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The Holistic Approach to Reaching Mothers with Obstetric, Neonatal, and Youth (HARMONY) Care Project, funded by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDSC) in Ebonyi State, is a multi-year maternal, newborn, and child health intervention implemented by Jhpiego to improve quality, continuity, and uptake of maternal and newborn health services in Nigeria. The project focuses on strengthening service delivery through Group Antenatal Care (G-ANC), Group Postnatal Care (G-PNC), Family Led Postnatal Care (F-PNC), point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), provider capacity building, and health systems strengthening.
As part of its strategic objectives, the project seeks to integrate Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) into group-based ANC and PNC, and referral systems to improve prevention, screening, early identification, support, referral, and management of common mental health conditions during pregnancy and the postnatal period. Jhpiego therefore seeks the services of a qualified consultant to support this process.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical expertise for the design, adaptation, and operationalization of PMH integration within HARMONY Care-supported facilities and service delivery platforms, ensuring alignment with policies and strategies in the Nigeria context, WHO guidelines, and global best practices.
The consultant will undertake the following tasks:
Conduct a rapid desk review of relevant global and national policies, guidelines, educational materials, screening tools, training packages, and/or partner/program experiences related to maternal and perinatal mental health in Nigeria.
Design a stepped-care PMH pathway outlining roles for:
Review existing global/regional/national high-quality PMH psycho-educational and skills building content (i.e. existing tools, materials, and programs for building resilience/stress management and addressing PMH needs in the perinatal period) for women and partners. And then, in close collaboration with project technical advisors, propose ways to integrate select, key PMH content and skills building into existing service packages (outlined below), by session and with particular attention to the pscycho-educational needs in that phase:
Based on desk review, and any available and validated global or Nigeria-specific materials, develop or adapt:
Support planning and facilitation of stakeholder review sessions/workshops to validate findings and refine materials.
Revise and finalize all materials based on feedback and prepare for implementation and printing.
Propose draft PMH indicators, learning questions, and measurement considerations for integration into project MEL systems
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.
Please apply at www.jhpiego.org/careers
Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, and references.
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Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
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