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• Coordinate capacity building activities
• Develop district level and project
  capacity building plans
• Identify unique HR planning and PM
  challenges and gaps in different districts and Regional Referral Hospitals
  and support them to design appropriate local solutions
• Facilitate working continuously with
  regional and local partners to achieve ownership, political support, and
  skills transfer for overall project sustainability.
• Offer technical leadership in sharing,
  adapting and developing new and improved HR strategies, tools and
  interventions for improved planning, performance management and document
  intervention outcomes
• Support adherence and use of technical
  performance standards, engage district and facility teams to conduct
  performance evaluations at least annually; and ensure annual performance
  improvement plans are developed and supervision tools used.
• Facilitate implementation of project
  interventions and approaches in the areas of recruitment, deployment, and
  retention
• Work with stakeholders at the district
  level to create a culture of data use, through developing a strategy for
  building capacity to analyze data and draw conclusions that will improve
  decision-making and planning.
• Ensure functionality of HRIS in all
  districts and follow-up corrective action when needed
• Support the health sector managers to review
  and operationalize HR policies, guidelines, and procedures
• Prepare and provide regular reports on
  monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

• Coordinated capacity building activities
  for the supported districts and the program team.
• Capacity for HRH Planning, data analysis
  and use built among DHMT, Regional Referral Hospital management teams and
  HR managers in the districts
• Comprehensive and costed HRH plans
  developed annually and HRH reports prepared quarterly and annually as an
  integral part of the district health plans and RRH plans.
• Routine Performance monitoring and
  appraisal implemented
• Rewards and sanctions system established
• Coordinated and supported the
  implementation of results-oriented district support supervision
• HRIS functional, database maintained
  up-to-date and data regularly analyzed and used for decision making in the
  districts and regional referral hospitals.

• The applicant for the USAID EGPAF RHITES
  Project Human Resources for Health Officer job opportunity should hold an
  advanced degree in public health, epidemiology, economics, biostatistics,
  or social sciences field related to human resources for health (e.g.,
  management, public policy).
• At least five years’ experience
  implementing or managing HRH or related activities in Uganda, including
  involvement in several of the following areas: National HRH assessment,
  workforce policy and planning, HR development and management and
  deployment of HR information systems, leadership development, workforce
  projections and costing, HRH performance management and improvement,
  delivering or evaluating education for health professionals.
• Familiarity and experience working with
  the Uganda health care system, the Ministry of Health, District
  Government, and other development organizations in Uganda is a plus.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills, work as
  effective member and provide technical guidance to complex multi-site
  activities.
• Experience and functional familiarity with
  HRIS or similar systems, or ability to develop those skills quickly
• Proven ability to carry out analysis of
  HRH issues; and sound costing of interventions to motivate resource
  allocation for HRH.
• Experience working on USAID-funded
  projects highly desirable
• Clear commitment and record of achievement
  to building the capacity of local partners.
• Strong verbal and written English
  communication skills.
• Computer literacy in MS Office
  applications including Word, Excel, Power Point; Outlook

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