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Job Title:     Communication Advisor

Organization: John Snow, Inc (JSI)

Funding Source: United States Agency for
International Development (USAID)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Monitoring Evaluation &
Learning

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:

 USAIDRHITES-N, Lango will improve the use of
integrated health services in Northern Uganda’s Lango region and strengthen the
health system to sustain gains made by earlier projects USAID-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-HIVprevalence 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

Job Summary: The Communications Advisor
role will focus on coordinating communications efforts for the project and work
with key project staff to help effectively communicate results and achievements
to donors, global audiences, and stakeholders such as the Ministry of Health
and others. The Communications Advisor oversees the execution of a
communication strategy for internal and external audiences to facilitate the
accessibility of the work of the RHITES-N, Lango project and the promotion of
services and products.  She/he plays a
critical role in ensuring all RHITES-N, Lango communication documents, tools,
and media serve the needs of the project, while enhancing the narrative of why
and how RHITES N, adds value to health service provision in Northern Uganda
Waking closely with Deputy Chief of Party and reports in the Monitoring,
Evaluation and Learning Advisor, the Communication Advisor works
collaboratively with project technical to ensure that project reporting
requirements are fulfilled in a timely manner.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·      
The ideal candidate  should hold a
Master’s Degree in Communications, International

·      
Development Public Health or related field

·      
At least four years of progressive experience in the area of
communications

·      
Experience working in communications for health Services communities,
Design experience using Adobe Phones, InDesign or similar systems is highly
desired.

How to Apply:

All
Interested candidates who meet the above requirements should send their
applications by email to ug-chites-n@ug.jsi.com addressed to the Human Resource
Manager attaching their application butters and CV to not later than December
13, 2019

JSI
is an equal opportunity employer so women are encouraged to apply

Deadline: 13^th December
2019 by 17:00hrs.

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