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Job Title:  Field Officer (4 Diploma Jobs)  

Organisation: Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum (UYAHF)

Duty Station: Mbale, Butebo, Budaka, Bukedea, Uganda

Reports to: Project Coordinator

About Organisation:

Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum is a dynamic and leading youth led and youth serving health and human rights organization that works to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights for young people, enhance gender equality and promote economic empowerment and young people’s meaningful participation. UYAHF’s envisions a generation where young people are pro-active and meaningfully participate in national development processes and our overall goal is to empower adolescent girls and young women to live quality lives with equity, dignity and opportunities to realize their full potential.

About Project:

With funding from the German Doctors, UYAHF is going to implement a project “INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE HEALTHCARE SERVICES (IEHS)” in the Districts of Butebo, Mbale, Budaka, and Bukedea with the aim to provide equitable access to comprehensive healthcare services, ensuring that every individual can receive quality preventive, curative, palliative, and rehabilitative care. By addressing healthcare disparities and promoting inclusive practices, we will work towards healthier communities by December 2025.

Job Summary:   The Field Officer will be responsible for implementation of project activities in the allocated district. He/she will be a project focal and contact person in the district with responsibility of planning, implementation, supervision, monitoring and reporting on project activities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The Field Officer will be responsible for the following:

• Coordinating project activities in the allocated district.
• Planning and Implementing project activities.
• Preparing and requisitioning of activity funds in line with project workplan and budget.
• Preparing financial accountability and reports for implemented activities.
• Ensuring all projects required logistics are available and sufficient for planned activities.
• Representing the project at district level engagements.
• Guiding all the medical aspects of the project in the district.
• Preparing and sharing monthly and Quarterly reports of the project with Project Coordinator.
• Coordinating the work of the short-term doctors in the district assigned.
• Working as language interpreter for short term doctors to the local languages.
• Receive, distribute and account for logistic items delivered to the district to support project activities.
• Organizing and coordinating project meetings, workshops, activities, and events etc
• Mobilizing the support of community leaders, healthcare workers and other stakeholders for the project activities in the areas of implementation.
• Tracking progress against targets and document the project outputs in the district.
• Perform any other project duties as may be assigned from time to time, by the Project coordinator.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A diploma in clinical medicine, Public Health, Nursing, Environmental Health.
• Should be registered with relevant regulatory board with a valid practicing license.
• Working experience of there (3) years with health institution or development program/project supporting health services.
• Should be knowledgeable of the local language(s) in the district applied for.
• Should have skills in project management including finance.
• Ability to organize, manage, prioritize, and follow through on multiple tasks.
• Strong work ethic and the ability to work independently and as part of a team including with diverse sectors.
• Excellent verbal and written English language skills.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit their CV along with a cover letter detailing their relevant experience to uyahfchannel@gmail.com and copy to : vmuhenda@uyahf.com and jnakato@uyahf.com Please include job applied for in the subject line of the mail. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews

Deadline: 25th October 2024

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