State Clinical Training Officer – Bayelsa

JOB OVERVIEW

MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices is recruiting a State Clinical Training Officer for Bayelsa State. The officer will train and support public-sector healthcare providers to deliver safe, high-quality family-planning services, particularly long-acting reversible contraception, and will strengthen facility quality, supplies, reporting and stakeholder engagement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Training and quality supervision

• Train, coach and provide monthly or bi-monthly supportive supervision to assigned providers.
• Maintain provider competence in counselling, infection prevention, emergency preparedness and family-planning service delivery.
• Keep training, competency and supervision records and follow up improvement plans.
• Support clinical training, state quality audits and performance-review meetings.
• Ensure facilities comply with Federal Government and MSI Nigeria quality standards.
• Document best practices and lessons and submit monthly and quarterly performance reports.

Supplies and facility systems

• Monitor commodities, consumables, equipment and stock levels and prevent stock-outs.
• Manage training supplies and ensure guidelines, manuals, job aids and infection-prevention materials are available and used.
• Ensure expired commodities are removed and strengthen referrals and incident reporting.

Advocacy and relationships

• Work with government, implementing partners and MSI teams.
• Represent MSI at state meetings, maintain stakeholder relationships and support demand-creation opportunities.

Data and reporting

• Ensure complete and accurate facility data is reported into ORION by the third of each month.
• Validate, correct and archive service data and train providers on reporting tools.
• Conduct data-review meetings, client-record audits and facility performance reviews.
• Produce integrated monthly reports on operations and clinical quality.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Medical Doctor, Registered Nurse, Midwife or another relevant medical-science qualification.
• Technical expertise in LARC, particularly IUD and implant insertion and removal.
• Significant experience with competency-based training and certification of nurses, midwives and doctors in modern family-planning methods.
• Experience training for Nigerian or international NGOs; DFID, USAID or Gates-funded-project experience is an advantage.
• Facility, client and team-management experience.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation and computer skills.
• Willingness to travel frequently and familiarity with Bayelsa State.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

Apply through the official MSI Nigeria Google application form for Bayelsa State. Complete the required sections and upload all requested documents. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

8 September 2026.