9 O’ Level Job Opportunities – District Dreams Ambassadors – Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

9 O’ Level Job Opportunities – District Dreams Ambassadors – Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

Job Title:    District Dreams Ambassadors (9 O’ Level Job Opportunities)

Organisation: Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

Duty Station:  Uganda

About US:

The Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) was established in 1987 as a collaboration between researchers at Makerere, Columbia and John Hopkins Universities, the Division of Intramural Research at the National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious diseases and the International Centre for Excellence Research (ICER). This was as a result of the first identification of clinical AIDS in Rakai district Uganda in 1982 by Drs. Sewankambo and Serwadda. The initiation of the Program, then known as Rakai Project led to a series of clinical studies characterizing the disease and its epidemiology; and also brought the partnership with other colleagues including Professor Maria Wawer and Prof Ronald Gray.

Job Summary:  The District DREAMS Ambassador’s main role responsibility will be to engage AGYWs in their district, identify HIV pre-disposing factors unique to AGYWs in the district and bring these to the attention of the district DREAMS IP technical teams, highlighting and provide guidance on possible implementation modalities as may be proposed by the AGYWs. The DREAMS Ambassador will further participate in advocacy engagements, working with communities to protect AGYWs and further promote DREAMS programming to other implementors and local government authorities for possible action.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Promote DREAMS programming as a prototype positive youth development program at the district and any other forum deemed necessary.
• To generate public attention about the DREAMS program and factors that affect adolescent girls in the community predisposing them to HIV infection and many other risks including gender-based violence.
• Conduct uplifting dialogue meetings and workshops within the communities, conduct debates and speak in public events and media campaigns to increase buy into the DREAMS program and support communities to protect AGYW.
• Participate in service quality assessment of DREAMS services provided to AGYW.
• Participate in the district DREAMS Coordination meetings to represent the voices of AGYW and young people.
• Participate in technical meetings with the IP to support decision making on priorities of the DREAMS program.
• Work with the community to identify and link at-risk peers to DREAMS services available at the facilities and community including safe spaces.
• Work with DREAMS program recipients to provide testimonies of positive living and the impact of the DREAMS program.
• To be the public face in existing structures such as girls’ clubs, safe spaces in the community as well as in educational and communication materials.
• Participate in the monitoring and supervision of the DREAMS program implementation for the different technical areas in the district.
• Any other duties assigned in line with your role.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Must have completed O level and possess reading & writing skills. A professional qualification such as a certificate or a diploma is an added advantage.
• Experience in activism, community mobilization & youth empowerment
• Applicant must be available to work full time.
• Applicant must be able to read & write in both English and the local language of the DREAMS district.
• The ability to ride a motorcycle is an added advantage.
• Must be aged 18-24 years.
• Applicant Must be a resident of the above district or nearby areas. (Rakai, Kyotera, Masaka, Bukomansimbi, Gomba, Kalangala, Lwengo, Sembabule, & Lyantonde)
• Attach a photocopy of an original National ID.
• An LC I Recommendation Letter from the area of your residence

How to Apply:

All interested candidates possessing the above attributes can send their applications including a cover letter, latest Copy of CV (with 3 referees), copies of academic qualifications/certificates (in one document (Word/PDF)) addressed to the HR Manager to jobs@rhsp.org. Kindly indicate the job title in the subject line of the email. Only online applications will be considered.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by the Rakai Health Sciences Program. Any form of lobbying and canvassing will lead to disqualification.

Deadline: 24th March 2021 at 5:00 pm

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