Non-profit Jobs – Director – Health, Social and Commercial Services at Red Cross Society

Organisation: Uganda Red
Cross Society (URCS)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Secretary
General
About URCS:
Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS)
is the leading National Humanitarian Organization in Uganda and a member of the
International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. The ICRC is an
International humanitarian institution which has a mandate to protect victims
of international and armed conflicts i.e. the wounded, refugees, civilians,
prisoners and other non-combatants.

Job Summary: The
Director – Health, Social and Commercial Services will lead the implementation
of the URCS Health, Social and Commercial Services Programs in line with the
URCS Strategy, existing policies and procedures of URCS and international best
practice/standards.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Actively
    coordinate and account for strategic and operational planning, program
    development, review/ evaluation and reporting processes for the Health,
    Social and Commercial Services Programs in line with URCS strategy
  • Take
    lead in the implementation of integration and mainstreaming initiatives
    for health and social services into other programs (e.g. into Disaster
    Risk Reduction) so as to have an integrated program delivery approach in
    line with the URCS Strategy
  • Provide
    quality assurance to Health, Social and Commercial Services’ program
    related reports and relevant communication to both internal and external
    stakeholders of URCS
  • Steer,
    coordinate and account for resource mobilization/ fundraising for all
    Health Services initiatives in the department in line with the URCS’
    fundraising strategy 
  • Provide
    leadership in Networking and building strategic alliances with partners
    and donors related to Health and social Services in line with
    organizational strategies and policies
  • Supervise,
    motivate, appraise staff in the Department and build the capacity of the
    staff in line with the URCS strategy and policies
  • Identify
    Health, Social and commercial Services-related capacity building and
    knowledge needs for URCS and its partners, coordinate the generation,
    storage and access to knowledge in line with the URCS Strategy
  • Position
    URCS as the partner of choice in relevant context with partners and donors
    identified through mapping, in collaboration with the USG Programs and
    Operations, and promote the visibility of URCS at national and regional
    platforms and forums concerning Health and Social Services in
    humanitarian, transitional and development programming. 
  • Responsible
    for the development and implementation of frameworks for documenting the evidence
    of best practices in Health, Social and Commercial Service programming and
    ensure the field teams incorporate the practices into the program while
    also enabling them to share across URCS and present at local and global
    forums.  And develop and disseminate information and evidence on
    URCS’ Health Service Programs, initiatives and impact
  • Actively
    participate in relevant meetings at the national, international and policy
    levels to advance URCS’ visibility and contribution to Health and Social
    Services. This may include meetings with governmental donor agencies, and
    related platforms and existing and new partners in the network
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:   
  • The
    ideal candidate should hold a Masters’ Degree in primary health care,
    community development, sociology, natural sciences, medicine and
    Management; Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health, Sociology, primary
    health care, Medicine; Training in; Project planning and management,
    Emergencies and Relief operations/ Disaster Risk Reduction, Participatory
    approaches and methodologies, Monitoring and evaluation.
  • Seven
    or more years practical experience in Health Services work, emergencies
    and relief work and development management;
  • At
    least three years’ experience in senior management 
Skills: Strategic
planning and management; Donor contract management; Staff and partner capacity
development; Communication and public relations; Resource Mobilization;
Monitoring & Evaluation; Networking and collaboration; Corporate
Governance; Computer literacy skills – MS Office applications, word, excel,
PowerPoint, Spread sheets
How to Apply: 
All candidates who desire to join the International Red Cross and Red Crescent
Movement should send their filled application forms, download
her
e
and E-mail to: vacancies@redcrossug.org or
mail via post to: The Interim Secretary General, Uganda Red Cross Society,
P.O. Box 494, Kampala, Uganda.
Deadline: Friday 28th November 2014 by 5.00pm.

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