Job Title: Technical Advisor – PMTCT
Organisation: University
Research Co., LLC (URC)
Research Co., LLC (URC)
Project Name: USAID
RHITES-N Acholi Project
RHITES-N Acholi Project
Duty Station: Gulu,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Senior HIV
Advisor
Advisor
About US:
University Research Co., LLC
(URC) is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care,
social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate,
the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries,
including the United States.
(URC) is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care,
social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate,
the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries,
including the United States.
About USAID RHITES-N Acholi Project;
With the RHITES-N Acholi
Project (Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in Northern Uganda –
Acholi), USAID will continue its support of the Government of Uganda’s (GOU)
efforts to improve access to and use of health services in the country’s post-conflict
northern region. RHITES-N Acholi Project activities will build on USAID
investments and national advances to increase access to and use of high-quality
integrated services that accelerate the ability and capacity to respond to the
specific health needs of residents in the Acholi sub-region, leveraging the
URC-ASSIST project successes.
Project (Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in Northern Uganda –
Acholi), USAID will continue its support of the Government of Uganda’s (GOU)
efforts to improve access to and use of health services in the country’s post-conflict
northern region. RHITES-N Acholi Project activities will build on USAID
investments and national advances to increase access to and use of high-quality
integrated services that accelerate the ability and capacity to respond to the
specific health needs of residents in the Acholi sub-region, leveraging the
URC-ASSIST project successes.
Job Summary: The PMTCT
Advisor will support health unit management and service delivery teams to
provide quality PMTCT services according to national guidelines.
Advisor will support health unit management and service delivery teams to
provide quality PMTCT services according to national guidelines.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Overall responsibility for
achieving project targets for PMTCT services.
achieving project targets for PMTCT services.
- Provide
technical leadership and support to the district health unit service
delivery teams for the PMTCT - Have
the overall responsibility for increasing demand, access to and
availability of quality PMTCT services in the RHITES–N Acholi project
supported sites and communities. - Work
with the community linkages teams to oversee eMTCT activities including
pregnant women mapping to improve first ANC, fourth ANC, and skilled birth
attendance. - Together
with appropriate MOH teams, carry out an evaluation of strengths and gaps
within current PMTCT services at RHITES-N Acholi supported facilities,
including technical capacity issues - Work
closely with facility teams/managers, other stakeholders and MOH to
rationally plan for and implement activities to build onto the strengths
and address the gaps to ensure delivery of quality PMTCT services. - Ensure
smooth and functional integration of RHITES-N Acholi supported PMTCT
service delivery and capacity building activities within the health
facility systems - Forge
and manage partnerships with key project partners and MOH to appropriately
and innovatively support the district health and facility managers and
service delivery teams to implement the Uganda PMTCT/EID service scale up
strategy within facilities supported by the project. Specific tasks under
this will include, but not limited to: - Closely
coordinate with the Ministry of Health to roll out implementation of the
new - PMTCT
care and treatment guidelines to RHITES-N, Acholi supported facilities, as
per the MOH strategy. - Plan
for and implement MOH-developed technical and quality improvement
trainings, utilization of MOH data tools and job aids to facilitate
successful implementation. - Implement
follow-on support supervision, mentoring and coaching to enhance service
provider application of skills to service delivery. - Ensure
functional linkages and referrals/counter-referrals between RHITES-N,
Acholi supported facilities, other facilities supported by other partners,
community-based services and the private sector. - With
the RHITES-N, Acholi MEL Director and MOH relevant team, develop and
implement an activity documentation, monitoring and progress reporting
framework that addresses requirements of the MOH, USAID and RHITES-N,
Acholi activity. - Work
closely with laboratory technical team to oversee EID, CD4, and VL
services are provided in supported units, ensuring timely collection, and
return of samples. - Make
regular task-specific progress reports to the RHITES-N, Acholi Chief of
Party and MoH, as necessary. - Participate
in regular RHITES-N, Acholi meetings with partners, MOH and USAID, as
scheduled. - Perform
other duties as assigned by the RHITES-N, Acholi leadership.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
applicants for the USAID Project Technical Advisor – PMTCT career
opportunity must hold a Degree in Medicine or public health with at least
4 years’ experience in technically leading/Advising large scale PMTCT
programs in Uganda. - Two
years of working with districts and health facilities to improve their
PMTCT programs. - Two
years’ experience of providing technical support to PMTCT programs - Previous
experience of working in northern Uganda - A
good working knowledge of the guidelines for PMTCT. - Ability
and willingness to travel within the supported districts for 50% of the
time. - Experience
of working with diverse groups of stakeholders such as government, NGOs,
and private-sector partners. - Ability
to organize, analyze, interpret and program performance data.
Please note: Only
candidates who are eligible to work in Uganda for an indefinite period without
a need for sponsorship will be considered for this position.
candidates who are eligible to work in Uganda for an indefinite period without
a need for sponsorship will be considered for this position.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested candidates who wish to join the URC should upload their updated CVs
/ résumés and cover letters at the link below. Also, please complete your
application form and attach a completed USAID Form 1420 Contractor Employee
Biographical Data Sheet as well, download it
here.
interested candidates who wish to join the URC should upload their updated CVs
/ résumés and cover letters at the link below. Also, please complete your
application form and attach a completed USAID Form 1420 Contractor Employee
Biographical Data Sheet as well, download it
here.
Deadline: 20th April 2018 by 5:00 pm
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