6 USAID Intra Health International SHRH Project Job Vacancies – Regional HRH Planning Officers

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Organisation: Intra
Health International
Project Name: USAID
Strengthening Human Resources for Health (SHRH) Project
Duty Station:  Kampala, Mbale, Jinja, Gulu, Moroto, Mbarara,
Hoima and Arua. Uganda
About Intra Health:
For over 30 years, in more than
100 countries, IntraHealth International has empowered health workers to better
serve communities in need. IntraHealth fosters local solutions to health care
challenges by improving health worker performance, strengthening health
systems, harnessing technology, and leveraging partnerships. In collaboration
with governments, nongovernmental organizations, and private- sector
organizations around the world, IntraHealth champions the needs and
contributions of health workers—from doctors and nurses to community health
workers to health facility managers—and works to ensure they have the tools,
supplies, information, training, and support they need to provide communities
they serve with the best possible opportunity for health and well-being.
About USAID Intra Health SHRH Project:
The purpose of the
Strengthening Human Resources for Health (SHRH) project is to strengthen the
capacities of central ministries, districts, health professional councils, PNFP
and health training institutions to effectively and efficiently plan, manage
and utilize the health workforce; and strengthen systems for sustained health
worker performance to improve health outcomes for the people of Uganda.
Job Summary: The Intra
Health Regional HRH Planning Officer will work directly with districts, IPs and
PNFPs in his/her assigned region to offer technical guidance in the areas of
evidence based strategic human resources planning, including health workforce
projection, action planning, and costing. S/he will specifically provide
technical support in developing capacities for data analysis and use in
determining human resource needs, planning interventions and monitoring
outcomes and results of the project interventions in the districts. He/she will
collaborate with other IPs and stakeholders in the districts and RRH to promote
partnerships, complementarity and synergies in health workforce support for
improved health service coverage and outcomes.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Ensure
    effective coverage of all districts within assigned region on critical
    project interventions, including the SHRH district Intervention Package
    Identify unique HRH planning challenges such as workforce planning,
    recruitment and retention, in different districts and RRH and design
    appropriate local solutions
  • Assist
    implement project interventions and approaches in the areas of
    recruitment, deployment, and retention
  • Identify
    and develop potential linkages between pre-service and in-service training
  • Actively
    facilitate working continuously with regional and local partners to
    achieve ownership, political support, and skills transfer for overall
    project sustainability. Work with stakeholders at the district level to
    create a culture of data use, through developing a strategy for building
    capacity to analyze data and draw conclusions that will improve
    decision-making and planning.
  • Ensure
    functionality of HRIS in all districts, alerting the Kampala-based
    informatics team or the district-based partners for follow-up corrective
    action when needed
  • Provide
    technical leadership in sharing and developing new and improved
    strategies, tools and interventions for improved human resources planning
    and document intervention outcomes
  • Organize
    and lead activity interventions, including preparing budgets, tracking
    expenditures, ensuring work proceeds according to plans and timelines and
    ensuring the quality of the deliverables.
  • Support
    health sector managers to review and operationalize HR policies,
    guidelines, and procedures
  • Actively
    contribute to activities and work teams as assigned and any other duties
    as appropriate
Key Performance Indicators:
  • Responsible
    for the building the capacity for HRH data analysis and use them to
    support from the DHMT, RRH management teams and HR managers in the
    districts
  • In
    charge of building capacity for HRH Planning at the local government level
    and in RRH;
  • Ensure
    comprehensive and costed HRH plans developed annually as an integral part
    of the district health plans and RRH plans.
  • Responsible
    for generating comprehensive HRH reports and also prepare quarterly and
    annual reports as an integral part of the district health reports and RRH
    reports.
  • Ensure
    that HRIS is functional, and that the database is maintained and up to
    date with data regularly analyzed and used for decision making in the
    districts and regional referral hospitals.
  • Draw
    transition plans developed with key stakeholders in the region per
    standard project template for passing responsibility for implementation of
    interventions to local authorities
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The
    Regional HRH Planning Officers should possess an Advanced degree in Public
    Health, Epidemiology, Economics, Biostatistics, or a Social Sciences field
    related to human resources for health (e.g., management, public policy).
  • At
    least six years’ working experience implementing or managing HRH or
    related activities in Uganda, including involvement in several of the
    following areas: National HRH assessment, workforce policy and planning,
    human resource development and management, development and deployment of
    human resource information systems, leadership development, workforce
    projections and costing, performance improvement, delivering or evaluating
    education for health professionals.
  • A
    minimum of three or more years’ working experience should have been served
    at a Senior level of Principal Officer in Government or in a reputable
    organization in the private sector.
  • Good
    knowledge, understanding and experience working with the Uganda health
    care system, the Ministry of Health, District Government, and other development
    organizations is an added advantage
  • Past
    exposure and experience and functional familiarity with HRIS or similar
    systems, or ability to develop those skills quickly
  • Proven
    ability to carry out analysis of HRH issues; and sound costing of interventions
    to motivate resource allocation for HRH.
  • Prior
    experience working on USAID-funded projects highly desirable Clear
    commitment and record of achievement to building the capacity of local
    partners.
  • Strong
    verbal and written English communication skills.
  • Computer
    literacy skills i.e. proficient in Microsoft Office applications including
    Word, Excel, Power Point; Outlook
Personal Competencies:
Innovation: Develops new, better or significantly
different ideas, methods, solutions or initiatives within your role that result
in improvement of IntraHealth’s performance and meeting objectives, results and
global commitments.
Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for all
work activities, research and personal actions and decisions; follows through on
commitments and focuses on those activities that have the greatest impact on
meeting measurable high quality results for IntraHealth’s success.
Service Excellence: Knowledge of and ability to put into action
concepts, processes and techniques to access internal and/or external client
needs and expectations and meet or exceed those needs and expectations through
providing excellent service directly or indirectly.
Planning and Organizing: Develops clear goals that are consistent
with agreed upon strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments;
adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate time and resources for
completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; and
monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary.
Interpersonal Relationships: Knowledge of and the ability to effectively
interact within and across program areas in a constructive and collaborative
manner.
Effective Oral and Written
Communication: Understands
effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively
transmit, explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language
appropriate to the audience; and receive, and accurately interpret ideas,
information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication
behaviors
How to Apply: 
All candidates are strongly
encouraged to send their applications to the HR & Administration Officer
including at least two preferred locations, an updated CV, and photocopies of
their certificates and testimonials via email to jobs-uganda@intrahealth.org
NB:
Total file size of attachments should not exceed 2MB.
Deadline: Friday, 7th November 2014.

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