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Job Title ⇒ Health System Strengthening Officer Fresher Job
Opportunities ]https//www.theugandanjobline.com/
Organization ⇒ Mercy Corps
Duty Station Uganda
Reports to ⇒ HSS Team Leader
About US ⇒
Mercy Corps has been present in Uganda since 2006, focusing its interventions
on economic and agricultural development, maternal child health and nutrition,
governance, conflict management and humanitarian response. In 2017, Mercy
Corps had an impact on almost 1 million beneficiaries in Uganda through our
work focusing on building resilience and enabling economic growth, improving
opportunities to attain better health and nutrition, and improving governance
and conflict management. Common themes include community engagement, inclusive
development, gender, and working in partnership with local government, the
private sector and civil society actors.
Job Summary ⇒ The primary focus of the Health System Strengthening Officer
HSSO will be to improve coordination of service provision for food and
nutrition security. The HSSO will implement and support a program that
improves the organizational performance of HC III and HC II-level facilities
with emphasis on the Health Unit Management Committees HUMC which is in line
with government standards and priorities. Support will be strongly focused on
the management of facilities, with less support on the technical skills of
facility staff. He/she will support nutrition governance especially building
the capacity of the sub county nutrition coordination committees SNCC to
budget, implement, monitor and document about nutrition activities across all
the district sectors. This will include a focus on advocacy for accountability
of health and nutrition resources and improving the communication between the
facility and the community it serves. This will be achieved by strengthening
the governance of HUMCs and SNNCs.. The HSSO will work in coordination with
the rest of MCHN team, District Implementation Team and other MC team members.
Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
Program Performance and Quality
⇗ Work with HSS Team Leader to identify gaps in regulatory compliance at the
lower health facilities, and design training initiatives depending on
identified gaps.
⇗ Advocate for oversight at district and sub-county level through continuous
advocacy for support to Health Unit Management Committees.
⇗ Partner with MoH to refine HUMC guidelines to simplify roles and
responsibilities of HUMC members and ensure that youth and women are
represented.
⇗ Support mechanisms for targeted and age specific educational trainings
around SHR to VHTS to include a clear referral pathway for SGBV into the
health system, strengthen coordination mechanisms by HUMCS.
⇗ Assist the local government in the development of health facility capacity
building plan.
⇗ Work with HSS Team Leader to define, design, implement and monitor a health
social accountability platform.
⇗ Recommend program priorities and explore, evaluate and present new
opportunities that leverage impact and/or complement core program activities
related to governance, gender and social accountability.
⇗ Collaborate with district-level HUMC focal person to improve government led
mentorship of the committees, strengthen their understanding of roles,
responsibilities and community linkages.
⇗ Offer onsite technical support supervision to health facilities by
supporting the development and implementation of health facility capacity
building strategies for health centers that are 1 systemically targeted and
2 sustain impact avoiding direct provision of materials/equipment to health
facilities and should reflect the priorities identified under the local
government.
⇗ Provide technical and supervisory support to health staff and sub county
staff while implementing routine program activities like training and
mentorship of health and nutrition governance structures, Dialogue for Health
D4H meetings, learning visits among others.
⇗ Gender and Youth Integration
⇗ Ensure that program activities apply gender equity and youth empowerment
principles, and meet the varying needs of men and boys; women and girls; and
other vulnerable groups
Monitoring and evaluation
⇗ Under guidance of HSS Team Leader take responsibility for district data
gathering and documentation of program activities.
⇗ Comply with M&E systems that will be established to measure program impacts
and desired results include writing most significant change stories.
⇗ Analyze project implementation strategies to identify constraints to
program success and provide timely recommendations.
⇗ Submit to the HSS Team Leader timely weekly, monthly, and quarterly report
that will be indicative of program progress during implementation.
⇗ In collaboration/consultation with MCHN Manager periodically supervise
various activities implemented on the ground by the partner.
⇗ Where needed support external evaluations by research partner Feinstein
International Center and other organizations. Documentation of key lessons
learnt and sharing with key stakeholders for improved service deliver
Representation and Coordination
⇗ Coordination of activities with other NGO and government partners to avoid
duplication of services and support an enabling environment for health
promotion and health systems strengthening
⇗ When needed, support visits from district and sub-county government,
regional and HQ based staff and external visitors, such as donors and media,
in collaboration with HSS Team Leader, MCHN Manager and District
Implementation Teams.
⇗ Support APOLOU activities with key stakeholders, ensuring collaboration
with counterparts in partner organization Save the Children in relevant
meetings, internal and external. Where needed support ongoing Apolou
assessments in development, gender, conflict and governance & facilitate the
integration of health related economic opportunities in all Apolou program
objectives.
⇗ Conduct oneself professionally and with sensitivity, awareness and respect
when working with diverse groups of people, including Mercy Corps staffs,
beneficiaries and partner agencies. Adhere to Mercy Corps policies and
procedures and any other duties as assigned by the line manager.
Coordination with District Implementation Team
⇗ Build the capacity of the members of the implementation team on their
particular sector through orientations, one on one discussions and
demonstrating in the field.
⇗ The district implementation team after conducting a needs assessment will
decide an intervention to be layered. The district implementation team will
require support in developing a sector specific plan for a particular
community. The member of the technical team will support the district team to
plan the intervention that is related to the particular sector and purpose.
⇗ The district implementation team member will mobilize the extension service
agents which will go on to mobilize the community groups to provide the
services to conduct the activity in the field. The member of the technical
team will coordinate with the district implementation team to conduct the
activities in the field.
⇗ The technical team member will monitor the activities conducted in the
field and provide feedback to the technical extension service agents to
improve the quality of implementation of activities.
⇗ The technical team member will meet quarterly with the district
implementation team to review the activities conducted in the field and
reflect with the team to understand how the quality of implementation of
activities would be improved.
⇗ Collaborate with the MEL team on the design and implementation of the
Apolou CLA/Learning Agenda.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ The ideal candidate for the Mercy Corps Health System Strengthening Officer
job must hold a Degree in Public Health, Nursing or diploma in related field.
⇗ A minimum of two years of professional experience working with the
government health system is desirable.
⇗ Experience in delivering capacity building programs especially on
organizational capacity of health facilities and establishing support
programs. Demonstrable writing and analytical skills.
⇗ Demonstrable quantitative skills, including familiarity with financial
accounting
⇗ Proven skills in networking, collaboration, community consultations and
organizational development
⇗ Excellent reporting, communication and representation skills
⇗ Fluency in Ngakarimojong desirable.
⇗ Ability to ride a motorcycle and he/she should be in possession of a valid
driving/riding license
⇗ Proven knowledge and capacity in using computer basic applications MS Word,
Excel and internet Intimate knowledge of.
How to Apply
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online at the link
below
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Deadline 11 th September 2020

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