About US:
The Government of the Republic of Uganda under the Ministry of Health has received funding from the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, to support among other things recruitment of key staff to assist in improvement of the Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) grant performance. The goals of the Health Systems Strengthening grant are to:
· Strengthen the Procurement and Supply Management (PSM) system
· Support improvements in the Management Information Systems and Monitoring and
· Support community involvement in the delivery of health services
Additionally, the National TB and Leprosy Program (NTLP) is under the department of the National Disease Control (NDC) in the Ministry of Health. NTLP’s overall functions are to establish country wide quality diagnosis and treatment services for TB and Leprosy and to coordinate the implementation of TB and Leprosy control activities. Under the National Program is a National TB Reference Laboratory whose functions are; to provide technical guidance to all TB diagnostic facilities and standardization of Laboratory TB and Leprosy provide technical supervision and training of laboratory staff on TB and Leprosy Diagnosis Techniques, Confirmation of drug resistant TB and provide follow up culture and drug susceptible tests as a national referral facility. It also supports coordinated drug resistant TB surveillance and technical support roll out of new laboratory technologies and support their uptake and utilization. It also carries out operational research activities.
Job Summary: The Regional Malaria Focal Person will carry out regular site support supervision visits to individual health units located within the region to provide training and ongoing mentoring of core program staff on information and management skills.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Routinely monitor and document program progress, identifying weaknesses, Technical Assistance needs, lessons learnt, and best practices
· Providing technical support and guidance for performance improvement and implementation of the Malaria Control activities in the region.
· Coordinating regular tracking of results relevant to core Malaria program targets and report to the respective national level program offices
· Carrying out quarterly performance audits and feedback in their respective regions, taking care to involve the participation of district authorities, Area Teams, FCO and other stakeholders
· Collating program monitoring and evaluation reports on quarterly, semester and annual basis to the National AIDS Control Program, HMIS and the FCO
· Working closely with the FCO Quality Assurance Manager to ensure that all Global Fund Sub-Recipients/health units are reporting correctly, following the set guidelines
· The incumbent will be required to develop mentoring guidelines and conduct on-job training as well as mentoring of relevant programmatic staff in Malaria reporting and basic M&E in line with the Program guidelines.
· Performing any other duties as assigned by the team leader
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The applicants must have MBChB, Bachelors Nursing, Bachelors of Medical Laboratory or Environmental Health with Post Graduate qualifications in Public Health, Entomology or the equivalent from a reputable university.
· A minimum of three years of postgraduate working experience in health care setting with particular focus in malaria control, prevention and programming is required.
· Computer knowledge and proficiency in internet usage are a MUST.
· Competences in management, team building skills
· Working knowledge of policies and guidelines that impact on malaria are preferred.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their applications addressed to the Permanent Secretary, MOH to the address below;
Ministry of Health,
Plot 6 Lourdel Road, Room D213, Block D, 2nd Floor.
P.O. Box 7272, Kampala,
Kampala. Uganda.
Deadline: 11th September 2015.