SHAPE Project Midwife (1)
Job Description
| Position Project | SHAPE Project Midwife (1) Sexual and Reproductive Health Access and Promotion of Empowerment for adolescents and young people (AY) in Sierra Leone (SHAPE Project) |
| Work station | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Classification | Based on Solthis Grading Policy for National Staff |
| Supervisor | Hierarchical: SHAPE Project Coordinator Functional: NA |
| Supervisee | NA |
| General Task | The midwife’s mission is to strengthen the capacities of healthcare staff involved in the reception and provision of SRHR services for young people and adolescents in line with Solthis’ quality improvement approach, through the implementation of training and tutoring/mentoring activities, in collaboration with the medical referent, and to participate in monitoring and capitalizing on the project. |
Solthis is an international health NGO which contributes to the strengthening of health systems to improve the access to quality care in countries with limited resources and/or with the vulnerable populations. Solthis is registered and has been operating in Sierra Leone since 2011 where our teams have been providing comprehensive technical support at both health facility, national and community levels to improve quality of HIV care.
In West Africa, and specifically in Sierra Leone, adolescents’ and young people’s (AY) access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and interventions adapted to their needs remains very limited, and a range of barriers hinder the exercise of their SRHR: the weight of socio-cultural determinants, gender inequalities and social norms often unfavourable to early sexuality or sexuality outside marriage, as well as AYs’ low decision-making power, weak health services, lack of access to information and
financial barriers. To help reduce these barriers to SRHR, Solthis will be responsible for the overall coordination of activities and will operate capacity-building for health professionals and improve the quality of care offered in public health centres while the local partner CAWeC will roll out all community interventions.
Roles and Responsibilities
Mission 1: Support to partner health facilities
- He/she supports the staff of partner health facilities in organizing and offering quality health services adapted to the needs of adolescents and young people, in line with the latest scientific
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evidence on SRH, in collaboration with the project coordinator and the technical referent at head office.
- He/she contributes to organizing and leading the participatory diagnosis of practices on the project’s themes in the project’s partner healthcare structures, in collaboration with the project coordinator
Mission 2: Training and tutoring
- He/she participates in identifying training needs and in the theoretical and practical training of healthcare staff on the project’s themes, in collaboration with the project coordinator;
- He/she ensures post-training follow-up of trained healthcare staff in the form of tutoring.
- He/she participates in surveys/research carried out as part of the project’s programming activities
- He/she identifies individual needs of health care providers and plans mentoring sessions to close the gaps identified in skills and knowledge on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights
Mission 3 project: Data monitoring and capitalization
- He/she supports (especially at the start of data collection) the project’s monitoring and evaluation team in collecting and reporting service data (consultation data, service-related indicators, etc.).
- He/she follows up and strengthens documentation and data collection processes at selected sites to improve data quality
- He/she contributes to the capitalization of project results in collaboration with the project’s medical team and the technical referent at headquarters (sharing of best practices, recommendations for the drafting of practice sheets, documentation of examples, etc.).
Mission 4: Representation and management of various partnerships
- Supports planning and organization of project steering committee meetings at national and district levels, and ensures action points are implemented as planned.
- Attends other national and local platforms where Sexual and Reproductive health issues are discussed for joint advocacy.
- Works closely with external key actors at national and district level to facilitate project implementation and visibility.
Mission 5: Project Management Support
- Supports the project coordinator to plan for trainings for example in the development of TORs, budgets and financial reconciliation post training.
- Develop succinct activity reports and other narrative reports of project’s progress at designated periods to showcase project’s achievements.
- Collaborate with support staff like Finance, logistics and other operations staff to facilitate implementation of project activities. Ensures commitments to the donors are met in terms of budget management and reporting schedules
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Desired Profile
| Qualification, Skills and resources required to perform the function | KNOW-HOW ⇨ Bachelor’s degree in Midwifery desired or HND in midwifery with considerable experience will be considered. ⇨ At least 3 years of practice in either labour and delivery, family planning, antenatal clinic and other practices in sexual and reproductive health. ⇨ Previous experience in project implementation or NGO experience is an asset. ⇨ Skills in sexual and reproductive health and rights, rights-based approach and gender appreciated; ⇨ Budget management skills; ⇨ Mastery of donor regulations; ⇨ Excellent use of Pack Windows, online work & internet. ⇨ Ability to write and summarize ⇨ Language: English CONDUCT ⇨ Strong sense of initiative and responsibility. ⇨ Diplomacy, communication skills ⇨ A good listener and teacher. ⇨ Empathetic, benevolent, non-judgmental. ⇨ Ability to adapt ⇨ Autonomy ⇨ Ability to work with partners and build strong network ⇨ |
| Partnership management | Internal | ⇨ Technical and programming collaboration: country technical teams and HQ staff ⇨ Collaboration with support functions |
| External | ⇨ Partners in healthcare structures ⇨ National coordinating bodies ⇨ Health authorities ⇨ Donor ⇨ Local Partner ⇨ Other NGOs |
How to apply?
Starting date: 01/04/2026
Project duration: 1 Year (Renewable)
Salary & benefits: According to professional experience
Submission of applications: Please send your application in English (CV in PDF, cover letter in PDF, references, and dates of availability) to the Country Director:
recruitment.sierra-leone@solthis.org, quoting reference “SHAPE Project Midwife”, by February 27th, 2026.
The position is open to Nationals ONLY. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply This non-contractual document is subject to change according to the needs of the service
Solthis reserves the right to close any vacancy before the advertised deadline.
Thank you for your understanding.
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