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Consortium
Uganda’s Response to Malaria (SURM)
and Lira, Uganda
15,037 gross per annum
is the world’s leading not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the
comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and
Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and
non-government agencies, academic institutions, and local and international
organisations, to ensure good evidence supports delivery of effective services,
providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and
activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning. Malaria
Consortium works to improve not only the health of the individual, but also the
capacity of national health systems, which helps relieve poverty and support
improved economic prosperity.
Uganda has received funding from DFID/UNICEF to implement the Strengthening
Uganda’s Response to Malaria (SURM) project which will focus on reducing the
impact of the leading causes of U5M morbidity and mortality in 16 districts in
Northern Uganda. The project will address lagging maternal and neonatal
mortality through a combination of iCCM and selected maternal and neonatal care
interventions. The project is implemented with UNICEF and spans a five-year
period (April 2018-March 2023) in 16 districts in the Northern region of Uganda.
The Diagnostic Officer will provide diagnostic technical and implementation
support to SURM project activities in districts in the Northern region
- The applicant for the Malaria Consortium Diagnostic Officer job
opportunity should hold a degree/diploma in Medical lab technologist with
public health degree/diploma. - Previous experience working in public health implementation or
communicable disease control in Africa - Experience in laboratory diagnostics
- Experience training others in laboratory techniques, including
malaria detection - Familiarity with the Ugandan health system
- Demonstrable experience and capacity in effective monitoring and
evaluation, including the design and conduct of surveys, data analysis and
interpretation relating to both quantitative and qualitative
methodologies, documentation and dissemination - Experience in carrying out field-based operational research
- Excellent communication skills, with a supportive management style
- Excellent stakeholder liaison skills, and experience in working in
partnerships to deliver programmes - Thorough understanding of both preventive and curative aspects of
malaria control - Familiarity with the strategies and guidelines of the Uganda
National Malaria Control Programme - Previous experience in training of health workers
- Experience in using participatory adult learning technique
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