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Job Title:        Project Coordinator

Organization: ACODEV 

Duty Station: Uganda

Reports to: Program
Manager (PM)

About US:

ACODEV is an NGO
that was established in 2003 and fully registered by government of Uganda.
Initially founded as a self funded health program to fill service delivery gap
in communities during the political insurgency in the Rwenzori region of
Western Uganda that witnessed human rights abuses, gender based violence,
breakdown in social and health systems; ACODEV has grown and expanded its
programs for the benefit of communities targeting children and youth in various
districts of Uganda. Today we have presence in more than 28 districts in
Western, Central and Northern regions of Uganda. We are spreading our wings
with different innovative development and humanitarian programs to other parts
of Uganda, East and Southern Africa.

ACODEV envisions a
society where children, women and men are happy, healthy and economically
productive.

Job Summary:   The Project Coordinator plays an important
team and project support function within Action for Community Development
(ACODEV’s) large, complex, and fast paced Department of Health. The Program
Coordinator is responsible for providing cross-cutting administrative and
operational support to the Family Planning Health team and its project, which
encompasses providing technical leadership to the team in implementation of
family planning project in Adjumani district. The Coordinator works in close
collaboration with relevant department and project specific team members,
Knowledge Management staff, and others across the department and Organization
to ensure his/her team and key stakeholders receive the necessary support to
work effectively and efficiently. To achieve this goal, the Coordinator will
promote actions in accordance with ACODEV’s policies and procedures, with calm
professionalism, an eye towards efficiency, and the enthusiasm to constantly
learn, teach, and support others in a collaborative way.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Planning and
implementation of project activities

• Prepare annual, quarterly, and monthly work plans, conduct monthly
  follow-up meetings with project stake-holders (main health facilities)
  VHTs, champions, role model men and DHOs office and ensure timely monthly
  reporting from the field.
• Ensure timely preparation and implementation of planned activities.
• Work closely with the VHTs and champions in each Sub-County to
  ensure their timely planning, implementation, recording and reporting of
  project activities.
• Coordinate and collaborate with government, partners, and local
  organizations through:
• Facilitating collaboration with health facility staff, District
  Health Officer, and sub-district health in-charge, CHWs, and other key
  health staff for the provision of quality services, ensuring stock and
  supply of commodities, coordination and support of FP health outreaches.
• Working with key stakeholders to identify and reach poorest and
  marginalized communities for inclusion in FP/RH services.
• Coordinate the joint District Health Team monitoring activities and
  document outcomes for action
• Participate in Quarterly District Health partners meetings and take
  up actions to improve SRHS provision
• Coordinate and manage logistics, in conjunction with the Program
  Manager to ensure efficient supply chain for FP commodities to all project
  target facilities in Adjumani.
• Work with other partners in the SRH field to identify best practices
  that can be replicated in the project to achieve the project results.
• Monitor and mentor Community Health Worker and Health Facility
  community outreach activities and overall project activities.
• Track progress of the overall project to ensure timely
  implementation of activities.
• Monitor and mentor VHT/FP-champions services and acknowledge quality
  services
• Track project activities to support meeting timely reporting
  requirements for funders.
• Communicate directly with the Program Manager to ensure progress
  against M&E indicators
• Offer a supervisory role to Project Officers, M&E officer,
  Health Center In-charges and Lead VHTs and FP champions directly involved
  in the project to ensure effective delivery of FP services
• Coordinate the trainings of project stakeholders including VHTs,
  Health workers, VHTs and FP champions
• Coordinate Community dialogues to improve uptake of Long Acting and
  permanent methods
• Coordinate the mentorships of VHTs and health workers on FP, PPIUDs
  and cervical cancer screening
• Work with the Program Manager to develop and disseminate quality
  assurance strategies to direct and guide service providers and community
  health workers.
• Participate in development, implementation and follow-up of all
  project related training activities
• Develop and maintain contacts with health and family planning
  professionals and governmental authorities, to identify and address
  reproductive health and family planning issues, and develop related
  services within the project target areas.
• Conduct monthly site visits, review the programming and
  implementation of ongoing project activities, prepare reports, make
  recommendations and conduct follow-up.
• Be responsible for accountability of all project advances made to
  him or her in field activity implementation.
• Participate in fundraising and resource mobilization including
  proposal writing for similar projects on family planning and reproductive
  health under ACODEV.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal candidate for the Project Coordinator (PC) career
  opportunity should hold a University degree in Nursing with Reproductive
  health experience and Family Planning training. Public health, or related
  field (a Master’s degree is preferred)
• Possession of a relevant Post graduate qualification is an added
  advantage
• At least three years’ experience and working knowledge in senior
  program management
• Possess excellent skills and experience in M&E, advocacy, report
  writing, participatory planning, financial management, Human Resource
  Management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Computer literacy skills i.e. proficiency in Email, word processing,
  spreadsheets
• Both a team player as well as able to work independently with minimum
  supervision.
• Personal Competencies: Planning, Proactive problem solving,
  Contributing to  team success,
  Managing work,
• Building partnerships, Communicating with impact, Initiating action,
  Information monitoring, Adaptability, Stress tolerance, Respect for
  others, Integrity, Diversity, Excellence, Accountability

How to Apply:

All candidates
should send a covering letter and updated CV specifying the job applied for
should be sent through: ed@acodevuganda.co.ug

Deadline: 10^th September 2019.

NB: Only
shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.

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