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Job Title:    Program Officer (USHA) 3 Job
Vacancies

Organisation: BRAC
Uganda

Project Name:
Uganda Sanitation for Health Activity (USHA)

Duty Station:  
Kampala, Jinja and Masaka, Uganda

About US:

BRAC is a global
leader in creating large-scale opportunities for the poor. Founded in
Bangladesh in 1972, it is now one of the world’s largest development
organizations, touching the lives of an estimated 138 million people in 11
countries across Asia and Africa. BRAC Uganda NGO operates in:1) Agriculture,
Food Security & Livelihood; 2) Health Program;3) Ultra Poor
Graduation/Disability Inclusion; 4) Education & youth Empowerment-
(Inclusive of scholarship programs);5) Emergence preparedness Response; and 6)
Gender Equality and Women development. We are operating in 114 districts in
Uganda. BRAC Uganda Country Office is located at Plot 880, Heritage Road,
Nsambya.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Planning,
organizing, and implementing sanitation and hygiene activities in BRAC branch
areas of operation

·       
Organizing
community events to promote and popularize sanitation products to improve
household’s sanitation status

·       
Developing
scopes of work for training and procurement related activities among etc.

·       
Taking
leading role in supervising project officers and CHPs effectively ensuring 100%
activeness in sato sales monthly

·       
Ensure
achievement of project officers branch performance indicator(s) monthly

·       
Capacity
building, mentoring, coaching of project officers, CHPs on SATO marketing and
sales pitching.

·       
Hold
periodic review meetings and use evidence to provide support on SATO sales.

·       
Pro-actively
conduct follow-ups to actual and potential clients in the project
implementation areas.

·       
Promote
social behavior change (SBC) on sanitation and hygiene interventions in the
project areas of operation.

·       
Documenting,
monitoring, and tracking SATO sales and reporting (produce quality complete
reports) weekly, monthly and quarterly

·       
Use
evidence-based data to plan, supervise and make informed decisions to drive
SATO sales.

·       
Ensure
the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and
exploitation.

·       
Act as a
key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing
a safe working environment.

·       
Practice,
promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and
ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

·       
Following
the safeguarding reporting procedure in case reportable incident takes place,
encourage others to do so.

·       
Any
other related activities or tasks as need may arise during course of
implementation

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Health i.e., Environmental Health,
Sanitation, other health related/or Social Sciences.

·       
Two to three
years’ experience with strong communication and sanitation marketing skills;

·       
Self-driven,
passionate and result oriented;

·       
Experience
implementing USAID WASH project is an asset.

·       
Computer
skills using smart phones/ digital skills for tracking and reporting SATO sales
in real time.

·       
Reliable,
dependable with ability to work under pressure to achieve set project
deliverables/targets.

·       
Networking
skills with local leaders, masons, and community health workers/CHWs

How to Apply:

All interested
candidates should send their Application, CV and Academic documents as a one
document addressed to the Head Human Resources by email to hrd.uganda@brac.net

The subject must be
the name of the position applied for strictly when submitting. Only complete
applications will be accepted, and only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.

Deadline: 14^th January 2021 

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