Job Title: Outreach Team Leader
Organization: Marie
Stopes
Stopes
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Job Reference:
REF003/02/2015
REF003/02/2015
About MSI:
Marie Stopes International
exists to bring quality family planning and reproductive healthcare to the
world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. We’ve been delivering family
planning, safe abortion, and maternal health services for over 35 years.
Millions of women worldwide turn to us for help each year, whether in limiting
the size of their families, or avoiding dangerous complications in pregnancy or
unsafe abortion.
exists to bring quality family planning and reproductive healthcare to the
world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. We’ve been delivering family
planning, safe abortion, and maternal health services for over 35 years.
Millions of women worldwide turn to us for help each year, whether in limiting
the size of their families, or avoiding dangerous complications in pregnancy or
unsafe abortion.
Job Summary: The
Outreach Team leader will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high
quality family planning counselling and service provision by his/her outreach
team. S/he must be qualified and
competent to provide permanent family planning methods. S/he is responsible for
the appropriate supervision and quality of service delivery provided by the
Outreach Team. S/he is responsible for
correct, complete and timely submission of all outreach records and performance
data. S/he is responsible for empowering
all Outreach Team members: 1) meet and exceed MSI global minimum standards for
quality and agreed programme deliverables; and 2) comply with all MSI Uganda
policies and procedures
Outreach Team leader will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high
quality family planning counselling and service provision by his/her outreach
team. S/he must be qualified and
competent to provide permanent family planning methods. S/he is responsible for
the appropriate supervision and quality of service delivery provided by the
Outreach Team. S/he is responsible for
correct, complete and timely submission of all outreach records and performance
data. S/he is responsible for empowering
all Outreach Team members: 1) meet and exceed MSI global minimum standards for
quality and agreed programme deliverables; and 2) comply with all MSI Uganda
policies and procedures
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Compliance to Clinical
Standards and Operating Procedures:
Standards and Operating Procedures:
- Ensure
compliance with set Outreach protocols and standards - Ensure
that all the required monitoring tools (including but not limited to:
stock cards, stock management checklists, Outreach checklists, Quality
Assurance Checklists) are available and properly used by team members
2. Team Management:
- Ensure
that all team members clearly understand their roles and responsibilities
as per their job frameworks and as defined in the Outreach checklists - Responsible
for the daily supervision of team members and regular performance
appraisals completed in accordance with MSI Uganda policies
3. Data Quality
Assurance:
Assurance:
- Ensure
integrity and authenticity of all financial and programmatic data and
documentation - Ensure
proper record keeping, including: client records, informed consent forms,
stock cards, and event tracking - Responsible
for the completion of HMIS data validated by public health facilities and
is cross-referenced with CLIC and vehicle tracking data
4. Clinical Quality Assurance:
- Assure
standards of all services, counselling and infection prevention - Ensure
monthly self-administered quality assurance assessments are done and that
necessary steps are taken to improve performance - Ensure
that all team members receive training as necessary and performance improves
accordingly
5. Financial Management:
- Correct
and accurate management of petty cash - Appropriate
documentation and validation of all advance requests and reconciliations
for all team members - Ensure
timely submission of all financial documentation for validation - Responsible
for the accurate and timely submission of timesheets for all staff
6. Logistics Management:
- Correct
storage and forecasting of stock minimum and maximum levels - Send
monthly stock reports to Outreach Operations Officer - Correct
implementation of stock management protocols
7. Partnership and
Coordination:
Coordination:
- Effectively
liaise with Communications to effectively coordinate demand creation
activities - Initiate
partnerships within the districts with NGOs/CBOs to help in mobilization
of clients for FP services - Effectively
collaborate with SF Coordinators to ensure opportunities for coordination
and collaboration are maximized.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
applicant should be a Medical or Clinical Officer with a Diploma in Nursing/Midwifery
(must have qualifications to deliver family planning) - Working
knowledge of FP clinical procedures and minimum standards essential - Certification
in LARC and PM FP service delivery - USAID
training in FP compliance highly desirable - Working
knowledge of more than one Ugandan language - Past
experience and knowledge of FP service delivery at community level - Previous
experience managing and motivating teams - Ability
to manage and implement activities to agreed work plans, within budget and
in time - Keen
attention for detail - Proven
skills in effective conflict resolution - Past
experience working with public sector facilities desirable
The Outreach Team Leader is
required to demonstrate MSI Uganda’s core values of:
required to demonstrate MSI Uganda’s core values of:
- Accountability
of all staff to each other and our clients and stakeholders - Equality
of opportunity and access - Value
for money in the management of our resources
How to Apply:
All candidates who wish to join
Marie Stopes are strongly encouraged to send an updated CV and cover letter by
email to [email protected]
Marie Stopes are strongly encouraged to send an updated CV and cover letter by
email to [email protected]
NB:
Please do not attach transcripts
Please do not attach transcripts
Deadline: Friday 13th March, 2015 by 5pm
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