DFID Project Social Work Jobs – Regional Health Accountability Manager at HEPS-Uganda

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Organisation: Health
Promotion and Social Development (HEPS-Uganda)
Funding Source: DFID
Duty Station: Lira,
Uganda
Reports to: Executive
Director
About HEPS:
HEPS-Uganda is an acronym for
Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development. It is a health rights
organisation that advocates for increased access to affordable essential
medicines for the poor and vulnerable people in Uganda. The overall objective
of HEPS-Uganda’s programmes and activities for the period of the Strategic Plan
2005-10 is “To work towards increased access to affordable, quality essential
medicines, especially for the poor and vulnerable in rural and urban areas of
Uganda”.
HEPS Uganda a health/human
rights NGO in partnership with GOAL Uganda and funding from DFID plan to
implement a social accountability project in 4 districts (Lira, Nakaseke,
Otuke, Gulu) and at national level.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
1. Program Management Support:
  • Ensure
    that ACT Health programme is implemented within the ACT Health Strategies,
    relevant donor requirements, international best practice and the Codes of
    Conduct and agreements
  • Oversee
    project staff and ensure that they perform their duties as expected.
  • Represent
    HEPS Uganda in target districts and build relations with key stakeholders including
    the local government leadership and CSO working on similar issues in the
    region.
  • Ensure
    information from different project districts is amalgamated and reports
    submitted to
  • HEPS
    Uganda ED within the agreed reporting timeframes.
  • Supervising
    district project staff in Lira, Gulu, Nakaseke and Otuke.
  • Offer
    on-going technical support to project staff.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The
    ideal candidate for the DFID HEPS Project must hold a Bachelor’s Degree
    social work and social administration, community development, or any other
    relevant degree
  • A
    minimum of five years’ programme management experience
  • Good
    working knowledge of decentralisation, local government structures,
    policies and procedures for participatory planning in the health sector in
    Uganda (to be tested)
  • Strong
    verbal, presentation and participatory facilitation skills in English (to
    be tested)
  • Excellent
    budget development/management skills (to be tested)
  • Good
    people management /supervisory skills
  • Past
    exposure and experience in social accountability programming
  • Previous
    experience in programming with a research component
  • Strong
    writing skills in English
  • Computer
    literacy skills
  • Detailed
    knowledge of Ugandan Civil society including professional connections in well-known
    accountability organisations
  • Additional
    Post graduate qualifications in a relevant discipline
  • Working
    knowledge and/or experience with Most Significant Change or other
    qualitative M&E
  • Methodologies
    will be highly desired
  • Possess
    the ability to travel extensively, work and live in remote and hard to
    reach areas.
How to Apply: 
If you are qualified and
interested in joining HEPS Uganda in the aforementioned capacity, please send your
application letter accompanied by copies of your academic documents, CV with
three professional referees. The applications should be submitted
electronically – through the HEPS Uganda website by clicking on the web link
below.
Deadline: 19th March 2014 by 4pm.

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