Maternal and Child Peer Navigator at CCCRN – 63 Openings

The Center for Clinical Care and Clinical Research (CCCRN) is recruiting 63 Maternal and Child Peer Navigators for the BRIDGE-N Project. The locations include Kano, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States. The role supports pregnant and postpartum women, mother-infant pairs and caregivers to access integrated maternal, newborn and child health services and maintain continuity of care.

BRIDGE-N stands for Building Resilient Integrated Delivery of HIV, TB, Malaria and MNCH Services for Government-led Effective Health System in Nigeria. The project works with government and facility structures to strengthen continuity and quality of integrated services.

Key responsibilities

• Provide peer support, health education and navigation for pregnant and postpartum women, mother-infant pairs and caregivers.
• Support antenatal care, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, maternal nutrition, breastfeeding, malaria prevention and TB prevention within the approved project scope.
• Link clients to and follow up on antenatal care, PMTCT, early infant diagnosis, postnatal care, TB screening and referral, malaria testing and prevention, immunisation and nutrition services.
• Use approved screening procedures, including the W4SS approach for TB screening and malaria symptom or fever screening in line with standard operating procedures.
• Provide appointment reminders and follow up missed visits through approved phone and home-visit procedures.
• Maintain appropriate client records, protect confidentiality and follow consent, safeguarding, infection-prevention and data-protection requirements.
• Work with facility and community teams and operate within the approved non-clinical scope of the role.

Requirements

• A qualification in Nursing, Social Work or Community Health Extension Work (CHEW).
• At least one year of relevant experience, or three to five years of work experience in a hospital setting.
• Ability to work collaboratively with facility and community teams in the assigned location.
• Commitment to continuity and quality of integrated health services.
• Willingness to comply with approved project, government and facility procedures, including confidentiality and relevant safety requirements.
• Fluency in Hausa and English. Residents of the state of application are encouraged to apply.