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Job Title ⇒ Community Engagement Officer
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Organisation ⇒ Target Malaria
Duty Station ⇒ Entebbe, Uganda
About US ⇒
The Uganda Virus Research Institute UVRI is a leading health research
institution in Uganda, based in Entebbe. Amongst other projects, it is a
member of the Target Malaria consortium. Target Malaria is a non-for-profit
research consortium that wants to contribute to saving millions of lives from
malaria. It includes African, European and North American scientists with a
focus on the most malaria-affected countries - currently working in Burkina
Faso, Mali, Ghana and Uganda. The consortium includes a diversity of
researchers - molecular biologists, medical entomologists, population
geneticists, protein engineers, social sciences researchers as well as risk,
regulatory and stakeholder engagement experts. Our teams are researching
approaches that can reduce the numbers of mosquitoes that spread malaria,
which would help complement existing control methods. Our research is at an
early stage, and while results so far have been promising, there is still a
long way to go. By reducing the population of the malaria mosquito, we aim to
combat transmission of the disease. The control method would be a long-term,
sustainable, and cost-effective solution to prevent malaria. This project
started a decade ago with a funding from the Grand Challenges in Global Health
initiative and is now receiving funding through a program of the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation.
Job Summary ⇒ Target Malaria Uganda is seeking a Community Engagement
Officer to join its team. Stakeholder engagement is one of the three pillars
of this project, together with regulatory affairs and scientific research.
This position will be responsible for planning, coordinating, organising,
controlling and budgeting for various stakeholder engagement activities. The
Community engagement officer will be responsible for formulation of field work
tools, procedures and policies for stakeholder engagement and implementing
engagement plans and strategies This position will be responsible for ensuring
provision of adequate information on project to stakeholders. He/she will
ensure consultation of stakeholders before implementation of activities,
communication of key messages and provision of adequate project information to
specific stakeholder groups and target audiences in a suitable language. In
addition, the officer will develop and maintain a positive working
relationship between the team and various stakeholders. This position will
identify, manage and control risks related to stakeholder acceptance of the
project. The Community engagement officer will participate in community
mobilisation and consortium activities related to stakeholder engagement. A
deep commitment to the mission of developing and sharing new, cost-effective
and sustainable genetic technologies to modify mosquitoes and reduce malaria
transmission is required.
Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒ This role will facilitate dialogue
between the stakeholders and the project, promotion of trust and confidence
between the communities and the project in following aspects
⇗ Ensure adequate information for community level stakeholders on project
activities whether current or future
⇗ Ensure appropriate consultation of community stakeholders before the
implementation of activities and feedback concerns, suggestions to the project
for them to be considered;
⇗ Ensure that the community level dialog is inclusive by mapping key
stakeholders;
⇗ Plan, coordinate, organise, document and report on various stakeholder
engagement activities
⇗ Provide support function to field entomology team, provide adequate
information to stakeholders, seek consent and acceptance for project work from
communities
⇗ Develop, consult and maintain positive working relationship between the
team and various stakeholders, provide feedback to both the project and
stakeholders
⇗ Support the implementation of the grievance mechanism at community level.
⇗ As such, the Community engagement officer is responsible for successful
implementation of engagement activities, seeking consent and acceptance for
the project at field sites.
Strategy activities
⇗ Participate in the formulation and the implementation of a stakeholder
engagement strategy at community level in Uganda;
⇗ Participate in the formulation of tools, procedures and policies for
stakeholder engagement and documentation of activities,
⇗ Participate in the consortium activities related to stakeholder engagement
⇗ Take part in the risk management of this project for issues related to
stakeholders' acceptance of the project,
Reporting activities
⇗ Participate in the monitoring and evaluation of the engagement and
stakeholders acceptance level for the project,
⇗ Provide activity report and support the update of tools allowing a follow-
up and reporting on engagement activities at community level;
⇗ Report regularly to the Stakeholder Engagement Manager

Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ The ideal candidate must hold a Postgraduate qualification in Social
Sciences or similar, or an equivalent combination of relevant knowledge,
extensive training and/or experience
⇗ Experience in planning, organising and implementing stakeholder engagement
activities Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal skills with
a positive and supportive attitude;
⇗ Ability to communicate with stakeholders in local languages
⇗ Ability to work collaboratively and productively in a team, with
colleagues, external consultants, and multiple stakeholders.
⇗ Ability and willingness to travel to field sites within Uganda
NB This Vacancy is open to Nationals of Uganda.
How to Apply ⇒
All applications must be in English and include a Curriculum Vitae, a cover
letter explaining why this position is attractive and why your profile fits,
and three references. Interested candidates should submit their applications
in a sealed envelope marked "Community Engagement Officer-Target Malaria" to
The Director,
Uganda Virus Research Institute
P.O. Box 49 Entebbe. Uganda Email to targetmalariajobs@uvri.go.ug OR hand-
deliver to his office at Plot 51-59, Nakiwogo Road, Entebbe.
Deadline 8 th January 2021

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