The Ugandan Jobline

• Tasked
  with coordinating and supervising the implementation of the epidemic and
  pandemic preparedness program across the organization;
• Leading
  URC’s policy development of an all-of-society, all-hazard approach to
  epidemic and pandemic risk mitigation;
• Leading
  the development of a URCS strategy for epidemic and pandemic preparedness
  and response for branches in synergy of integration of other stakeholders’
  initiatives;
• Leading
  the building of an all-around National Society multi-sectoral framework
  for health risk management that will enable health risk analysis that will
  contribute to enhance the capacity of the branches to detect, prevent and
  mitigate impact of health emergencies;
• Collaborating
  with disaster risk management, organizational and volunteer development
  teams in support of improved management of health emergencies;
• Coordinate
  and serve as secretary of the multisector project steering committee.
• Ensure
  timely and effective implementation of the CP3 project;
• Lead
  in the design and roll out of surveillance guidelines, protocols, surveys
  and monitoring surveillance systems for detection, verification and local
  response to public health incidents across branches ensuring efficient
  data collection, correlation, analysis, interpretation, timely reporting
  and dissemination of information/alerts to all stakeholders;
• Work
  closely with branches and volunteers to institute mechanism for disease
  outbreak surveillance guided by accurate data collection in collaboration
  with civil society, the media and health facilities;
• Coordinate
  the establishment of functional health emergency response teams in
  branches, early warning systems for epidemic and pandemic- prone branches
  diseases for early detection and response to potential hazards to
  infectious human and Zoonotic diseases;
• Develop
  appropriate contingency plans for building the capacity of communities to
  conduce surveillance, alert and respond to health emergencies in
  accordance with the NS response protocols;
• Actively
  contribute to the profiling of the health department through preparation
  departmental strategies, research and learning initiative, develop concept
  notes and abstract on health issues, prepare periodic reports and other ad-hoc
  reports;
• Carry
  out broad consultations on policies, strategies, smart practices and
  approaches to national health security and related issues to support
  program development planning, management, implementation and delivery of
  results, and lead NS policy development in the area;
• Participant
  in resource mobilization efforts as guided by URCS fundraising strategy;
• Perform
  any other incident-specific duties assigned to you, as may be required by
  the functional supervisor. 

• The
  ideal candidate for the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) Manager – Epidemic
  and Pandemic Preparedness and Response job opportunity should preferably
  hold a Post graduate training in public health, Epidemiology, Health
  information Management or public management of communicable diseases from
  a reputable institution.
• Bachelor’s
  Degree in Human Medicine and surgery or Veterinary Medicine/Science from a
  reputable institution.
• At
  least three years of related experience, at the national and international
  levels, in quantitative epidemiology and the implementation of public
  health surveillance, outbreak investigation and response.
• Prior
  humanitarian working experience with recognized Humanitarian Organization
  or with an international Non-Governmental Organization with expertise in
  health emergencies response;
• Previous
  experience in implementation of Integrated Disease Surveillance and
  Response (IDSR).
• Working
  experience at field level with recognized Humanitarian Organization or
  with an Organization with expertise in health emergencies response
• Sound
  knowledge and skills in database management and statistical analysis,
  monitoring and evaluation or public health information management.
• Demonstrated
  knowledge, competency and professional skills on the public health aspects
  of infectious disease control, epidemic and pandemic preparedness and
  response with particular attention to application of an all-hazard
  approach in the context of the International Health Regulations (IHR),
  Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) and the use of event based and
  indicator based surveillance.
• Analytical
  Skills
• Data
  analysis and reporting skills
• Public
  speaking and presentation
• Budgeting
  and budgetary control
• Networking,
  alliance building and stakeholder management.
• Negotiation
  skills.
• Project
  Planning and Management
• Team
  building and management.

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