USAID Project Jobs – HIV Services Coordinator at Plan International

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Organisation: Plan
International
Reports to: Sub-Regional
Project Coordinator
Duty Station: Gulu (2), Lira
and Kitgum, Uganda
About Plan:
Founded 75 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and
largest children’s development organizations in the world. We work in 50
developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child
rights and lilt millions of children out of poverty. Plan’s vision is of a
world in which all children realize their ‘full potential in societies that respect
people’s rights and dignity. Plan is independent, with no religious, political
or governments/affiliations. Working in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the
Americas. Plan aims to reach as many children as possible, particularly those
who are excluded or marginalized with high quality programs that deliver long
lasting benefits by increasing Its Income, working In partnership with others
and operating effectively. NU-HITES (Northern Uganda Health Integration to
Improve Services) is a USAID funded project in northern Uganda to improve
access lo I regular use of basic health services and requires intensive
monitoring and evaluation at many levels with many stakeholders.
Job Summary: The HIV
Services Coordinatoir will be a member of the Sub-Region-based technical team
and will specifically be responsible for coordinating planning, implementation
and monitoring of comprehensive HIV health services at sub-regional level It is
a full-time position based in Gulu for a five-year term, with frequent travel
to districts through the Northern Region of Uganda.
Key Duties &
Responsibilities:
  • Participate in designing, implementation
    and monitoring of comprehensive HIV/ AIDS services so as to contribute to
    achievement of project targets.
  • Provides technical support to the district
    health teams and CSO partners during annual work-plan development,
    especially in regard to TB and HIV prevention, care, treatment.
  • Represent NU-HITES project in the TB and
    HIV technical working groups in the project supported districts.
  • Contributes to NU-HITES periodic reports
    by coordinating and consolidating district reports on TB and HIV
    prevention, care, treatment service programs according to defined
    reporting schedules.
Qualifications, Skills &
Experience:
  • A Medical Doctor. A MPH or Masters degree
    in other clinical disciplines is added advantage.
  • Additional training in TB/HIV prevention,
    care and treatment
  • At least 5 years of professional
    experience working in HIV/AIDS prevention, care & treatment programs
    in public and/or private sector.
  • Practical experience in working with
    district and community health systems including Village Health Teams (VHT)
    and HIV/AIDS peer support networks.
  • Experience in HIV capacity building for
    health facility and community health delivery teams.
  • Willingness to work m Northern Uganda and
    travel 60% of the time in field.
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft office
    programs including MS Excel, MS Word and MS Power Point.
How to apply:
If interested in these job vacancies, please visit kazijobs.com and
search for it. Send only your CV and cover letter with 3 work related referees
to the address or e-mail below. Please mark your application with the Position
Name of the job you are applying for. E-mails
that exceed 2MB will be rejected by the system. While we thank all applicants
for your interest, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Any
form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification. Qualified female
candidates are encouraged to apply. As a child centered development
organization, Plan strives to ensure that children are kept sale in all the
areas we operate. The organization further has a child protection policy that
every staff is required to sign. Potential candidates will be required to
provide information confirming whether or not they have ever been convicted of
any child abuse crimes,
People Performance Group Plot 8 Kitante Close, Kitante P.O. 8ox 12405,
Kampala – Uganda
Deadline: Friday, 17th
May, 2013 at 5PM
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