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Job Title:  Project Coordinator (Trachoma Project)

Organisation: Sightsavers

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Sightsavers is an International Development Organization which works with partners to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote equality of opportunity for people with disabilities in over 33 developing countries across Africa, Asia and America. Sightsavers seeks to achieve a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes and where visually impaired people participate equally in society. Each year, we improve the lives of millions of people in the poorest parts of the world. Sightsavers offers a great place to work within easy reach of London and Brighton.

Job Summary:  Sightsavers is currently seeking a Project Coordinator to support Trachoma project delivery in Uganda. The Project Coordinator will work with the District Local Governments and ensure trachoma elimination project activities are planned, implemented, monitored, evaluated, and reported to the highest possible standards, as laid out in Sightsavers Programme & Implementation Manual (PIM).

Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Project Coordinator key duties and accountabilities include:

• Working closely with the District Local Governments (DLGs) data management team to ensure trachoma surgery data is reported through DHIS2 tool/HMIS.
• Support partners to manage all aspects of the project cycle including planning, implementation, monitoring & evaluation.
• Work with partners to identify needs for technical support in relation to trachoma elimination estimates.
• Ensure that project partners (District Local Governments) monitor case finder and outreach work and deliver high quality project deliverables on timely basis.
• Coordinate transition and advocacy work with the DLGs as outlined in the project documents.
• Ensure routine data collection, entry, cleaning, and storage are accordingly implemented with program needs.
• Review and provide feedback to the program on the quality of methodologies established to collect data and document the protocols that are in place for the collection and aggregation of data.
• Develop relations and work with District Local Governments of the target sub-regions to achieve the objectives of the project.
• Represent Sightsavers to District Local Governments and development partners in the target regions.
• Assist project partners in the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
• Represent the project at various forums, meetings and advocate for the project aims and objectives.
• Internal travel is required.

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• As the successful candidate you will have experience with implementing programmes, in particular, neglected tropical disease programmes with a focus on Monitoring and Evaluation, and possess working experience or a tertiary qualification (bachelor’s or above) in social sciences, public health, development studies.
• Knowledge of the WHO SAFE approach to trachoma elimination.
• Experience in working with District Local Governments health departments.
• Demonstrated experience in data processing and management of large-scale surveys.
• Demonstrated experience of statistical and or data analysis packages (SPSS, STATA, Excel, Power BI).
• Prior experience carrying out qualitative and quantitative data collection.
• Knowledge and experience of working with district local governments and district health systems.
• Knowledge and experience of the NGO sector.
• Experience in advocacy work in health and in general development.
• Advanced computer skills in MS Office programs, particularly Excel.
• Previous experience implementing trachoma elimination programme/s.

Desirable:

• A post graduate Diploma in Research or M&E is an added advantage.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 18^th June 2023

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