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• Develop
  a synthesis of all programs and projects funded by Uganda UNFPA Country
  Office in the field of maternal health, family planning, HIV, GBV and
  protection of sexual and reproductive health of young girls showing
  synergies, complementarities, and any duplication. This summary document
  will have a clear strategic vision. It will take into account the extended
  United Nation Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), the extended Country
  Program Action Plan (2014-2015) and the Reproductive Maternal, Newborn and
  Child Health Sharpened plan for Uganda and show interactions,
  complementarities; potential duplication with the action plans of sister
  agencies such as UNICEF and WHO as well as other related national and
  international NGO programs. It will propose a joint action plan with other
  agencies in the field of interventions to reduce maternal mortality,
  especially pillars: FP, Commodity Security, Sexual Health of Adolescents
  and Young people, EmONC, Goal oriented Antenatal care, deliveries attended
  by qualified staff, preventing HIV transmission from mother to child and
  prevention and response to Gender Based violence
• Exploit
  studies, research and available data in Uganda on maternal health, family
  planning and the girl child, and maintain statistics relating thereto,
  with a view to updating indicators of maternal health;
• Contribute
  to the creation and sharing of knowledge by synthesizing and documenting
  the results, lessons learned, successes and best practices, strategies and
  innovative approaches to promoting integrated maternal health, family
  planning and HIV programs
• Report
  regularly on progress in maternal health/family planning/HIV/GBV and
  share  information with the various
  actors in the context of improving intervention strategies in this regard;
• Contribute
  to the Annual Work Plan  evaluation
  and development of the Annual Work Plans for integrated reproductive
  health services strengthening

• Contribute
  to the substantive elaboration and adaptation of UNFPA Strategic Plan, its
  family planning strategy and to its implementation in the country
• Offer
  the GOU/UNFPA Country program with Technical Assistance and advice on the
  strategic direction for strengthening the delivery, access to and quality
  of integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health Services, formulate
  recommendations on potential critical maternal and sexual and reproductive
  health issues and provide advice in respect to health sector progress
  including Millennium Development Goals progress.
• Provide
  technical assistance to national partners to scale-up quality health
  services to ensure universal access to reproductive health, including
  family planning, skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric and newborn
  care,
• Participate
  in the implementation and monitoring of Annual Work Plan activities by
  conducting field visits, participating in review meetings and missions
  evaluation and preparing quarterly and annual reports on the progress;
• Strengthen
  national capacities in Reproductive Health for: i) conducting needs
  assessments in the field of EmNOC and FP; ii) achieving cost estimates of
  developed plans and rapidly mobilize the resources required for their
  implementation; iii) conducting the political dialogue for growth and the
  equitable distribution of qualified heath providers, particularly midwives
  for skilled attendance at birth iv) contributing to equitable access to
  reproductive health services, including for the poor; v) proposing
  initiatives to address the deep causes of maternal mortality, including
  gender inequalities vi) improving 
  monitoring and evaluation; vii) contributing to strengthening
  mutual accountability mechanisms to ending preventable maternal and
  newborn death including but not limited to Maternal Death Surveillance and
  Response (MDSR) and National Health Accounts analyses
• Contribute
  to the implementation of Uganda’s initiatives on reduction of maternal and
  newborn mortality including Uganda’s FP scale up plan, Uganda’s Catalytic
  action plan on Life saving commodities etc

• Contribute
  to the mobilization of financial resources for: i) the promotion of family
  planning, ii) the promotion of maternal health; iii ) strengthening
  Reproductive Health Commodity Security, iv ) the protection of the girl
  child, preparing adequate documentation and participating in meetings of
  donors;

• Strengthen
  partnership with other UN agencies, and civil society organizations for
  the planning, implementation and monitoring of high impact interventions
  to reduce maternal mortality; specifically FP, access to and use of
  essential life-saving commodities as well as investing in maternal and newborn
  care
• Participate
  in the UNFPA and FP2020 technical networks 
  on Family Planning maintaining communication and feedback loops on
  all substantive work;

• The
  ideal candidate should possess an Advanced university degree or equivalent
  in Medicine, public health, population studies, Health Statistics or
  related fields
• At
  least seven years of relevant and increasingly responsible experience in
  managing RH or health programmes, of which at least five years national
  and/or international experience in advising on SRH programmes RH
  commodities, health systems and supply management. Professional experience
  as Technical Specialist to Ministries of Health in other countries will be
  an asset.
• General
  knowledge of the principles and operational aspects of integrated RH/MH
  care.
• Interpersonal
  and communication skills for the dissemination of information and advocacy
  activities.
• Good
  familiarity with UN development programmes and working procedures,
  especially UNFPA policies and programming procedures, an asset.
• Proven
  skills in report writing and publication of articles in maternal health
  and family planning are essential.
• Proficiency
  in both spoken and written English is required.
• Proven
  skills in current use of the office software are also required.

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