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• Supporting the RDA program’s advocacy
  efforts by assisting with drafting petitions, policy briefs, briefing
  papers, internal memorandums, and other advocacy documents.
• Using editing skills to assist with
  fact-checking of reports, petitions, draft publications, and other
  documents as needed.
• Carrying out legal and policy research and
  analysis on international law, human rights law, and foreign and
  comparative law.
• Develop and share program meeting minutes.
• Develop legal analyses of laws and bills
  in Uganda from a human rights perspective.
• Constantly work in consultation and
  support of the Program Manager to implement health rights advocacy and
  documentation projects in line with the overall CEHURD Strategic Plan.
• Actively promote appropriate linkages
  between CEHURD’s other programs and the health rights advocacy and
  documentation work.
• Promote a rights based approach in
  programming work on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights.
• Develop health rights advocacy and
  documentation work plans and budgets.
• Mapping and keeping data for the partners
  identified in health rights advocacy.
• Conduct parliamentary advocacy in health
  including keeping abreast with relevant parliamentary committees for
  example committee on health and human rights.
• Engaging with health rights related
  institutions in Uganda including the human rights commission.
• Carry out and engage in all activities
  involving the Ministry of Health in Uganda particularly the reproductive
  health thematic areas and the Maternal and Child Health processes.
• Organize and attend all meetings and
  training by CEHURD and or other relevant partners in advocacy for health.
• Engage in and carry out research in health
  related fields of particular interest to CEHURD in given periods of time.
• Provide support to proposal development
  processes in line with the strategic plan of CEHURD
• Coordinate work that is being implemented
  between the different programs of CEHURD. 
  
• In addition to individual respective
  tasks, the Programme Officer will be expected:
• Adhere
  to CEHURD values and to actively promote their application amongst colleagues.
• Undertake
  tasks in a creative, self-driven and innovative fashion.
• Identify
  and implement additional tasks/ideas of benefit to the organization. 

• The ideal candidate for the Programme
  Officer vacancy must hold a Bachelors’ Degree in Law, Human Rights, Social
  Science, Political Science, Economics, Public Health or any related
  qualifications.
• Possession of a Post Graduate
  qualification in any of the fields above will be an added advantage
• Prior experience in Human Rights and the
  Right to Health Advocacy is highly desirable.
• At least five years’ experience working on
  advocacy issues and/or research
• Good analytical skills
• Good leadership skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication
  skills
• Team skills
• Resource mobilization skills
• Innovative spirit and willingness to use
  creative thinking.

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