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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.

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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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