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• Provide technical supervision, strategic
  direction and ensure appropriate support for the implementation of program
  activities in maternal, newborn and child health
• Guide the integration of malaria services with
  maternal, newborn and child health, FP/RH, HIV and TB, and nutrition
• Refine evidence-based clinical training
  materials, job aids, and curricula, supervisory systems and other training
  materials needed for implementation of malaria to meet the needs of USAID
  and the Government of Uganda
• Provide mentoring and capacity building at the
  individual and organizational level in malaria prevention and treatment
• Take lead in the “train the trainer” sessions,
  site strengthening, in-service and/or pre-service education, follow-up and
  supportive supervision to project-supported health facilities, as required
  by program activities
• Work with other stakeholders to develop a cadre
  of malaria champions who will facilitate links to other community-level
  health programs/services
• Coordinate assessments, site strengthening,
  follow-up and supervision, advocacy, demand creation, policy support,
  capacity-building and M&E across program sites as required by program
  activities
• Lead the formulation of approaches for scale up
  of malaria services, including accessing hard-to-reach populations and
  integration of services
• Actively participate in all Technical Advisory
  Group Meetings, and represent Jhpiego in professional forums by participating
  and presenting in pertinent meetings and conferences, as well as technical
  working groups
• Analyze potential malaria strategies within the
  context of the program and explain these, as necessary, to policymakers,
  funding agencies, and/or program staff
• Work with health care providers, local
  authorities, community members and program team members to identify
  clinical, community-based service delivery issues that impede access to
  care
• Identify appropriate facility- and
  community-based strategies to address malaria service delivery gaps
• Identify clinical training needs and assist in
  the design and implementation of measures to address those needs
• Formulate and test sustainable solutions to
  service delivery gaps, utilizing cross-cutting approaches such as performance
  and quality improvement and in-service training/pre-service education
• Advocate with national, regional and
  community-level health institutions to raise awareness about their role in
  improving health outcomes in maternal, newborn and child health
• Guide Ministry of Health, professional
  associations, other national stakeholders in the revision/development of
  evidenced-based standards for competency in maternal, newborn and child
  health
• Mobilize international level clinical/technical
  expertise to resolve clinical issues that shape or effect local public
  policy or program design
• Collaborate with all local stakeholders and
  implementing partners, especially the Ministry of Health and other
  implementing partners, in order to ensure that all activities conform to
  the requirements and regulations
• Conduct regular reporting to the Chief of
  Party, and program and technical staff, of successes, challenges and
  lessons learned in implementation related to areas of technical expertise
• Document and maintain an inventory of
  successful tools and approaches for maternal, newborn and child health
• Author and co-author abstracts and
  presentations for journals and conference
• Supervise technical staff
• Manage technical contributions of subgrantees,
  including providing scopes of work
• Maintain excellent relationships with USAID and
  in-country stakeholders and develop rapid responses to USAID/DC and
  Mission requests
• Work closely with the Chief of Party and/or
  Country Director on setting program priorities and directions, and responding
  to requests for support from local counterparts.
• Work with M&E staff to design, implement a
  plan to track data/results related to maternal, newborn and child health
• Provide technical leadership to the development
  the project strategic plan, work plan, and program monitoring, in close
  collaboration with the Ministry of Health, USAID and other stakeholders
• Ensure timely implementation of all program
  inputs related to maternal, newborn and child health, including planning
  and implementing assessments, site strengthening, follow-up and
  supervision, advocacy, demand creation, policy support, capacity-building
  and M&E across program sites, in close coordination and collaboration
  with USAID, relevant ministries of health
• Assist in the preparation of donor reports and
  project reports
• Oversee data collection, analysis and
  development of conclusions and recommendations to further strengthen
  program implementation
• Ensure availability of resources/facilitate the
  procurement of equipment and supplies required for project implementation
• Coordinate and monitor the efficiency and
  effectiveness of the work of short-term consultants as required

• The Technical Advisor should hold a medical
  degree (doctor or nursing) or Master’s in Public Health
• At least 7 years’ experience applying maternal,
  newborn and child health;
• A minimum of five years’ experience in managing
  $10M per year in donor-funded projects and in the design and
  implementation of overseas health projects; preferably in the East and
  Southern Africa;
• Qualification as a “master trainer”; experience
  training health workers on clinical aspects related to family
  planning/reproductive health
• Prior experience building capacity at
  individual and organizational levels
• Skill in at least two or more of the following
  technical areas: strengthening service delivery programs, training,
  pre-service education, performance and quality improvement, monitoring and
  evaluation
• Experience with a mix of practical technical
  skills in malaria necessary for strengthening malaria service delivery at
  the regional, national, clinical and community-level
• The ability to liaise with senior MOH officials
  and dignitaries, executives of NGOs, FBOs, CBOs, the for-profit business
  community, and senior members of the donor community;
• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Ugandan
  healthcare system, particularly the public health system, experience
  living and working in Uganda preferred
• Strong oral and written communication and
  presentations skills in English
• Strong skills in word processing and Excel
  spread sheets
• Good knowledge and understanding of the USAID
  or other USG administrative, management and reporting procedures and
  systems
• Excellent track record managing a project team
  composed of several technical experts and fostering team work
• Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical
  capacity in national programs and technical staff in the areas
• Excellent written, presentation, communication
  and organizational skills in English
• Ability to travel up to 50% time
• Ugandan nationals strongly encouraged to apply

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