About AMREF:
AMREF Health Africa is an international African organization founded in Kenya in 1957. Our Headquarters are in Nairobi with major programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, and two regional nubs in Southern and Western Africa based in South Africa and Senegal Respectively. Working with and through African communities, health systems and governments, Amref Health Africa aims to close the gap that prevents people from accessing their basic right to health. Amref Health Africa is committed to improving the health of people in Africa by partnering with and empowering communities. Our Vision is Lasting Health Change in Africa.
About USAID RHITES Project:
Amref Health Africa is implementing the USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in the South West Uganda project that aims to increase the availability, accessibility, and quality of integrated health services including HIV and TB prevention, care and treatment; maternal, neonatal, and child health services; family planning; nutrition assessment and counseling and support; malaria prevention and treatment; and other primary care services.
Job Summary: The Program Officer will steer the planning and implementation of the integrated health program activities in the districts of support. The incumbent will work closely with a team of Technical Advisors to ensure that all technical guidance is incorporated into the district work plans to increase the availability, accessibility, and quality of integrated health services including HIV prevention, care, and treatment, TB, maternal, neonatal and child health, family planning, and other primary care services. She/he will work closely with the District Health Department to adequately plan, timely implement and effectively monitor the execution of the project activities while ensuring adherence to available MOH set standards; and incorporating lessons learnt over time to improve systems and process for enhanced service delivery.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Offers technical guidance and lead the implementation process of the integrated health program in the supported districts assigned.
· Improves the quality of and access to MNCH, Family Planning, HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, and Nutrition services in project-supported sites by adopting and institutionalizing quality improvement and Site Improvement and Systems Monitoring (SIMS) approaches
· Assists in setting up and running special clinical services and track progress at individual sites through site visits and district reports, in collaboration with MOH and the EGPAF program team.
· Coordinates and participates in capacity building of district and site teams through organizing and conducting mentoring and coaching; CMEs and occasionally formal trainings.
· Offers technical guidance and support to the district teams for annual and quarterly work plan development
· Manages project finances and other resources related to implementation of activities in the assigned district in line with the Foundation finance guidelines.
· Prepares and submits monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual programmatic district performance reports and their submission in stipulated deadlines
· Strengthens the quality of health services and data through supportive supervision and monitoring visit to the supported health facilities.
· Actively participate in process of data auditing and verification to assure internal consistency and validity of project activity monitoring data reported by all districts, through quarterly data verification and auditing visits.
· Coordinates with the district health departmental leadership and other relevant implementing partners in the districts of support to ensure smooth implementation of project activities.
· Facilitate the interpretation and use of M&E data, through the quarterly district level and facility level review meetings between the project, the district health team and health care workers; guide the identification of performance gaps and development of remedial actions.
· Renders support in the identifying, documenting, disseminating and scaling up best practices in Malaria, MNCH, Family Planning, Nutrition, HIV prevention, PMTCT and C&T
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The ideal candidates for the Program Officer vacancies must hold medical degrees and/or a Master’s degrees in Public Health
· A minimum of five years of professional experience working in HIV/AIDS prevention, care & treatment, MNCH, Family Planning, Nutrition and malaria programs.
· Practical knowledge and skills in designing, planning, implementing and monitoring Malaria, MNCH, PMTCT, clinical care and Pediatric care programs.
· Broad knowledge and understanding of the quality improvement framework of MOH and quality improvement principles
· Good knowledge of the decentralized health system and community structures
· Practical experience in managing ART and MNCH services at district levels.
· Broad understanding of current issues and developments in the field of Malaria, MNCH and HIV/AIDS.
· Strong skills in teamwork and networking. Excellent verbal communication and writing skills.
How to Apply:
All candidates are encouraged to send an updated CV including three professional referees and cover letter addressed to the Human Resources Manager, Amref Health Africa in Uganda via E-mail to: jobs.amrefuganda@amref.org. Emails should not exceed 2MB.
Deadline: 29th January, 2016