Program Officer Care and Treatment USAID Non-profit Careers – John Snow, Inc (JSI)

Organization: John
Snow, Inc (JSI)
Funding Source: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: HIV
Advisor, Testing and Treatment
About US:
John Snow, Inc.
(JSI) is a leader in improving the health of individuals and communities by
providing high-quality technical and managerial assistance to public health
programs worldwide. JSI has implemented projects in 100 countries, and
currently operates from eight U.S. and 81 international offices for the past 30
years. The JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. ID a leading public
health research and consulting organization.
About USAID RHITES-N Project:
RHITES-N, Lango will
contribute to improving key population- based national health indicators; build
the capacity of the Ugandan government to carry out a sustainable and locally-
driven response to the HIV epidemic, while also improving TB, malaria,
nutrition, MNCH+A, and WASH outcomes. JSI will work with Ugandan stakeholders
to design and implement health system strengthening strategies to scale up
high-impact, evidence-based interventions at the national, sub-regional,
district, and community levels. Interventions will include VMMC, virtual
elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, antiretroviral therapy, and
condom education and distribution. JSI will focus where the greatest impact can
be realized, with a priority on hard-to-reach and high-HIV-prevalence
locations. RHITES-N, Lango is a five-year contract. The JSI team includes Amref
Health Africa, Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Another Option, and Medical Concierge
Group.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Support facilities, in collaboration with the district technical
    teams
  • Provide oversight over the care and treatments services in the RRH,
    PNFP facilities and private facilities in the region
  • Develop innovative approaches support the ART treatment polices,
    retention in care, continuum of care services and access to viral load in
    order to attain viral load suppression
  • Support RHITES-N, Lango teams in the implementation, and rollout of
    HIV testing and treatment services, at community and facility levels;
  • Provide oversight for the implementation of Differentiated Service
    Delivery in the facilities.
  • Conduct coaching and mentorship, training and joint supportive
    supervision at district and health facility level, to build the capacity
    of DHTs to support health facilities to improve HIV care services;
  • Contribute to work planning for achieving project objectives to
    ensure set targets are met
  • In collaboration with the monitoring and evaluation team and
    advisor, ensure that data collected is accurate, valid and captures
    process and outcome indicators.
  • Contribute to documentation of best practices success stories,
    abstracts, and regular updates to quarterly and annual reports; and
  • Perform any other duties as requested.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant for the Program Officer Care and Treatment USAID
    RHITES-N Project job placement should hold a Degree in medicine, nursing
    or public health, or equivalent, and significant levels of training in HIV
    care and treatment, including differentiated services delivery.
  • Three years of working with public or private health facilities to
    improve HIV care and Treatment services in Uganda, USAID-funded project
    experience is a plus;
  • Demonstrated ability improving quality of HIV care and Treatment
    services at scale;
  • Knowledge and experience in implementing quality improvement
    approaches
  • Ability to travel regularly to support facilities and districts to
    improve care and treatment services.
  • Excellent knowledge and understanding of both Ugandan and global
    guidelines for HIV care and treatment
  • Experience working with local governments / districts
  • Excellent command of data analytics and data use for decision
    making;
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills; and
  • Computer proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
How to Apply:
All candidates
should send their updated cover letters and updated CVs to ug-rhites-n@ug.jsi.com
Deadline: 21st September 2018
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