USAID ASSIST Project Careers – Quality Improvement Officer – OVC at University Research Co., LLC (URC)

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Organization: University Research Co., LLC (URC)
Project Name: The USAID
Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About URC:
URC is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health
care, social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit
affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45
countries, including the United States.
 Established in 1965, URC offers
a range of technical assistance to strengthen health and social systems and
service quality by empowering communities and health workers to identify and
scale up locally appropriate solutions to critical problems. Internationally,
we expand access to and improve the quality of services addressing maternal,
newborn, and child health; infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and
malaria; reproductive health and family planning; food and nutrition; and
vulnerable children and families. In the US, we focus on improving
communication related to issues like substance abuse, with a particular focus
on reaching underserved populations.
About USAID ASSIST Project:
The USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST)
Project is a new project dedicated to improving health, population and
nutrition services through technical support to service delivery institutions,
country Ministries of Health, USAID country missions, and cooperating agencies.
The new project carries on the work of the USAID Health Care Improvement
Project (http://www.hciproject.org) in global advocacy, development, and
promotion of cost-effective methods to design and improve health care services
and systems in low- and middle-income countries.
An important global objective of the ASSIST Project is knowledge
management: to facilitate documentation and sharing of evidence for improvement
of specific care processes based on the work of individual QI teams,
large-scale improvement efforts, and/or research, and to make this information
readily available through Web technology.
The ASSIST Project is managed by URC’s Quality and Performance
Institute (QPI). Through QPI, URC has implemented quality improvement and
operations research programs in health care since 1981 and continues to be at
the cutting edge of health care improvement work in countries around the world.
Job Summary: The QI officer,
in collaboration with USAID partners and the Ministry of Gender Children and
Social Development will liaise with the QI Advisor to ensure that all
activities are aligned with the vision and objectives of the OVC Program
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
 
  • Develop and implement monthly plans as per
    the USAID ASSIST OVC QI plan
  • Support activities of institutionalization
    of quality improvement in the Ministry of Gender Labour and Social
    Development OVC structures
  • Assist and facilitate the training and
    formation of OVC QI teams to improve provision of services based on
    national quality standards for protection, care and support of OVC
  • Efficiently organize and carry out
    coaching visits to OVC teams to improve their ability to identify and
    solve problems in OVC service delivery and learning sessions for teams to
    share and learn
  • Support QI teams to conduct monthly data
    collection, analysis, use and reporting
  • Support QI teams to synthesis and document
    quality improvement efforts
  • Support and participate in OVC partners
    meetings at national, regional and district levels
  • Develop materials for trainings, learning
    sessions, harvest meetings and coaching visits
  • Maintain database for set program
    indicators and QI team indicators
  • Compile, prepare and share progress
    reports on implemented activities in form of biweekly, quarterly and
    annual reports
  • Document success stories arising from the
    implementation of the activities
  • Ensure that financial regulation are
    concisely followed such as timely accountability of the implemented
    activities
  • Perform any other duties assigned by the
    supervisor
 Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  
  • The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s
    Degree in Social works or Equivalent, a Postgraduate qualification will be
    an added advantage
  • Prior experience in quality improvement
    methods in a social welfare setting
  • Demonstrated strong program implementation
    and organizational skills.
  • Technical expertise in the field of OVC
    programmes in Uganda with experience of not less than 4 years
  • Demonstrated experience of liaising with
    implementing partners and community-based services to respond to orphans
    and vulnerable children’s needs
  • Good computer skills
  • Extensive working knowledge of rules and
    regulations USG funded Programmes
  • Ability to work under pressure and within
    agreed timelines / set deadlines
  • Possess the ability to prioritize work
    within guidelines as agreed with Supervisor
  • Ability to work with limited supervision
  • Able to communicate and work well with
    government structures that support OVC work
Ability to budget and manage finances on a monthly basis
NB: Only candidates who
are eligible to work in Uganda for an indefinite period without a need for
sponsorship will be considered for this position.
 How to Apply:  
All candidates should Apply Online at the weblink below. Be sure to upload
your CV/Résumé and your Cover Letter where indicated. Also, please complete
your application form and attach a completed USAID Form
1420 Contractor Employee Biographical Data Sheet as well.
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