2 Program Officer Jobs at Uganda Youth And Adolescents Health Forum (UYAHF)

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Job Title ⇒ Program Officer 2 Job Placements
Site ⇒ UgandaJobs.work
Organization ⇒ Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum UYAHF
Duty Station ⇒ Kampala, Uganda

About US:
Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum is a dynamic and leading youth led
and youth serving health and human rights organization that works to advance
sexual and reproductive health and rights for young people, enhance gender
equality and promote economic empowerment and young people’s meaningful
participation.

UYAHF’s envisions a generation where young people are pro-active and
meaningfully participate in national development processes and our overall
goal is to empower adolescent girls and young women to live quality lives with
equity, dignity and opportunities to realize their full potential.

Job Summary ⇒ The Program Officer will be responsible for; ensuring
effective and timely planning and execution of program and project work plans,
delivering and documentation of results and sharing of lessons learnt with
relevant partners and in relevant advocacy spaces. Additionally, the officer
will coordinate and lead on efforts to strengthen of UYAHF’s national and
district level advocacy efforts in meeting organizational goals.

The Program Officer will work within UYAHF’s programming mandate and goal of
reaching the most vulnerable adolescent girls and young women and supporting
them with opportunities to realize their full potential.

The Ideal candidate for this position will use their passion for youth
empowerment, their innovation, program management skills, their knowledge of
advocacy and communications to adequately coordinate our regional programs and
our partners including working directly with and collaborating with the
district authorities, CSOs, youth organizations, schools, health centers among
others.

Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
Program and campaigning
⇗ Work closely with the Programme Manager and the advocacy team to develop
and implement innovative programmatic advocacy and accountability projects and
approaches that amplify the voices of young people in policy and decision
making, including hard to reach populations of adolescents and youths.
⇗ Implement innovative advocacy campaigns at the grassroots that can generate
demand, access and utilization of SRHR and enhance gender equality among young
people.
⇗ Convene national and district leaders, CSOs partners, the private sector
and youth led organizations to advocate for investments in young people’s
health and well-being as a development priority.
⇗ Build capacity and leadership of young people and youth led organizations
to advocate for their rights and development priorities, through UYAHF’s
policy advocacy and accountability programs.
⇗ Develop and share annual, quarterly and monthly structured work plans,
highlighting; key advocacy and action that UYAHF can take advantage of to
enhance its advocacy functions and meet the health and well-being needs of
young people.
⇗ Support the communication team with writing regular activity blogs and
reports, profiling of UYAHF’s advocacy wins, collection of audio visual
Information, designing content for IEC material on different SRHR topics,
including; family planning, comprehensive sexuality education, gender
equality, menstruation hygiene and management, abortion, maternal and child
health etc.
⇗ Participate in field activities to collect content including taking
pictures/videos, writing stories, developing media press briefs/content, and
updating the organizational social media spaces.
⇗ Liaise with stakeholders on the design, implementation and monitoring of
the advocacy strategy including with UYAHF partners, young people and other
target groups, consultants and donors amongst others.
Coordination functions
⇗ Plan and manage program and activities at the regional offices and in the
field
⇗ Participate in budgeting, work plan development, implementation and regular
reviews to monitor and evaluate progress
⇗ Ensure regular and effective communication and coordination with UYAHF’s
regional partners and regularly liase with the Kampala office.
⇗ Lead on all advocacy, research and training activities at the regional
office and take lead on timely data collection and reporting.
⇗ Come up with new and creative programing approaches and activities to
promote organizational goals and ensure that young people are at the center.
⇗ Establish new funding opportunities for organizational sustainability
through creating strategic partnerships and actively participating in resource
mobilization efforts.
⇗ Promote organizational publicity and visibility
⇗ Represent the organization at various strategic meetings, conferences and
workshops both at regional and national level.
⇗ Prepare weekly and monthly reports on all activities conducted and prepare
monthly newsletter updates working with the advocacy and communication team.
Internal advocacy functions
⇗ In coordination with the program team, manage the information flow between
UYAHF and her partners including; establishing systems and processes and
promoting knowledge management.
⇗ Consult and network with relevant stakeholders as needed to ensure that
their key advocacy needs are met, in compliance with agreed standards,
policies and priorities.
⇗ Provide support to UYAHF partners and beneficiaries at national and
district level to design and implement their advocacy activities in line with
agreed program standards i.e. branding guidelines and templates.
⇗ Liaise with UYAHF partners and stakeholders to collect information and
document program results and impact of UYHAFA work on their work.
External communication
⇗ Respond to enquiries from external stakeholders including media,
individuals and other organizations, usually via telephone and email, in a
timely manner and in consultation with the program manager and the team
leader.
⇗ Responsibility for assigned adhoc duties
⇗ Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor


Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree required in the fields of
community psychology, social sciences, public health, gender studies,
journalism or any course in the field of development and human rights. A post
graduate degree in any of the above fields will be an added advantage
⇗ A minimum of four years of relevant work experience in the field of project
coordination, program management, advocacy and campaigning, social behavioral
change communication development, with relevant knowledge around sexual and
reproductive health and rights, gender equality, human rights and youth
empowerment.
⇗ You believe in the power of young people as leaders who can influence
social change.
⇗ Strong understanding of advocacy and campaign tactics for policy change at
local, national, and regional levels.
⇗ Demonstrated experience in use of Microsoft package i.e Word, Excel, power
point and other computer programs & software. Knowledge in illustrator and
video editing software will be an added advantage
⇗ Sound social media experience including experience in developing and
implementing social media strategies, designing newsletters and campaigns.
⇗ Exceptional verbal and written communications skills in English, additional
ability to speak any of the local languages.
⇗ Ability to multi-task effectively work in a fast-paced environment under
tight deadlines and conduct work independently
⇗ Pro-active and Excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility, resourcefulness
in solving problems and independent and strong leadership skills.
⇗ You are a critical and analytical thinker and you enjoy establishing and
maintaining relationships.
⇗ You have experience with co-creation and training facilitation.
⇗ Able to travel in Uganda and international and deal with both communication
and collaboration.
⇗ Women and young people are highly encouraged to apply for this role.

How to Apply ⇒
All candidates are encouraged to send an updated resume/CV 3 pages Max with
a motivation/cover letter 2 pages Max and two reference letters, to:
info@uyahf.com and copy apiowinnie@uyahf.com. Only successful candidates will
be contacted.

Deadline: 18 th June 2020

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Email⇒info@uyahf.comapiowinnie@uyahf.com
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