Mother and Child Health Specialist - JV/02/HR/III/11

IBU Foundation is a non-profit Indonesian organization with national and international acknowledgement. We work to respond to emergency situations and  inequity in community especially health care services for vulnerable people especially children: Our vision is to create healthy generation as the resource  for the future. IBU Foundation are currently seek candidate to fill position below:

Mother and Child Health (MCH) Specialist (Based in Cianjur, West Java) :

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Programmatic management:

· With relevant resources and consultants design an end line survey for the MCH-related indicators listed in the log-frame; done in collaboration with other team members as needed

· facilitating Posyandu development by providing couching, regular monitoring & evaluation of Posyandu

cadres and other relevant stakeholders

· attending weekly meetings with the team and contributing on building the meeting result as weekly project reports

· organize coaching for community mobilizers on MCH issues as necessary

· participate in the team programmatic development through regular meeting or dedicated meetings and training

2. Advocacy

· Campaigning MCH development needs in the communities to relevant stakeholders, as mapped by the project coordinator and community mobilizers

· Facilitating discussion with relevant government officials on MCH development and project impact sustainability

· Any other relevant advocacy activities as agreed by the project team, Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director and program development manager

3. Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation

· Building MCH activity reports

· Actively involved in the monitoring and evaluation (monev) initiative done by monitoring and evaluation manager, and the project team

· Providing inputs to project coordinator on MCH indicators achievement in timely manner

· Providing inputs to project coordinator to build the programmatic report

REQUIRED SKILL AND COMPETENCIES

Core Competencies

1. People Skills: Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train local and or international staff.

2. Communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of IBU Foundation. This includes effective negotiation and presentation skills.

3. Integrity: Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to IBU Foundation's core values and humanitarian principles.

4. Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks and harsh living conditions. Works and lives with a flexible, adaptable and resilient

manner, ability to work independently and leverage limited resources and staff  for maximum impact.

5. Awareness and sensitivity of self and others: Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessment particularly in high stress and high  security contexts.

6. Work style: Is well planned and organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision making with competent analytical and problem solving skills.

COMPETENCIES

Attitudinal Competencies:

· Demonstrates volunteerism in social issues

· Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude

· Proven effective and efficient work-pace in previous working places

· Displays teamwork ability and spirit

· Openness to change

· Responds positively on feedback and different point of view

· Remains calm and in control under pressure

· Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability

Functional/Skill Competencies:

· Skill on analysis of community situation

· Skill on community facilitation

· Skill on training and development for community members and government officials audience

· Presentation skills in bahasa indonesia and prefreably sundanese

· Writing report skill

· Skill on assessment method and its tools; it might include social analysis skill

· Skill on standard computer office application (ms office and prefrably open office)

Knowledge Competencies:

· Intermediate to advanced knowledge on Child’s Right Convention and its supporting instrume

· Basic to intermediate knowledge on Early Childhood Development concept and theory.

·Some knowledge on humanitarian and development field as well as stakeholders.

· Advanced knowledge on mother and children health, posyandu system & standard, and the relevant national and district’s regulations.

·Advanced knowledge on health promotion strategy

Recruitment Qualifications

Education: Medical doctor. Some experience in mother and children health paired with posyandu development facilitation might replace the requirement of educational background.

Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience in MCH program within the context of either in emergency or rural development. The experience is preferably include experience in policy advocacy. A more than 5 years relevant experience is required for candidates with no health study background.

Language Requirements: Fluency in written and spoken English and Bahasa Indonesia, sundaness would be an asset.

If you meet the requirement, please send your CV and comprehensive document with recent photograph to hrd@ibufoundation.or.id, not later than April 29, 2011. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for further information, please visit our website www.ibufoundation.or.id