Program Officer/HCT Career Jobs – African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET)

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Organisation: African Field
Epidemiology Network (AFENET)
Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Senior Program
Officer/ HCT
About Us:
The African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) is a not for profit,
networking alliance and service organization that brings together field
epidemiology training programs (FETPs) across Africa working side by side with
Ministries of Health, regional and international partners. AFENET works to
strengthen epidemiological and disease surveillance capabilities of African
countries that are critical to meeting the requirements of the Integrated
Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy and the International Health
Regulations (IHR).
About PEPFAR Project:
AFENET was in April 2016 awarded a five-year cooperative agreement:
Strengthening the Uganda Ministry of Health Capacity to Execute its Essential
Public Health Functions through Provision of Technical Assistance and Public
Health Workforce Development and Institutional Capacity Building in the
Republic of Uganda, under PEPFAR.
Job Summary: The Program
Officer/HCT will take part in the scaling-up access to HCT services Integrating
HIV Prevention messages into HCT
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Actively participate in the development
    and review of policies, plans, 
    strategies, guidelines and standards either HCT and monitor their
    implementation.
  • Participate in planning and budgeting for
    HCT activities
  • Providing support to a broad portfolio of
    implementing partners, districts, facilities, etc who provide health
    services in HCT using a variety of programmatic approaches
  • Enhancing collaboration linkages between
    the local Government, Non-governmental Organizations, Communities and
    Public Private Partnerships in Health.
  • Preparing and submitting periodic
    performance reports to the relevant authorities.
  • Providing support and research initiatives
  • Participating in capacity building and
    development activities targeting districts, facilities, and other health
    workers at various levels for improved service delivery
  • Attending coordination meetings with
    Implementing Partners and other key stakeholders
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The applicant should preferably hold a
    Bachelor’s degree in Medicine or the equivalent from a from a recognized
    University
  • Possession of a Master’s Degree in Public
    Health or any other health related relevant science field will be of an
    added advantage
  • A minimum of three years of related work
    experience in implementing HIV/AIDS related programs at national level
  • Demonstrated leadership and supervision
    skills, team work, excellent communication & writing skills
  • Demonstrated knowledge of strategic
    planning and understanding of the strategic direction of MoH and of PEPFAR
    programmes
  • Demonstrated advanced level skills in
    various computer packages
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to send their updated
resumes, application letters, and relevant documentation to: The Administration
& Human Resource Office, African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) via
Email to: sec@afenet.net
Deadline: 3rd February,
2017
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