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Job Title:   District Based Trainers (DBTs) 15 A’ Level Jobs

Organisation: Youth Alive Uganda

Duty Station:  Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono, Uganda

Reports to: Gender and Youth social inclusion (GYSI) Advisor

About US:

Youth Alive Uganda is the leader in innovative children, adolescents and youth integrated development programming since 1993. Youth Alive Uganda is a registered youth led and children/youth focused NGO that implements children and youth integrated development programs across the country in four thematic areas; Health, Livelihood, Education, Human rights and skills Development and Mentorship.

About USAID Project:

Youth Alive Uganda is a member of the Jhpiego led consortium implementing a five-year Urban Health Activity in Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Activity aims to strengthen urban health systems and improve equitable health outcomes among all urban dwellers by working with districts, municipalities, and the Kampala Capital City Authority to provide quality primary healthcare services. It also focuses on optimizing available resources and enhancing private sector capacity to ensure sustainable improvements in health outcomes and a more resilient urban healthcare system. The Activity will address poor quality of care, congestion in public health facilities, uncoordinated referral system, weak community and surveillance structures, limited private sector capacity, and gaps in enabling environment results in poor health outcomes. The project’s key expected results include the following: improved access to and use of quality, maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH), nutrition, and malaria services and improved disease outbreak response.

Job Summary:  District Based Trainer (DBT) will provide support, as guided by the Gender and Youth social inclusion (GYSI) Officer, to community level implementation targeting the urban poor population. S/he will ensure active engagement of vulnerable youth, and women groups inn ds in community activities. The DBT will enhance access to and use of health services and ensure waste and pollution reduction at the community and house level. The DBT will support training, linkages and reporting of all the community structures in the gender and youth social inclusion platform. The DBT support the GYSI Officer to oversee the implementation of integrated youth and gender inclusive programs among the community structures involved in delivery of health services.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• With guidance from the Gender and Youth social inclusion (GYSI) Officer;
• Support to mobilize, organize and coordinate health education for children, adolescents, and young people at the facility and community.
• Mobilise implement, and report on urban poor youth and women peer group activities.
• Support review of urban poor youth and women community structures reports at city division/district level.
• Support formation of urban poor youth and women peer support groups and liaise with other service providers for integrated health services.
• Support urban poor youth and women peer group activities at household, facility and community level.
• Support and collaborate with the community technical and local leaders like CDOs, LCI Chairpersons, VHTs, PSWs among others to link youth and women groups to other services.
• Link urban poor youth and women community groups to eco-friendly, health-enhancing businesses and micro enterprises.
• Support community youth and women groups to form and or join VSLA.
• Support supervise community structures to profile, map and support urban poor to access project activities at healthcare facility and surrounding communities
• Support community structures to plan and deliver health promotion sessions at facility and community level
• Maintain a good track of all children, youth and women who nee RMNCAH and Nutrition and services.
• Support community dialogues and follow ups activities with cultural, religious and social influencers in on gender transformation at community level.
• Work with project staff, local leaders and community structures to promote urban waste management particularly plastic waste management and promotion of recycling

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  

• Completed senior six and able to communicate fluently in the English language.
• Good NGO work experience in ASRHR and MCHN programs.
• Good experience around community programs for women and youth.
• Good digital skills-Can use a smart phone and have computer skills
• Ability to work with several stakeholders at household, community and facility level

How to Apply:

Interested applicants with the required qualifications, knowledge, skills attribute, and abilities should apply through Email to: hr@youthaliveuganda.org

Deadline: 12th January 2025.

NB: Only Shortlisted Candidates shall be contacted.

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