Job Description

About Us: 

Solthis (Therapeutic Solidarity and Initiatives in Health) is an international health NGO that contributes to the strengthening of health systems to improve access to quality care in  countries with limited resources and/or with 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 the quality of HIV and TB care, and SRHR services. 

Solthis applies a policy of non-discrimination in recruitment based solely on the skills,  experience, and interpersonal skills of its candidates, and under no circumstances bases its  selection criteria on notions such as gender, age, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation,  religious affiliation, or state of health. We therefore encourage you all to apply. 

To complete our operational team based in Sierra Leone, we are looking for 

2 (Two) passionate registered Nurses/Midwives 

Contract duration: Fixed-term contract (one-year renewable) 

Type of contract: Full-time 

Status: Opened to Sierra Leoneans only 

Base of assignment: Freetown, Sierra Leone 

Availability: January 6, 2025

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BACKGROUND 

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. Solthis has received funds from  the French Development Agency (AFD) to implement SHAPE (Sexual and reproductive Health  Access and Promotion of Empowerment) project in partnership with Community Action for the  Welfare of Children (CAWeC SL), 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 centers while the local partner will roll out all community  interventions. 

SPECIFIC TASKS 

Under the supervision of the Project Coordinator, the midwives are responsible to the midwives  will oversee providing technical advice to project beneficiaries and partners.    

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: 

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 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; 

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 and in collaboration Solthis SRHR Advisor ; 
• He/she ensures post-training follow-up of trained healthcare staff in the form of  tutoring. 
• He/she works in collaboration with institutional partners (school inspectorate, middle  and high schools) on iron/folic acid supplementation for young girls 
• He/she participates in surveys/research carried out as part of the  

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 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.).

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Representation and management of various partnerships 

• Upon request, participates in the various SRHR thematics national Technical Working  Groups and other national steering committees 

Advocacy /Capitalisation/Communication on projects  

• Facilitates communication between operational and MEAL Coordinator 
• Participates in national consultation frameworks on the various SRHR thematics
• Defines operational communication actions for projects, i.e. visibility, dissemination of  results, closure, etc. 
• Documents and disseminates lessons learned from projects 
• Ensures that all project-related documents are archived on SharePoint.
• Participates in international conferences related to project themes (pending availability  of funds) 

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. SOLTHIS reserves  the right to change this document 

PROFILE REQUIRED 

Education : 

• Advanced university degree in midwifery; health management; management; health  sciences or related discipline.  
• A Bachelor’s degree in midwifery or in a related discipline will also be considered.
• Registered Nurse/Midwife (essential/ mandatory) 

Experience : 

• At least 3 years of relevant organizational and management experience in SRH, midwifery and/or maternal and newborn health programs.
• Post registration experience
• Gynaecology experience
• Family planning/Sexual and reproductive Health 

Qualities and skills 

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HOW TO APPLY? 

Starting date: 3rd February 2025 

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, dates of availability) to the Country Director: 

recruitment.sierra-leone@solthis.org, quoting reference “Midwives SHAPE Project”, by  15th/01/2025.  

The position is open to nationals only. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply Solthis reserves the right to close any vacancy before the advertised deadline. Thank you for your  understanding.