Jobs in Mbarara Uganda Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (EGPAF) Jobs in Mbarara Program Officer Jobs in Mbarara at Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (EGPAF) Program Officer Employment opportunities Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (EGPAF)
Job Title ⇒ Program Officer ]https//www.theugandanjobline.com/
Organization ⇒ Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation EGPAF
Duty Station ⇒ Mbarara, Uganda
Reports to ⇒ Unfinished Business Project Coordinator
About US ⇒
Since 2000, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation EGPAF has been
supporting prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV PMTCT and
HIV/AIDS care and treatment services in Uganda. EGPAF-Uganda is a leading
provider of technical assistance to Uganda’s Ministry of Health, and provides
clinical service delivery support at the facility, district, regional, and
national levels. We work closely with Uganda’s Ministry of Health and other
partners to increase access to comprehensive, high-quality HIV prevention,
care and treatment, and TB services for women, children, and families living
with and affected by HIV and AIDS. EGPAF-Uganda currently supports services
at 808 health facilities in 18 districts in the Southwest Region.
Job Summary ⇒ The Program Officer will lead the planning and implementation
of the pediatric and adolescent HIV/AIDS activities in the districts of
support. She/he will coordinate 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, 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 MOH set standards; and incorporating
lessons learnt over time to improve systems and process for enhanced service
delivery.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
⇗ Provides technical guidance and lead the implementation process of the
integrated health program in the supported districts assigned.
⇗ Improves the quality of and access to HIV/AIDS 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.
⇗ Provides technical guidance 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.
⇗ Prepare 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.
⇗ 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.
⇗ 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.
⇗ Assists in identifying, documenting, disseminating and scaling up best
practices in PMTCT, HIV Care & Treatment.
⇗ Coordinates with the district health departmental leadership and other
relevant implementing partners in the districts of support to ensure smooth
implementation of project activities.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ The ideal candidate must hold a bachelors degree in medicine or a related
field. A Master’s in Public Health or related qualification will be an added
advantage or a master’s degree in Public Health with at least five years of
professional experience working in HIV/AIDS prevention, care & treatment
programs.
⇗ Hands-on knowledge and skills in designing, planning, implementing and
monitoring pediatric, adolescent and adult HIV clinical care programs and
PMTCT.
⇗ Good understanding of the MOH quality improvement framework and quality
improvement principles
⇗ Good knowledge of the decentralized health system and community structures
⇗ Practical experience in managing pediatric, adolescent and adult ART
services
⇗ Sound understanding of current issues and developments in the fields of
HIV/AIDS and PMTCT services.
⇗ Strong skills in teamwork and networking. Excellent verbal communication
and writing skills
⇗ Computer literacy
⇗ Willingness and ability to frequently travel within and across districts
How to Apply
All candidates are encouraged to apply online at the link below.
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