BACKGROUND ON THE INTEGRATED HEALTH PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITY
The purpose of the USAID-funded Ghana Integrated Health Partnership (IHP) activity to strategically contribute to the Government of Ghana’s strategies to reduce preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths, including stillbirths, and improve their overall health and well-being by 2030. Activities are expected to advance Ghana toward increased localization, strengthening the capacity of Ghana institutions and local organizations to introduce, deliver, scale-up, and sustain the use of evidencebased, quality integrated Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health and Nutrition and Malaria services. The program will strengthen Ghana’s Networks of Practice in six regions and 31 districts to
deliver integrated RMNCH+N+M services in primary care settings and will support high burden District, Regional and Teaching Hospitals serving large numbers of mothers, newborns and children nationwide to immediately and significantly reduce preventable deaths.

POSITION SUMMARY
The Quality Improvement (QI) Advisor will provide strategic leadership and technical assistance for Project HOPE on quality management on the Integrated Health Partnership Activity along the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Health, Nutrition and Malaria continuum of care. He/she will lead the design, implementation, monitoring, documentation, and evaluation of the quality management activities in collaboration with the relevant Ghana Health Services counterparts, lead implementing sub partner Christian Health Association Ghana (CHAG) and technical resource partners. In addition, the QI Advisor will support the development and evolution of the relevant standards along the RMNCH+N+M continuum and the associated QI tools, quality database, and dashboards. He/she will be responsible
for strengthening the capacity of QI teams at regional, district and facility levels for them to implement the PDCA model, including QI assessment, roots cause analysis, development of improvement plan, change management and improvement activities implementation. The QI Advisor will lead the QI approach through District Clinical Specialists and networks of internal and external full-time and parttime Mentors.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build the capacity of technical staff and administrators on modern QI methods including optimizing performance and quality and other relevant QI approaches.
• Lead the development and revision of quality and performance improvement tools.
• Collaborate with the program and M&E teams to develop and implement QI improvement plans.
• Identify quality improvement training and mentoring needs and conduct training and mentoring, as appropriate.
• Provide technical assistance in implementing national, district, and site level QI plans.
• Provide technical guidance to partners and implementers in QI initiatives for all stakeholders in the IHP Activity.
• Collaborate with the appropriate Ghana Health Services and partner Quality Assurance units in
• the implementation of the national quality management program within Project HOPE-supported regions and districts.
• Work closely with the Knowledge Management staff to oversee the process of documenting and disseminating best practices.
• Ensure CQI methods are applied across all operating systems at all levels of the system
• (Quaternary, Tertiary, Secondary, Clinic, CHPS).
• Represent Project HOPE, as directed, in QI working groups, committees, task forces.
• Oversee the preparation of the QI component of Project HOPE’s annual and quarterly workplans at all of the central, regional, and district levels.
• Prepare quarterly and annual reports as required, detailing the performance of the QI program, including reports and others, as directed.
• Perform any other QI duties, as required.