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Job Title: Sexual Reproductive Health Specialist

Organisation: CARE International in Uganda (CARE)

Duty Station: Uganda

About US:

CARE is a global leader within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty. We are known everywhere for our unshakeable commitment to defending the dignity of people. CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice. We seek a world of hope, tolerance, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live with dignity and security. We put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. CARE has been working in Uganda for over 50 years. In FY ending June 2020, CARE improved the lives of nearly one million people in Uganda (62% women). Our ambition for the next five years is to reach 5 million people, through lifesaving and gender transformative programs

Job Summary: The Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Specialist has a technical responsibility for implementation of activities under the GFFO funded Project. S/he will be supervising and directly working with the Partner, health personnel and DHO of Madi Okollo and Terego other CARE staff and humanitarian agencies at settlement level to ensure that the objectives of the project are achieved. S/he will ensure that project activities at field level which include family planning, maternal and neonatal care, and case management of sexually transmitted diseases, post abortion care and the clinical management of sexual assault survivors are implemented in the most effective and efficient way.

Reporting to the Initiative Manager, the SRMH Specialist is technical in the areas of Sexual Reproductive and Maternal Health and Rights implementation.

S/he will be responsible for supporting and supervising the CARE supported health facilities to implement Reproductive Health activities including communities in the 2 settlements according to CARE’s SRMH work plans. S/he will facilitate linkages to health services, ensuring centre-based referrals, health service mapping and support capacity enhancement. The SRH specialist will ensure planning and preparation of weekly, monthly, and quarterly work plans and reports on field activities for timely submission to the Initiative Manager or SRMH Specialist. S/he is responsible for writing and documenting case stories of lessons learnt.

The SRH specialist working in collaboration with the MEAL team will monitor and update disaggregated SRMH database for CARE. S/he will monitor program supply inventory levels and perform monthly spot-checks on program commodity inventory. Under the various funding streams within the program, the SRH specialist contributes to integration of gender transformative program approaches and implementation of Sexual Reproductive and Maternal Health and Rights activities within the Humanitarian setting.

In addition to the above, the SRH specialist will be the focal person for CARE’s SRH interventions in Terego and Madi Okollo district (Imvepi and Rhino Refugee settlements).

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assess, facilitate, and strengthen the capacity for health workers and village health team’s/community health workers and target community to conduct SRMH activities.

• Design SRMH community training needs, assessment tools and methodologies relevant to the impact group of the project.
• Support and implement appropriate gender transformative strategies to address the capacity gaps of the identified target population.
• Work closely with health service providers and partner, to facilitate and organize training workshops to address SRMH and gender gaps and build skills.
• Adapt and/or develop and deploy standard IEC and SRH training materials as approved by CARE, MoH, WHO and recognized entities.
• Organize and lead relevant training on Sexual Reproductive Maternal health services including BEmONC, FP, MISP, Clinical management of Rape, ASRH etc.
• Ensure that all SRH activities implemented adhere to safety and respect the dignity of beneficiaries especially of women and girls.
• Substantially contribute to business development by participating in program design and proposal development in the area of technical competency.
• Ensure that financial and other entrusted project resources are used effectively and transparently for intended project goals.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (25% of time):

• Lead in the monitoring of SRMH information, focusing on knowledge, attitudes and skills of the impact population and different stakeholders.
• Identify existing resources and potential channels for communication that can be mobilized to inform the community and scale up interventions addressing SRMH challenges and gaps.
• Inform the Response team on key messages to be disseminated based on assessments and feedback from the target community and inform documentation processes.
• Prepare quality weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual plans and reports for implemented activities.
• Participate in evaluating progress towards achievement of project outcomes.
• Provide on-going support supervision and monitoring to the selected partner and project staff and to ensure delivery of quality services.
• Contributes to the creation and sharing of knowledge by synthesizing and documenting impact stories, lessons, success stories, best practices, strategies, and approaches.
• Analyze basic factors affecting the achievement of SRH results, recommend corrective action and follows up on recommendations.
• Work closely with MEAL staff, partners, and the records officer of the targeted health facilities through provision of support in the management of an SRMH data base.
• Ensure that settlement-based community structures and partner organizations are functioning and submitting reports to relevant community leaders, the sub county leaders, CARE and other relevant offices
• Provide on-going support supervision and monitoring to health providers and community structures to ensure delivery of quality SRMH services.
• Identify, prepare and document SRMH lessons learnt under Humanitarian Response.

Coordinate and nurture relationships with Local Governments, Refugee Settlements, and IP for synergy (25% of the time)

• Coordinate with and maintain productive professional relations with field staff, UNHCR, IP namely Restless Development, local governments at district and sub county levels and refugee settlement authorities.
• Support building referral mechanisms and ensure ASRH needs of, youth and especially out of schoolgirls are considered and addressed by service providers.
• Develop and support a collaborative and transparent working relationship between CARE, the IP and stakeholders on the ground based on effective and timely communication
• Represent CARE in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health coordination mechanisms aimed at harmonizing integration of programmes and technical working groups at national, district and settlement levels when required.

Promote Gender Equity & Diversity, and Safeguarding Practices (5%)                                                               

• Practice a behavior that is consistent with CARE’s core values and promotion of gender equity and diversity goals.
• Ensure that CARE Safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to by all and the staff that S/he supervisors both directly or indirectly.
• Ensure that staff and related personnel as well as partner staff are familiar with the following organizational policies and procedures, can apply them and identify breaches, The CI Safeguarding Policy, Protection from Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse and Child Abuse, The anti-discrimination and harassment policy, The Code of conduct.
• Ensure that an effective Complaints, Reporting and Feedback system in place for the supervised staff, beneficiaries and third parties.

Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor (5%)

• Perform roles as assigned by the Initiative Manager and any other duties incidental to the position.

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery or closely related clinical field is a MUST.
• A Master’s Degree in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health or Public Health, Social Sciences, Social Work, or any other closely related field, or relevant Post-Graduate Qualification with substantial content in Sexual Reproductive Health Rights is a MUST.
• At least five years’ practical experience in SRH programming and implementation with hands-on professional experience in community development, including experience and knowledge of working within conflict and post-conflict recovery, with a humanitarian and development background.
• Proven extensive experience implementing and technically leading programme activities on Sexual Reproductive Health.
• Strong working knowledge of M&E, report writing and documentation.
• Experience working through partnerships and implementing partners
• Excellence: Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; successfully completes assignments; ensures interactions and transactions are ethical and convey integrity.
• Integrity: Maintains social, ethical and organizational norms; firmly adheres to codes of conduct and ethical principles inherent to CARE.
• Communicating with Impact: Diplomatically, logically and clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the recipient / audience and helps them understand and retain their message.
• Facilitating Change: Supports and manages the change process at CARE Uganda by developing a culture affirmative of change; encouraging others to seek and act upon opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities; critically analyzing evolving and fluid situations; facilitating the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace; actively engaging with resistance to change.
• Strengthening Partnership: Identifying and utilizing opportunities within and outside of CARE Uganda to develop effective strategic relationships between one’s area and other areas/departments/units or external organizations to achieve CARE’s objectives.
• Management Excellence: Makes the connection between values and performance. Influences the performance of others, and ultimately, the performance of the organization. Sets direction, coaches & develops, promotes staff wellness & safety, practices & promotes compliance, models gender equity & diversity, communicates effectively.
• Developing Teams: Using appropriate methods and a flexible interpersonal style to help build a cohesive team; facilitates the completion of team goals.
• Diversity – Promoting, valuing, respecting and fully benefiting from each individual’s unique qualities, background, race, culture, age, gender, disability, values, lifestyle, perspectives or interests; creating and maintaining a work environment that promotes diversity.
• Adaptability- Expected to well adjust with the country, the CO operating environment and with the Project team to function effectively and efficiently
• Coaching – Ability to demonstrate to enhance skills and capacity of staff working in the field and office for them continue to serve CARE in the future program activities

How to Apply:

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Deadline: 14^th October 2022

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