Job Title: Assistant Community Educator
Organization: Baylor
College of Medicine Children’s Foundation
College of Medicine Children’s Foundation
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Report to: Community
Educator
Educator
About US:
Baylor College of Medicine
Children’s Foundation – Uganda (Baylor -Uganda) is a private not for profit NGO
that provides: HIV/AIDS care, treatment and prevention services; maternal child
health services; Health Professional training and Clinical Research.
Children’s Foundation – Uganda (Baylor -Uganda) is a private not for profit NGO
that provides: HIV/AIDS care, treatment and prevention services; maternal child
health services; Health Professional training and Clinical Research.
Job Summary: The Assistant
Community Educator will be responsible for assisting the Community Educator to
nurture community partnerships and community based study activities in HIV
prevention studies focusing on women at high risk of HIV. Work in collaboration
with other study team members to support Baylor-Uganda cross-cutting community
partnerships as well as to optimize community engagement throughout the
research cycle.
Community Educator will be responsible for assisting the Community Educator to
nurture community partnerships and community based study activities in HIV
prevention studies focusing on women at high risk of HIV. Work in collaboration
with other study team members to support Baylor-Uganda cross-cutting community
partnerships as well as to optimize community engagement throughout the
research cycle.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Map
and engage community based stakeholders and service providers relevant to the
proposed study populations - Support
community engagement throughout the study cycle - Manage
the peers working on the study - Plan
and develop strategies for retention of study participants - Support
community based study preparation activities such as contacting various
stakeholders, laying ground work for study recruitment, community
sensitizations/ mobilizations, and dissemination of study findings - Lead
community-based sensitization and screening activities - Build
strong relationships with media representatives, liaise with and respond
to enquiries from media, civil society and key stakeholders
Plan, develop and implement local dissemination strategies - Actively
participate in other cross-cutting activities to support community
engagement across the research cycle at Baylor-Uganda together with
community team.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
ideal candidate for the Baylor Uganda Assistant Community Educator job
opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, Social
Sciences & Community Development or any relevant degree - Two
years of experience working with Key Populations Communities, Experience
in recruiting for HIV prevention Studies & adolescent girls/women at
risk of HIV - Ability
and willingness to work in the field
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested candidates should send their applications to the address below
including a detailed CV demonstrating possession of the job requirements,
current position, names and addresses of three referees i.e. email and phone
addresses, copies of professional/academic documents, email address, and day
time telephone contact. The applicant must have at most a credit 6 in Math and
English.
interested candidates should send their applications to the address below
including a detailed CV demonstrating possession of the job requirements,
current position, names and addresses of three referees i.e. email and phone
addresses, copies of professional/academic documents, email address, and day
time telephone contact. The applicant must have at most a credit 6 in Math and
English.
Send applications via E-mail
to: [email protected].
to: [email protected].
The Human Resources Manager,
Baylor College of Medicine
Children’s Foundation-Uganda,
Children’s Foundation-Uganda,
Block 5 Mulago Hospital,
P.O. Box 72052, Clock Tower,
Kampala. Uganda
Kampala. Uganda
Deadline: 17th January 2018
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