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• Provide technical oversight, strategic direction and ensure
  appropriate support for the planning and implementation of program
  capacity building activities for malaria control and prevention at
  district level
• Identify clinical training needs and assist in the design and
  implementation of measures to address those needs
• Develop and implement a capacity building plan for local partners
  for malaria prevention and treatment
• Collaborate with all local stakeholders and implementing partners,
  especially the Ministry of Health and other implementing partners, in
  order to ensure that all activities conform to the national requirements
  and regulations
• Mobilize national level clinical/technical expertise to resolve
  clinical issues that affect local public policy or program design
• Guide in development/review of evidence-based clinical training
  materials, job aids, and curricula, supervisory systems and other training
  materials and ensure their use for implementation of malaria control and
  prevention in line with the needs of USAID and the Government of Uganda
• Provide mentoring and capacity building at the individual and
  organizational level in malaria control and prevention
• Coordinate assessments, site strengthening, follow-up and supervision,
  advocacy, demand creation, policy support, capacity-building and M&E
  across program sites as required by program activities
• Guide the integration of malaria services with maternal, newborn and
  child health, FP/RH, HIV and TB, and nutrition
• Assist in sustaining and improving existing databases that monitor
  achievements in malaria control and prevention at district and contribute
  to regional and national level achievements
• Advocate with national, regional, district and community-level
  health institutions to raise awareness about their role in improving
  health outcomes in malaria control and prevention
• Develop and implement a capacity building plan for local NGOs,
  including but not limited to proposal development capacity, technical
  capacity, financial and administrative management capacity
• Guide DHMTs, professional associations, other district stakeholders
  in the use of evidence-based standards for competency in malaria control
  and prevention
• Lead “train the trainer” sessions, site strengthening, in-service
  and/or pre-service education, follow-up and supportive supervision to
  project-supported health facilities, as required by program activities
• Work with health care providers, local authorities, community
  members and program team members to identify clinical, community-based
  service delivery issues that impede access to care
• Identify appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to
  address service delivery gaps
• Formulate and test sustainable solutions to service delivery gaps,
  utilizing cross-cutting approaches such as performance and quality
  improvement and in-service training/pre-service education
• Contribute to development of the project strategic plan, work plan,
  and program monitoring, in close collaboration with the Ministry of
  Health, USAID and other stakeholders
• Contribute to policy support, capacity-building and M&E across
  program sites, in close coordination and collaboration with USAID,
  relevant ministries of health
• Work with M&E staff to design, implement a plan to track
  data/results related to malaria control and prevention
• Oversee data collection, analysis and development of conclusions and
  recommendations to further strengthen program implementation
• Coordinate and monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of the work
  of short-term consultants as required

• The ideal candidate for the Jhpiego Capacity Building Specialist job
  placement must hold a medical degree (doctor or nursing) or Master’s in
  Public Health or other relevant degree.
• Seven years’ experience applying maternal, newborn and child health
  program activities.
• Qualification as a “master trainer”; experience in training health
  workers in capacity building for malaria control and prevention or related
  health disciplines
• Experience in curricula development for health personnel/ experience
  building capacity at individual and organizational levels
• Skill in at least two or more of the following technical areas:
  strengthening service delivery programs, training, pre-service/in-service
  education, performance and quality improvement, monitoring and evaluation
• Experience with a mix of practical technical skills in malaria
  program implementation necessary for strengthening malaria service
  delivery at the regional, national, clinical and community-level
• The ability to liaise with senior MOH officials and dignitaries,
  executives of NGOs, FBOs, CBOs, the for-profit business community, and
  senior members of the donor community;
• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Ugandan healthcare system,
  particularly the public health system, experience living and working in
  Uganda preferred
• Strong oral and written communication and presentations skills in
  English
• Strong skills in word processing and Excel spread sheets
• Familiarity with USAID or other USG administrative, management and
  reporting procedures and systems
• Proven track record managing a project team composed of several
  technical experts and fostering team work and ability to coach, mentor and
  develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff in the
  areas
• Excellent written, presentation, communication and organizational
  skills in English
• Ability to travel up to 50% time

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