the quality of implemented
  technical activities and systems at all levels.
• Represents the RHITES-E to external
  entities at FP related professional meetings and conferences.
• Build and maintains collaborative relationships
  with donor and client organizations, relevant government agencies,
  bilateral and other NGOs and consistently maintained and viewed as a
  knowledgeable resource in their technical area.
• Continually maintains a dialogue and
  technical exchange with field counterparts and technical staff of
  implementing partners.
• Coordinates with employees and
  consultants, on-site and in the field for special projects or unusual
  situations.
• Participates in planning and budgeting
  activities for RHITES-E Project, at the district and national level.

• Pursues continuing professional
  development actively seeking opportunities to develop own skills and
  experience.
• Oversees technical assistance provided by
  cluster team members in their district-level interventions
• Promotes awareness and understanding of
  relevant FP tools and information.
• Promotes and support training initiatives
  for relevant staff in FP.
• Identifies training and development
  requirements and develop plans to ensure that these are met as appropriate
  by RHITES-E staff as well as district and facility level staff.

• The applicants for the USAID RHITES-E Family
  Planning Advisor career opportunity must hold a Bachelor of Science in
  Nursing or public health from a recognized institution, Master’s degree in
  Reproductive or Public Health. 
• At least ten years of increasing
  responsibilities at the national level in reproductive health or FP, five
  of which are in a management or advisory role
• Demonstrated ability to manage large
  projects, set realistic priorities, and plan for the successful
  implementation of activities.
• Previous experience in organizing and
  providing training and capacity building to staffs and partners.

• Managing Performance: Ability
  to plan and design practices, processes and procedures that allow for
  effective management of people, resources and processes to optimize
  overall organizational performance. Managing for performance includes the
  ability to delegate and encourage growth and leadership across the team(s)
  as part of maximizing performance and productivity.
• Strategic Thinking: Applies
  organizational knowledge to identify and maintain focus on key success
  factors for IntraHealth while recognizing, anticipating and resolving
  organizational challenges. Ability to develop organization and
  industry-specific expertise and apply sound decision making processes to
  reach productive resolutions that translates strategy into actionable
  business plans.
• Effective Communication (Oral &
  Written): Understands effective communication concepts, tools and
  techniques; ability to effectively transmit, explain complex technical
  concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience; and
  receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through
  the application of appropriate communication behaviors
• Risk Management: Knowledge of
  processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling the
  organization’s exposure to risks of various kinds; ability to apply this
  knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
• Innovation: Develops new,
  better or significantly different ideas, methods, solutions or initiatives
  within your role that result in improvement of IntraHealth’s performance
  and meeting objectives, results and global commitments.
• Accountability: Holds self and
  others accountable for all work activities, research and personal actions
  and decisions; follows through on commitments and focuses on those
  activities that have the greatest impact on meeting measurable high
  quality results for IntraHealth’s success. Exercises ethical practices,
  respectful words and behaviors, and equitable treatment of others in all
  activities.
• Service Excellence: Knowledge
  of and ability to put into action customer service concepts, processes and
  techniques to access internal and/or external client needs and
  expectations  and meet or exceed
  those needs and expectations through providing excellent service directly
  or indirectly.

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