Job Title: Project Officer (2 Job Vacancies)
Organisation:
EngenderHealth
EngenderHealth
Project Name: Gates
Implant Initiatives Project – Increasing Access And Use Of Quality Family
Planning, Including Implant Services
Implant Initiatives Project – Increasing Access And Use Of Quality Family
Planning, Including Implant Services
Funding Source: Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation
& Melinda Gates Foundation
Duty Station: Masaka, Hoima, Uganda
About EngenderHealth:
EngenderHealth is a leading
global women’s health organization committed to ensuring that every pregnancy
is planned, every mother is healthy, and every child has the best chance of
survival. Working from more than 20 country offices in Africa and Asia, and our
New York and DC US headquarters, we partner with governments, and civil society
organizations to make high-quality maternal, neonatal and child health services
available in disadvantaged and poor communities.
global women’s health organization committed to ensuring that every pregnancy
is planned, every mother is healthy, and every child has the best chance of
survival. Working from more than 20 country offices in Africa and Asia, and our
New York and DC US headquarters, we partner with governments, and civil society
organizations to make high-quality maternal, neonatal and child health services
available in disadvantaged and poor communities.
About Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Project:
The Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation awarded EngenderHealth a grant to expand access to family planning,
including the under-utilized contraceptive implants and IUDs in Tanzania,
Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over a period of two years from
October 2013 – September 2015. The project results are; Capacity of providers
to offer quality family planning (FP) services increased, with focus on
implants and IUD, quality of FP services improved, with a focus on implants and
IUD and access to FP increased, with focus on implants and IUD
Foundation awarded EngenderHealth a grant to expand access to family planning,
including the under-utilized contraceptive implants and IUDs in Tanzania,
Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over a period of two years from
October 2013 – September 2015. The project results are; Capacity of providers
to offer quality family planning (FP) services increased, with focus on
implants and IUD, quality of FP services improved, with a focus on implants and
IUD and access to FP increased, with focus on implants and IUD
Job Summary: The Project
Officer has the primary responsibility of planning, organizing, implementing
and monitoring project activities at the district level and specifically at the
selected project assisted health facilities. He/she will ensure acceleration
and completion of the project work plan at district level. The job requires a
well-motivated and self-driven person who is able to work with minimum
supervision. He/she will work closely with District Health Office, Regional
Referral Hospital, lower level health staff, Village Health Teams; Youths and
the community. The project officer will ensure observation of client’s rights
and choice, quality FP services and commodity security.
Officer has the primary responsibility of planning, organizing, implementing
and monitoring project activities at the district level and specifically at the
selected project assisted health facilities. He/she will ensure acceleration
and completion of the project work plan at district level. The job requires a
well-motivated and self-driven person who is able to work with minimum
supervision. He/she will work closely with District Health Office, Regional
Referral Hospital, lower level health staff, Village Health Teams; Youths and
the community. The project officer will ensure observation of client’s rights
and choice, quality FP services and commodity security.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assists
the Field Project Coordinator to accelerate implementation of project
activities at district level including capacity building of health workers
in family planning; strengthening health facilities to provide quality
family planning services and increasing access of family planning services
support to the under-used implant and IUD services - Actively
participates in onsite training and mentoring and coaching on FP clinical
skills, service delivery approaches, community participation and mobilization,
and contraceptive supply security - Works
in liaison with health facility to plan, organize and implement special FP
days and outreaches on a monthly basis - Performs
regular support supervision to the selected project sites and works
closely with facility staff to implement project activities - Offers
technical support during support supervision and follow up visits while
ensuring sustainable strategies - Supports
mobilization, training and
engagement of youths in family
planning activities - Provides
support to ensure continuous availability of FP Commodities at all
facilities - Offers
technical support to VHT training, follow-up and their client mobilization for FP Special days
and outreaches - Writes
and submits activity and quarterly summary reports - Actively
coordinates data collection and analysis on family planning with M&E
Program Associate - Participates
in documenting lessons learned and success stories - Represents
the project at a district level to country partners to further the aims of
the project - Participates
in other activities assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
candidate should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in health related field or
related advanced degree relevant to the field of family planning and
reproductive health (FP/RH). - At
least five years programmatic and technical experience in FP/RH and/or
public health - Three
or more years’ experience in providing family planning services and
specifically Implants and IUD preferred. - Past
exposure and experience in youth programming is an advantage. - Past
experience and skills in conducting onsite technical support supervision;
follow up and providing supportive feedback on performance - Good
working knowledge and experience in quality improvement strategies,
willingness to learn EngenderHealth’ s COPE too - Excellent
interpersonal skills, capable of coordinating teamwork and high-performing
teams - Excellent
English and oral communication skills and computer skills - Demonstrated
working relationships with district officials from the public, private
commercial, and/or NGO sectors - Possess
the ability to travel up to 50% within the district
How to Apply:
All candidates who are suitably
qualified are encouraged to Apply at Engenderhealth e-recruitment website
online.
qualified are encouraged to Apply at Engenderhealth e-recruitment website
online.
Deadline: 23rd November, 2014.
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