Job Title: Regional
Health Accountability Manager
Health Accountability Manager
Organisation: Health
Promotion and Social Development (HEPS-Uganda)
Promotion and Social Development (HEPS-Uganda)
Funding Source: DFID
Duty Station: Lira,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Executive
Director
Director
About HEPS:
HEPS-Uganda is an acronym for
Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development. It is a health rights
organisation that advocates for increased access to affordable essential
medicines for the poor and vulnerable people in Uganda. The overall objective
of HEPS-Uganda’s programmes and activities for the period of the Strategic Plan
2005-10 is “To work towards increased access to affordable, quality essential
medicines, especially for the poor and vulnerable in rural and urban areas of
Uganda”.
Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development. It is a health rights
organisation that advocates for increased access to affordable essential
medicines for the poor and vulnerable people in Uganda. The overall objective
of HEPS-Uganda’s programmes and activities for the period of the Strategic Plan
2005-10 is “To work towards increased access to affordable, quality essential
medicines, especially for the poor and vulnerable in rural and urban areas of
Uganda”.
HEPS Uganda a health/human
rights NGO in partnership with GOAL Uganda and funding from DFID plan to
implement a social accountability project in 4 districts (Lira, Nakaseke,
Otuke, Gulu) and at national level.
rights NGO in partnership with GOAL Uganda and funding from DFID plan to
implement a social accountability project in 4 districts (Lira, Nakaseke,
Otuke, Gulu) and at national level.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Program Management Support:
- Ensure
that ACT Health programme is implemented within the ACT Health Strategies,
relevant donor requirements, international best practice and the Codes of
Conduct and agreements - Oversee
project staff and ensure that they perform their duties as expected. - Represent
HEPS Uganda in target districts and build relations with key stakeholders including
the local government leadership and CSO working on similar issues in the
region. - Ensure
information from different project districts is amalgamated and reports
submitted to - HEPS
Uganda ED within the agreed reporting timeframes. - Supervising
district project staff in Lira, Gulu, Nakaseke and Otuke. - Offer
on-going technical support to project staff.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
ideal candidate for the DFID HEPS Project must hold a Bachelor’s Degree
social work and social administration, community development, or any other
relevant degree - A
minimum of five years’ programme management experience - Good
working knowledge of decentralisation, local government structures,
policies and procedures for participatory planning in the health sector in
Uganda (to be tested) - Strong
verbal, presentation and participatory facilitation skills in English (to
be tested) - Excellent
budget development/management skills (to be tested) - Good
people management /supervisory skills - Past
exposure and experience in social accountability programming - Previous
experience in programming with a research component - Strong
writing skills in English - Computer
literacy skills - Detailed
knowledge of Ugandan Civil society including professional connections in well-known
accountability organisations - Additional
Post graduate qualifications in a relevant discipline - Working
knowledge and/or experience with Most Significant Change or other
qualitative M&E - Methodologies
will be highly desired - Possess
the ability to travel extensively, work and live in remote and hard to
reach areas.
How to Apply:
If you are qualified and
interested in joining HEPS Uganda in the aforementioned capacity, please send your
application letter accompanied by copies of your academic documents, CV with
three professional referees. The applications should be submitted
electronically – through the HEPS Uganda website by clicking on the web link
below.
interested in joining HEPS Uganda in the aforementioned capacity, please send your
application letter accompanied by copies of your academic documents, CV with
three professional referees. The applications should be submitted
electronically – through the HEPS Uganda website by clicking on the web link
below.
Deadline: 19th March 2014 by 4pm.
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