International Midwifery Educator

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About the Organization

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

We promote gender equality and empower women, girls and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services. Our goal is ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death, and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage and female genital mutilation by 2030. 

Job Description/Responsibilities

The International Midwifery Educators will be under the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative and direct supervision of the Midwifery Programme Specialist. They will receive day to day guidance from the Dean of the facility. In addition, they will also benefit from support provided by the UNFPA technical team based in Delhi.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of UNFPA Representative or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer International Midwifery Educator will perform the following tasks:

Education and mentorship

• Training of Midwifery Educator trainees as per the Indian Nursing Council (INC) curriculum
• Using a variety of student-centered teaching / learning approaches, support the acquisition of knowledge, necessary skills and behaviors to attain essential (Intensive Care Medicine) ICM and WHO educator competencies
• Plan and prepare lessons for academic, lab-oriented, clinical teaching and learning
• Periodically assess and record students; performance and provide timely and constructive feedback
• Maintain records of trainees’ academic and clinical work
• Guide midwifery educators through research and use of evidence-based guidelines in line with available national maternal health and newborn care guidelines
• Provide mentoring support to the midwifery educator trainees in acquiring the necessary skills in the midwifery model of care, competencies for modern teaching, conducting skilled laboratory practice sessions and clinical instruction.

Clinical training

• Demonstrate evidence-based clinical practices and values needed to change historical practices, as required
• Serve as role models for best practices in midwifery and providing women-centered respectful compassionate care
• Support in establishment and operationalization of Midwifery Led Care Unit (MLCU) at the clinical practice site
• Prepare clinical site and plan clinical rotation for the trainees at the MLCU supported by National and other international educators
• Support and demonstrate quality clinical supervision of midwifery educator trainees in the clinical practice site/s as per ICM standards

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Technical/vocational diploma in midwifery from an accredited/recognized institute.
• Registration as a Midwife in home country.

Required experience

• 5 years of experience in the domain of midwifery services post registration experience in recent years, of which minimum 3 years should be clinical experience in maternity units.
• Experience as an academic and/or clinical midwifery educator
• Prior experience in introducing the midwifery model of care, especially in low- & middle-income countries is desirable
• Passionate to address global inequity in maternal and child health
• Excellent communication, both written & oral and presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to support student-centered learning using a variety of teaching and training approaches
• Demonstrated ability to support competency- based education
• Ability to provide continuity of care to pregnant women and their newborns using the midwifery model of care
• Ability to multi-task and get on well with people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds
• Willingness to travel to training sites across India and physically fit to travel
• Proficiency in computers - Microsoft Office.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development
• Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines.

Languages

• English, Level: Fluent, Required

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