Organisation: Plan International
Duty Station: Gulu, Uganda
Funding Source: USAID and DFID
Project Title: Northern Uganda-Health Integration to Enhance Services (NU-HITES)
Reports to: Sub Regional Manager
About Plan:
Founded 75 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest child centered development organizations in the world. We work in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift 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 governmental affiliations.
About USAID NU-HITES Project:
Plan Uganda was awarded a 5-year Cooperative Agreement under the Northern Uganda-Health Integration to Enhance Services (NU-HITES) project to provide technical assistance and capacity building support for Northern Uganda in Malaria, AIDS and Tuberculosis, integrate additional support in Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Family Planning (FP) and nutrition; while prioritizing the strengthening of district-level health facilities. This project commenced in August 2012. In the course of Year two (2), the project secured additional funding from DFID to improve technical support to malaria activities and from the US Government together with other donors to strengthen referral networks maternal neonatal child activities in six districts in the region.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Actively participate in designing, implementation and monitoring of nutrition activities in the project areas.
- Offers technical support to the district health teams and CSO partners during annual work plan development, especially in regard to Nutrition services.
- Work closely the other members of the NU-HITES Technical Team, implementing districts, CSOs and other stakeholders to ensure that nutrition interventions are effectively integrated in the integrated health service package to better benefit pregnant women, children, people living with HIV/AIDS and other vulnerable groups
- Represent NU-HITES project in the Nutrition technical working groups in the project supported district
- Actively contributes to NU-HITES periodic reports by coordinating and consolidating district reports on Nutrition programs according to defined reporting schedules.
- Coordinates regular technical support mentorship and supervision for implement districts to ensure quality and efficient implementation of health and nutrition services.
- Actively participates in periodic technical review and planning meetings with project stakeholders, especially in regard to nutrition services
- Participate in training needs identification and actual training of district based health teams (both facility and community based) in regard to nutrition care.
- Ensure that Plan’s child protection policy and guidelines are adhered to throughout project implementation.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The candidate should possess a Bachelor degree (preferred) Nutrition or any health related field with additional training in nutrition or An MPH
- Additional training in Nutrition programmes both in public and private sector
- Past experience working in post conflict settings with hands-on knowledge and skills in designing planning, implementing and monitoring of facility and community based integrated health and nutrition programmes
- Hands-on experience working with districts and community health systems including VHTs and other peer support networks
- Prior experience in nutrition related capacity building for health facility and community health delivery teams
- Computer literacy skills i.e. working knowledge of Microsoft office programmes
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their letters of application, together with detailed and updated CVs, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant certificates, names and contact details of three references plus salary history to: The Country Human Resources Manager, Plan Uganda.
Email: [email protected]
Plan is an equal opportunity employer and qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.
NB: Only soft copies of application will be considered and please indicate the position in the Subject line. Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted.
As a child centered development organization, Plan strives to ensure that children are kept safe 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.
Deadline: 24th July, 2014
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