1. Programme Management and Implementation: The Programme Specialist will manage the programme and work with the implementing partners to guarantee the smooth implementation of the programme by:
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Ensuring the development and timely receipt of annual and quarterly work plans and budgets from implementing partners.
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Ensuring financial and narrative reports are received from PMORALG on time.
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Ensuring financial and narrative reporting obligations to the RMNCAH Trust fund are met.
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Regular review and adjustments on operational matters ensuring optimum results. Bring to the attention of UNFPA management challenges in a timely manner and propose solutions alternate strategies for achieving results.
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Providing oversight and guidance to ensure activities in the agreed annual work plans are implemented in a timely manner, within budget and are of good quality. Anticipate challenges and manage them as they arise.
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Contributing to the creation and sharing of knowledge by summarizing and documenting results, lessons learned success and good practices, strategies and approaches.
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Participating actively in meetings and desk reviews and undertake monitoring missions to assess progress of implementation, including appropriate substantive and administrative follow-up actions including in the Health and Nutrition Programme Working Group and in the SWAp Technical Working Group and other MOSWH strategic working groups such as the National RMNCH TWG committee, Safe motherhood sub-committee, FP Technical Committee, and Commodity Security Committee, Regional and Districts Health Technical and Management Committees.
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Assist to coordinate implementation of the UNDAP Health and Nutrition Outcomes of the United Nations Development Assistance Plan in selected regions and districts
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Use of UNFPA programme policy and guidelines to appraise and provide technical input for the PMORALG’s financial and programme quarterly , semiannual, and annual plans and reports
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Participate in other RMNCAH activities as may be requested from time to time
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Any other duties as may be requested 2. Technical and capacity building: The NPPP works with government and civil society to strengthen national capacity by:
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Working closely with the PMORALG and other national, regional, and district strategic partners to ensure that high quality, relevant, and cost effective programme interventions are implemented in line with both with national policies/plans as well as international best practice in the areas of RMNCAH.
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Identifying gaps and priority areas of work to implement the Lake and Western Zone RMNCAH work plan. This includes appraising, making review, and recommendations for adjustment of activities where necessary.
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Identify the capacity gaps and provide technical assistance and capacity building to regional and district technical and management committees to ensure the work plan is implemented within budget and in the prescribed time period,
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Provide Technical Assistance to strengthen the region and districts technical and, management teams to deliver quality RMNCAH programmes in line with the health sector priorities.
