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Organisation: University
Research Co., LLC (URC)
Project Name: USAID Regional
Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in East Central Uganda Project
(USAID/Uganda RHITES-EC) Project
Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda
About US:
University Research Co., LLC (URC) is a global company dedicated to
improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education
worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS),
URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.
About USAID RHITES-EC Project:
University Research Co., LLC (URC) is implementing the USAID Regional
Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in East Central Uganda Project
(USAID/Uganda RHITES-EC) whose aim is to support the implementation of a
comprehensive integrated investment in regional 
health, nutritional assistance and HIV/AIDS programs. The five-year
project targets 11 districts in East Central Uganda with an estimated total
population of 4.1 million through a district-based integrated package of
quality health, nutrition, HIV / AIDS and childe development services.
Job Summary: The Program
Officer – HIV Prevention will support the scale-up of quality HIV prevention
services, focusing on Priority and Key populations in selected communities
across 10 districts through targeted outreaches and leveraging efforts of
various structures at district, sub-county and community levels.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Work in liaison with supervisor and rest
    of project team to design a structured approach to provision of HIV
    prevention services to tailored to various groups of key and priority
    populations;
  • Build the capacity of relevant community
    structures and resource persons to support delivery of HIV prevention
    services;
  • Provide support in the delivery of HIV
    prevention services to key and priority and other populations in
    communities and at facility level, including targeted outreaches aimed at
    Index client testing, partner testing, social network testing, mobile
    testing in hotspots for Key Populations;
  • Coordinate delivery of HIV prevention
    services, documentation and data capture and reporting;
  • Ensure that all individuals accessing HIV
    prevention and testing services are linked to appropriate services.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The applicants for the USAID RHITES-EC
    Program Officer – HIV Prevention job opportunity must hold a Diploma in
    Nursing/Midwifery with additional training in counseling;
  • A minimum of three years’ experience in a
    similar responsibility in a busy setting.
  • Extensive knowledge of current national
    HIV prevention, care and treatment guidelines for Uganda;
  • Excellent communication or interpersonal
    skills is desirable;
  • Ability and willingness to travel within
    the supported districts and communities.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the
USAID RHITES EC Project should send their cover letters, curriculum vitae,
copies of academic credentials and contact information for 3 professional
references addressed to:
Human Resource Coordinator,
University Research Co., LLC – Centre for Human Services,
Plot10 Kiira Lane, Mpumudde Division, UGANDA
E-mail to: HR-RHITES-EC@urc-chs.com
Deadline: 16th June 2017
by 12:00pm

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