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• The
  incumbent leads the strategic design processes and the development of
  technical strategies for community access projects using proven Project
  Management Principles     
• Steers
  the design and implementation of country-level Social and Behavior Change
  Communication (SBCC) strategies to support local partnerships, activities
  and materials
• Designs
  community engagement and advocacy strategy and implement appropriate
  activities to build to promote women’s SRHR among stakeholders as
  appropriate
• Establishes
  and develops links with organizations, institutions and interested groups
  to promote knowledge, skills and social support so women can exercise
  their sexual and reproductive rights
• Leads
  in the design of curriculum and training for activities to increase
  knowledge, skills and abilities of women and community members to access
  SRHR.
• Identifies,
  designs and adapts qualitative tools to capture project outcomes,
  documents and shares results organizationally and as appropriate to
  stakeholders
• Designs
  and implements Ipas’ training and awareness raising programs in
  coordination with institutions/organizations with established agreements
• Monitors
  and conducts oversight to local partnerships and other Ipas-supported initiatives
  on comprehensive abortion care in the community
• Keenly
  monitors and contributes to the analysis of community access results and
  summarizes technical results for cross-unit sharing and organizationally
  as appropriate
• Identifies,
  documents and shares best practices and seeks peer review for improving
  community outcomes and results
• Contributes
  to the design, implementation and analysis of evaluation of community
  based interventions and leads in the documentation and reporting of this
  body of work
• Participates
  in the planning, monitoring and evaluation processes of programs and
  projects, including new Ipas Clinical Affairs initiatives as they relate
  to institutional results
• Provides
  strategic guidance and technical inputs to ensure the project plans are
  consistent with the organizational strategy and operational plan
• Supports
  fundraising through donor document writing, reporting, and donor
  communication
• Ensures
  that all training and orientation materials include content that is
  applicable to different community groups
• Supports
  the accurate documentation and data from the field office to the Global
  Teams to ensure support documentation and organizational learning
• Represent
  Ipas at local community stakeholder fora as necessary as appropriate.
• Performs
  any other duties as assigned

• The
  applicant must hold a B.A., B.S., or other relevant degree with a major in
  public health, communications, community development, or a related field
  required
• At
  least nine to ten years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree or
  7-8 with an advanced degree required
• At
  least seven years’ project management experience required
• Experience
  as a trainer/facilitator and working knowledge of adult learning
  techniques
• Experience
  working with a reproductive health projects
• Previous
  supervisory experience preferred
• Knowledge
  and experience in community mobilization, capacity building and training
  of community groups
• Working
  knowledge of grant management
• Must
  be familiar with working with youths
• Knowledge
  of Uganda Ministry of Health Systems and community strategy.
• Excellent
  communication skills
• Ability
  to work under strict project deadlines and milestones
• Attention
  to detail
• Drive
  for results
• Must
  be able to independently produce project workplans, timelines and budgets,
  subject to supervisor approval
• Must
  have the ability to work with differing community populations including
  adolescents and women’s groups, especially in the areas of communication
  and training
• Working
  knowledge on behaviour change communications (SBCC or BCC preferred)

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