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Job Title:         Community Outreach Officer
Organisation: Makerere
University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP)
Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Community
Outreach Coordinator
Position Number: MUWRP/17/17
About US:
The Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP) is a non-profit HIV
research program that was established in 2002 as a result of a memorandum of
understanding between Makerere University and The Henry M. Jackson foundation
for Advancement of Military Medicine Inc. of USA (HJF). The primary purpose of
MUWRP is to develop, evaluate and provide interventions to mitigate disease
threats of public health importance to Uganda.
Job Summary: The Community
Outreach Officer will actively promote meaningful and mutually beneficial
community participation in MUWRP Work.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Build and maintain close collaborative
    links with study communities through meetings with key stakeholders and
    study participants and working closely with project leaders on providing
    feedback to stake holders.
  • Conduct meetings with peer leaders of
    study participants to guide organization’s operations with the study
    population
  • Develop, implement and evaluate volunteer
    recruitment strategies and outreach efforts to increase awareness of, and
    enrolment into clinical research studies
  • The incumbent will engage in public
    relation activities within and out of the organization.
  • Support documenting organization‘s
    activities through writing impact stories, writing reports, working with
    relevant personnel to regularly update the institutional website.
  • The jobholder will also facilitate
    enrolment of research volunteers into the study.
  • Administer questionnaires to research
    volunteers
  • Conduct health education to Research
    Participants
  • Work closely with the research team to
    monitor and follow up of study participants for study compliance
  • Identify and bring to the attention of the
    research team, key barriers to research participant recruitment
  • Carry out home visits for the research
    volunteers if needed.
  • Participate in organizing project’s events
    and commemoration of the HIV international days
  • Facilitate CAB functions.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the Community
    Outreach Officer job opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Mass
    communication, Adult and Community Education, Social sciences or related
    field.
  • At least two years’ experience in Health
    communication, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Use of media technology, preparing IEC
    materials.
  • Previous experience with developing and
    updating website content will be added advantage.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should download the
application form, download here,
attach it together with application letters, CVs, Photocopies of academic
qualifications and three professional referees. The position number (Check top
of advert) and preferred location should clearly be stated in the application
letter.
Please send applications to:
The HR and Administration Manager,
Makerere University Walter Reed Project,
Plot 42 Nakasero Road.,
P.O. Box 16524 Kampala. Uganda
Deadline: 29th May 2017
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