Clinical Training and Mentorship Coordinator

About this role

Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is recruiting a Clinical Training and Mentorship Coordinator for its Maternal and Newborn Health Program in Zanzibar. The full-time post is based at the Zanzibar station and reports to the Program Coordinator. The coordinator will lead Level 2 Small and Sick Newborn Care (SSNC) training and mentorship across Beginnings Fund-supported facilities in Unguja and Pemba. Core responsibilities include operationalising Zanzibar's Level 2 newborn care training and mentorship strategy, coordinating clinical training packages, and working with government counterparts to deploy and quality-assure clinical mentors.

The coordinator develops mentorship work plans, visit schedules, observation tools, and feedback mechanisms with the Ministry of Health and facility leadership. The role involves tracking training and mentorship outputs, using programme data to target supportive mentorship, and aligning mentorship with Continuous Quality Improvement efforts. The coordinator also maintains a trainer roster, coordinates training logistics, documents lessons learned, and represents the programme in technical working groups. Frequent travel between Unguja and Pemba is required.

Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree in medicine, nursing, midwifery, or a related clinical discipline; registration with a relevant professional body; at least three years of clinical experience in SSNC or related newborn care; experience designing or implementing structured mentorship programmes; alignment with CQI initiatives; professional networks among Zanzibar's clinical workforce and training institutions; at least two years supporting programme-level training, mentorship, and supportive supervision; experience facilitating clinical trainings; and good English and Kiswahili. IHI is a leading research organisation in Africa working across biomedical and ecological sciences, intervention studies, health-systems research, service delivery, and policy translation. The role sits within the Maternal and Newborn Health Program and requires immediate availability. An attractive and competitive remuneration package is offered according to IHI salary scales.

IHI is an equal employment opportunity employer and charges no fee at any recruitment stage. The source text does not specify an application procedure or closing date.