Job Title: Technical Officer
Organisation: Malaria Consortium
Duty Station: Moroto, Uganda
Salary: UGX 69,300,033
About Organisation:
Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organizations specializing in the comprehensive prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable and underprivileged populations. We increasingly find our work on malaria can be effectively integrated with other similar public health interventions for greater impact and therefore expanded our remit to include child health and neglected tropical disease interventions.
Job Summary: Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Technical Officer to join our team in Moroto, Uganda. The role of the Technical Officer (TO) is to ensure the effective on-site delivery of Malaria Vaccine and other vaccine activities across the 9 districts of Karamoja, aiming to achieve the highest coverage of all recommended doses. The TO will ensure timely planning, implementation of activities, bearing in mind program targets. The postholder will interacts with the relevant stakeholders, ensures implementation is aligned with approved project proposal and keeps them updated on the program progress. The postholder would plans joint efforts with relevant stakeholders, including immunization officers and other key stakeholders, and ensures their implementation.
The Technical Officer – Vaccines will support the development and implementation of key vaccine-related programs developed to support the EPI and malaria programs in Uganda. The role will support in the coordination of the malaria vaccine roll out activities. Other potential areas of engagement could include: zero-dose children identification, future vaccine introductions, community engagement for EPI services, etc.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Medical/Nursing Degree or a degree in public health with master’s in public health.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience implementing malaria and or immunization programs
- Experience in training and mentorship of health care workers on vaccine management and malaria control.
- Previous work with development agencies, NGOs.
- Experience in the planning and implementation of communicable disease control/malaria control interventions, behavior change communication initiatives/health education, health worker trainings and supportive supervision of health workers
- Experience in capacity building/ transferring of skills in health services.
- Experience in working closely with and engaging with local governments
- Experience in developing work plans and activity budgets and in following work plans with minimal supervision
- Thorough understanding of EPI activities.
- Familiarity with the strategies, structures and guidelines of the Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization (UNEPI) and National Malaria Elimination Division
- Experience in training of health supervisors
- Previous community mobilization experience.
- Strong writing and organizational skills for writing case studies, documenting lessons learnt and reporting on program results.
- Experience in using participatory adult learning techniques
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should apply online at the link below.
- Please upload onto the website a covering letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the person specifications and competencies
along with a copy of your CV (with the contact details of three work-related
referees). - Please note that these are national positions and applicants must be legally authorized to work in Uganda. We appreciate your application however, only short listed candidates will be contacted
Deadline: 2nd December 2025
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60