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• Provide strategic and technical leadership for the implementation of
  the FH programs, including meeting operational targets and achieving or
  exceeding performance objectives
• Manage the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of innovative,
  technically sound, evidence-based, sustainable and cost effective
  interventions to improve FH services (including community-based services)
• Working with the Advisors, coordinate capacity building activities
  within the RHITES-N, Lango Project to improve competencies, knowledge and
  skills in implementation of the FH service package through trainings,
  mentorship, meetings and workshops
• Manage partnerships with key project partners and MOH to
  appropriately and innovatively ensure the district health and facility
  managers and service delivery teams are able to integrate services and
  scale up innovative strategy within facilities supported by the project;
• Work with the Project technical and Monitoring and Evaluation teams
  to ensure that accurate and valid FH is data collected, captures process
  and outcome indicators, and is regularly used to for performance
  monitoring, inform planning and decision-making and support use of data to
  take corrective actions.
• Provide leadership for Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
  measures for implementation of the FH strategies
• Work in close partnership with other technical staff and SMT to
  ensure integrated approaches in project implementation
• Work with finance team to develop and track Project budgets
• Ensure technical compliance with USAID rules and regulation
• Write reports, work plans, strategic plans and other program-related
  documents in a timely manner and provide prompt feedback to donor requests
  for information
• Contribute to documentation and strategic dissemination of best
  practices, success stories, abstracts, and lessons learnt from
  implementation of the essential child health package
• Represent the project and contribute towards the MOH guidance on
  technical issues and participate in relevant advisory and/or technical
  working groups with counterparts and partner institutions in development,
  adaptation and operationalization of national guidelines and policies.
• Perform any other duties as requested.

• The applicant for the USAID RHITES-N Project Senior Family Health
  Advisor job placement should hold be a Medical Doctor preferably with a
  Master’s degree in Public Health, Paediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynaecology,
  Family Medicine or Health Systems Strengthening
• Five years of experience working in Uganda in FH and nutrition, with
  community focus, knowledge of and experience working in collaboration with
  MOH, international and local donor agencies, districts and health
  facilities (public /private)
• Strong knowledge of Uganda’s and USAID’s MNCH and FP policies and
  strategies and the latest evidence-based practices
• Extensive knowledge of Maternal, New-born, Child Health, FP,
  Nutrition, Malaria and WASH issues and the evidence behind successful
  approaches to implementing these programs with a proven track record in
  working to these areas; experience as a National Trainer for any of the
  program packages is an advantage
• Ability and successful experience in rolling out a capacity building
  program in FH
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Uganda health system, and ability to
  build and sustain strong relationships with national partners in FH
• including representatives from Implementing partners, regional
  referral hospitals, districts, NGOs, CSOs, and the private sector.
• Knowledge of major FH best practices as well as implementation of FH
  programs in Uganda.
• Ability to develop, implement and monitor project activities,
  including documenting project learning
• Demonstrated skills in collaborative engagement, program planning,
  knowledge management, facilitation, networking and communication.
• Previous experience working with USAID or other donors and
  multilateral agencies with an in-depth knowledge of USAID programs,
  regulations, compliance and reporting
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short
  deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Experience working at national level on health policy, technical
  guidelines and program implementation
• Excellent writing, data collection, analysis and reporting skills
• Excellent facilitation, oral and written communications skills

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