Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) NGO Careers – Communication and Documentation Officer

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Organisation: Global
Health Corps (GHC)
Placement Organisation: Elizabeth
Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
Duty Station: Mbarara,
Uganda
Salary: Monthly Stipend
of 550 dollars per month
About GHC:
Global Health Corps pairs
intelligent and passionate fellows with organizations that require new thinking
and innovative solutions. We provide these young leaders with the tools to
remain connected after their fellowship year finishes, deepening their ability
to enact change through heightened skills and strong partnerships. We currently
place fellows in Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the United States, and
Zambia.
About EGPAF: 
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is a global leader in
the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS. We are working in 17 countries around
the world to provide HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for women,
children, and families—with a mission to eliminate pediatric AIDS. The
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation has received funding from
USAID/Uganda for a five-year cooperative agreement in 13 districts in the
Southwestern region of Uganda with the goal of increasing access to, coverage
of and utilization of quality comprehensive tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS
prevention, care and treatment services.
Job Summary: The
Communication and Documentation Officer will provide support in advocacy,
communication and education initiatives that build awareness of the importance
and availability of services to prevent and treat pediatric infections, and
which support scale-up and increased utilization of these services. He/she will
work closely with the PMTCT and care and treatment technical advisors, as well
as other program officers to identify and address key implementation obstacles
and successes and provide technical guidance on program issues that have been
addressed. The focus of these initiatives will be to educate policy makers,
opinion leaders, the media, civil society organizations, and the public about
pediatric AIDS issues through partnerships with various civil society and
governmental organizations, PEPFAR partners, and others, including HIV
&AIDS networks and forums in Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: The EGPAF Communication and Documentation
Officer will support and augment achievements gained from strengthening public
health laboratories through identification and documentation of sustainable
best practices. These include;
  • Work closely with the PMTCT and care and treatment technical
    advisors and other program officers to recognize and address key
    implementation obstacles and successes
  • Describe solutions to challenges implemented by the programs in
    Newsletters or Blogs
  • Utilize relationships with various partners including civil society
    and governmental organizations, PEPFAR partners, and others to educate
    opinion leaders, the media, other civil society organizations, and the
    general public on pediatric AIDS issues
  • Identify and document best practices related to building awareness
    of the importance and availability of services to increased utilization of
    these services
  • Offer support the PMTCT and care and treatment program team to
    develop communication and outreach initiatives at community and district
    levels
  • Provide information and materials and advice for outreach as
    appropriate
  • Work with the care and treatment and PMTCT program team to identify
    and address key communication and education issues arising from the
    programs
  • Document PMTCT and care and treatment program success stories and
    share these with partners at the local and national levels
  • Organize and coordinate communication and education related
    meetings; prepare agenda, produce minutes, and ensure follow-up of action
    agreed in the policy meetings
  • Participate in external meetings and events as requested
  • Contribute to preparation of work plans
  • Perform any other reasonable duties as may be assigned by the
    supervisor or management
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant should possess at least three years’ experience in HIV
    communications and health education programs in Uganda
  • Previous work experience in health communications and documentation
  • Excellent communication and education skills
  • Energetic, independent and self motivated
  • Excellent analytical, oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities while working as part of team
  • Knowledge of existing in-country key players of HIV & AIDS
    related networks or the willingness to acquire this knowledge quickly
  • Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills (oral
    and written)
  • Good working knowledge and experience working with or supporting
    public health systems for improved HIV/AIDS care
  • Excellent report writing skills
  • Good computer literacy skills in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Experience in working with International NGOs
 Age: Below 30 Years
Job Terms and Conditions:
Fellows will be provided with housing, health insurance and a living stipend of
$550/month. Additionally, fellows will receive an award of $1500 upon
successful completion of the fellowship year. Flights to and from the placement
site and all other costs associated with GHC programming are included,
including $600 in professional development funds.
Note: The living stipend
and completion award may be paid out in USD or local currency, as determined by
the placement organization.

How to Apply:
All applicants who desire to be
placed by the Global Health Corps in the aforementioned organization should
express interest by clearly following the instructions at the web page below.
Deadline: 26th January, 2014

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