BEmONC Master Trainers

ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAMME BACKGROUND

Jhpiego is a nonprofit global-health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University.

Nigeria continues to experience high levels of preventable maternal and newborn mortality. Major maternal causes include pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, obstructed labour, postpartum haemorrhage, puerperal sepsis and complications of abortion. Important causes of newborn mortality include birth asphyxia, neonatal sepsis and prematurity.

With funding from the United States Government through the Department of State, Jhpiego is providing technical assistance to the Government of Nigeria to strengthen the capacity of healthcare workers serving supported primary-healthcare facilities.

ROLE PURPOSE

The assignment will support delivery of Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care capacity building for doctors, nurses, midwives and Community Health Extension Workers.

Master trainers will help strengthen healthcare-worker competencies in essential maternal and newborn services and improve the quality of care provided during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and the postnatal period.

TECHNICAL AREAS

• Antenatal-care services, including Group Antenatal Care, aligned with current guidance.
• Management of labour and childbirth using the national Labour Care Guide.
• Prevention, early identification and management of prolonged or obstructed labour.
• Recognition and management of maternal and foetal distress.
• Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care signal functions.
• Quality service provision for women and newborns during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and the postnatal period.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Detailed task-level responsibilities: Not specified on the accessible official vacancy announcement.

Successful candidates will support the planned BEmONC healthcare-worker capacity-building intervention and perform responsibilities assigned through Jhpiego’s approved training approach.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Detailed minimum academic qualifications, professional registration requirements and years of experience: Not specified on the accessible official vacancy announcement.

The assignment is intended for experienced maternal and newborn-health professionals capable of serving as BEmONC master trainers.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Advanced knowledge of Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care.
• Maternal and newborn clinical-care expertise.
• Healthcare-worker training and facilitation.
• Understanding of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care.
• Ability to support competency-based clinical capacity building.

Additional role-specific competencies: Not specified.

CONTRACT DETAILS

• Employment status: Temporary.
• Category: Local.
• Duty station: Abuja, Nigeria.
• Programme support: Government-supported primary-healthcare capacity building, including intervention connected to Kebbi State.
• Jhpiego job ID: 2026-7950.
• Contract duration: Not specified.
• Remuneration: Not specified.
• Number of master trainers: Not specified.

SAFEGUARDING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Jhpiego is an equal-opportunity employer. Selection may be subject to pre-employment background checks and organizational safeguarding requirements.

Detailed assignment-level safeguarding requirements: Not specified.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Applicants must complete their application through Jhpiego’s official recruitment portal.

Application deadline: Not specified. The official employer-managed vacancy page remains active.

Required application documents: Not specified on the accessible vacancy announcement.