Project Officer – RMNCH USAID Project Jobs – AMREF Health Africa
Job Title: Project Officer – Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health (RMNCH)
Organisation: AMREF Health Africa
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
AMREF Health Africa is an international African organization founded in Kenya in 1957. Our Headquarters are in Nairobi with major programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, and two regional nubs in Southern and Western Africa based in South Africa and Senegal Respectively. Working with and through African communities, health systems and governments, Amref Health Africa aims to close the gap that prevents people from accessing their basic right to health. Amref Health Africa is committed to improving the health of people in Africa by partnering with and empowering communities. Our Vision is Lasting Health Change in Africa.
About USAID Project:
The USAID -funded Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services-North, Lango Project implemented by John Snow, Inc and Partners including Amref Health Africa, CUAMM, Another Option, and Medical Concierge Group.
Job Summary: The Project Officer-Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health (RMNCH) will lead the planning and implementation of the integrated health program activities in the districts of support. She/he will coordinate with a team of Technical Advisors to ensure that all technical guidance is incorporated into the district work plans to increase the availability, accessibility, and quality of integrated health services including HIV prevention, care, and treatment, TB, maternal, neonatal and child health, family planning, and other primary care services. She/he will work closely with the District Health Department to adequately plan, timely implement and effectively monitor the execution of the project activities while ensuring adherence to available MOH set standards; and incorporating lessons learnt over time to improve systems and processes for enhanced service delivery.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides technical guidance and lead the implementation process of the integrated health program in the supported districts assigned.
- Improves the quality of and access to Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) with particular reference to Family Planning integration with HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, and Nutrition services in project-supported sites by adopting and institutionalizing quality improvement and Site Improvement and Systems Monitoring (SIMS) approaches
- Assists in setting up and running special clinical services and track progress at individual sites through site visits and district reports, in collaboration with MOH and the JSI program team.
- Coordinates and participates in capacity building of district and site teams through organizing and conducting mentoring and coaching; CMEs and occasionally formal trainings.
- Provides technical guidance to the district teams for annual and quarterly work plan development
- Manages project finances and other resources related to implementation of activities in the assigned district in line with the Foundation finance guidelines.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual programmatic district performance reports and their submission in stipulated deadlines
- Strengthens the quality of health services and data through supportive supervision and monitoring visit to the supported health facilities.
- Participate in process of data auditing and verification to assure internal consistency and validity of project activity monitoring data reported by all districts, through quarterly data verification and auditing visits.
- Facilitate the interpretation and use of M&E data, through the quarterly district level and facility level review meetings between the project, the district health team and health care workers; guide the identification of performance gaps and development of remedial actions.
- Take a lead and participate in identifying, documenting, disseminating and scaling up best practices in RMNCAH with particular focus on Family Planning integration with Nutrition, HIV prevention, PMTCT and C&T Coordinates with the district health departmental leadership and other relevant implementing partners in the districts of support to ensure smooth implementation of project activities.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The qualified candidate should have a medical degree and/or a master’s degree in Public Health
- Seven years of experience in leading RMNCAH with due focus on Family Planning, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS and malaria programs preferably with USAID funded projects.
- Hands-on knowledge and skills in designing, planning, implementing and monitoring family planning, PMTCT, clinical care and Pediatric care programs.
- Good understanding of the quality improvement framework of MOH and quality improvement principles
- Good knowledge of the decentralized health system and community structures
- Practical experience in managing RMNCAH with notable experience in facility and community based RMNCAH with due focus on family planning, safe delivery, and integration of RMNCAH with HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment services at district levels.
- Sound understanding of current issues and developments in the field of, RMNCAH and HIV/AIDS.
- Experience in RMNCAH commodities forecasting and district logistics management is desirable.
- Strong skills in teamwork and networking. Excellent verbal communication and writing skills.
- Experience in implementing a USAID funded project and field based experience is essential.
How to Apply:
All candidates are encouraged to send an updated CV including three professional referees and cover letter addressed to the Human Resources Manager, Amref Health Africa in Uganda via Email to: jobs.amrefuganda@amref.org. Emails should not exceed 2MB.
Deadline: 11th March 2019
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