Job Title: DREAMS Program Officer
Organisation: Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda)
Duty Station: Mityana, Uganda
About the Company:
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous not-for-profit child health and development organisation affiliated to the Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a Network of paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres of Excellence and international program offices in 11 countries across Africa and Eastern Europe.
Job Summary: The overall purpose of this job is to ensure project planning and management, coordination of quality and effective referral system for social and clinical-based services, organizational learning, reporting and documentation in the implementation of the DREAMS activities. Also provide technical leadership in the design and implementation of the community-based approaches to mobilize and engage, empower to access and utilize social and clinical HIV prevention services.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Effectively lead and plan DREAMS activities and set high quality performance targets ensuring adherence to technical standards, best practices and donor guidelines.
- Lead identification and enrollment of eligible AGYW in the DREAMS program the following donor guidance.
- Ensure AGYW enrolled in DREAMS are fully layered in accordance with the Uganda DREAMS layering table.
- Develop periodic, disseminate and track work plans (annual and quarterly) for the implementation of the DREAMS project activities in the SNU.
- Supervise all community-based demand creation activities for HIV diagnosis to identify negative AGYW and link them to social support (peer) groups and platforms to access HIV prevention services
- Compile and submit timely periodic progress reports to inform planning and decision making.
- Participate in the development and review of reporting formats/tools/ SOPs to enable comprehensive documentation of project achievements and adherence to standards.
- Participate in health workers, HRH and other stakeholders through capacity building to provide quality DREAMS services through CMEs, mentorship and technical support supervision
- Provide technical support supervision to Nabagereka Development Foundation (NDF) during implementation of SASA!.
- Prepare success stories/ CQI and briefs on innovation/best practices and project learning and experience sharing.
- Ensure regular follow up and documentation of Viral load suppression status of all AGYW on ART.
- Support DREAMS beneficiary assessments to track progress towards graduation.
- Support functionality of the District Action Centres.
- Participate in internal and CDC DREAMS weekly coordination and planning meeting.
- Support implementation of the Community – Health Facility framework and active linkage and referral network with CSOs and different thematic.
- Lead and monitor the compliance of the HRH DREAMS staff in within the SNU to ensure high quality DREAMS project implementation.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work & Social Administration or Public Health. A postgraduate Diploma in a related field will be an added advantage. Additional training in OVC Management, Child and Adolescent Counselling is required.
- A minimum 3 years of experience in programs targeting AGYW, orphans and vulnerable children and/or adolescent girls.
- Experience in facilitating HIV and Violence prevention curriculars, parenting/care giver programs, SASA, socioeconomic approaches and/or cash grants strongly preferred.
- Previous PEPFAR DREAMS project experience is highly valued.
- 3 Years Relevant Experience
How to Apply:
All interested candidates should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 12th January 2025
NB: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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