USAID RHITES Community Engagement and Mobilization Officer Jobs – Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)

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Organization: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
(EGPAF)
Project Name: USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance
Health Services in the South West Uganda Project (RHITES)
Duty Station: Mbarara, Uganda
Reports to: Associate Director, Community Linkages and Demand
Creation
About US:
The
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) seeks to end pediatric
HIV/AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. We
are a global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS, working in 15
countries and at 7,000 sites around the world to prevent the transmission of
HIV to children, and to help those already infected. Today, because of the
highly successful work of the Foundation and its partners over the last 25
years, pediatric AIDS has been virtually eliminated in the United States and
new infections in children have declined by 58% worldwide. EGPAF Uganda Country
program is currently implementing a number of projects in partnership with
various donors.
About USAID RHITES Project:
The
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) implements the USAID
Regional Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in the South West Uganda
Project (RHITES) whose aim is to increase the availability, accessibility and
quality of integrated health services including HIV and TB prevention, care and
treatment; maternal, neonatal and child health services; family planning;
nutrition assessment, counseling support; malaria prevention and treatment and
other primary care services.
Job Summary: The Community Engagement and Mobilization Officer will
offer timely technical and program oversight in the areas of strengthening
community engagement and mobilization in the integrated health project
activities including identifying and working with community resources persons ,
community leaders, CBOs, CSOs, PLHIV and other community groups. The incumbent
will work in close collaboration with community resource persons and community
leaders to spearhead the formation and functionality of community peer groups
that will contribute to increased’ demand, uptake and utilization of the
integrated health services in the districts of support. The incumbent will
provide technical guidance in the development and implementation of activities
that facilitate linkages and referrals linkage between and within communities
and health facilities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
Provide oversight on the
implementation of community activities including leadership engagement and
supporting formation and functionality of community peer or psychosocial
groups. These include but are not limited to MNCH peer classes, Family Life
Schools, Family Support Groups, Ariel club groups, youth and adolescent groups.
  • Work closely with District Health Educators
    and Community Development Office to strengthen community based structures
    that will create demand for HIV/AIDS care, treatment, Nutrition, SMC,
    MNCH, Malaria and PMTCT and TB/HIV services; and also act as a major platform
    for referrals and linkages to enhance access to these services.
  • Support implementation of the project’s core
    activities and , strengthen community linkages to increase access, and
    retention of available integrated health services , (HIV/AIDS, TB,
    malaria, nutrition, family planning, and maternal, neonatal and child
    health care) in close collaboration with the DHT, local leaders and
    existing community groups or CSOs
Strengthen the
performance management and capacity building mechanism for community resource
persons and peer group structure that the project engages to implement the
integrated project:
  • Organize and facilitate periodic reviews
    meetings of community HIV/AIDS, MNCH/SRH/FP, Malaria and Nutrition
    activities at the health center level, as well as linkages to care, with
    the involvement of VHTs, community representatives, health center staff
    and members of the DHMT.
  • Coordinate development of district work plans
    and supervisory support for the development and implementation of
    community action plans for the project.
  • Support the identification and build capacity
    of the peer group facilitators to establish and manage the community peer
    groups.
  • Mentor and coach community leaders/peer
    facilitates and other community resource people in the implementation of
    their advocacy role in the available health services at health facilities.
Support the development
of data collection systems and tools for the peer and community group
activities:
  • Facilitate data collection from community
    intervention activities and health facilities and its submission to EGPAF
    country office.
  • Actively contribute to identification and
    documentation of promising practices and success stories that will
    contribute to the body of knowledge in the area of provision of integrated
    health services at the community level and strengthening community
    engagement.
  • Provide administrative and logistical support
    to the community cadres and ensuring that the project assets are properly
    secured and kept in good working condition.
  • Timely prepare and submit weekly, monthly and
    quarterly reports on the activity implementation progress.
  • Manage project finances and other resources
    related to implementation of activities in the assigned district in line
    with the project’s finance guidelines.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant for the USAID Project Community
    Engagement and Mobilization Officer job opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s
    degree in Social Science, Community Development or Nursing or Public
    health. Related community health and post graduate qualifications will be
    an added advantage.
  • A minimum of three to five years’ experience
    in implementing community health integrated programs especially those
    related MNCH, HIV /AIDS, PMTCT, Malaria, SRH, TB.
  • Previous exposure and experience in building
    capacity at individual and organizational levels; skills in at least two
    or more of the following technical areas: a) strengthening service
    delivery programs at the community level, b) strengthening
    community-facility linkages, psychosocial support, and c) integrating
    health service delivery into community structures.
  • Prior experience in formation and supporting
    functionality of community support/peer groups.
  • Broad working knowledge of community
    structures and cultural practices in the south western Uganda is
    essential.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their
applications to this address;
The
Country Director, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), Plot 18A
Kyadondo Road, Nakasero, P.O. Box 21127, Kampala, Uganda
E-mail to: UgandaRecruitment@pedaids.org
Deadline: 9th July 2016
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