3 Program Officer (USHA) NGO Jobs – BRAC Uganda

3 Program Officer (USHA) NGO Jobs – BRAC Uganda

Job Title:    Program Officer (USHA) 3 Job Vacancies

Organisation: BRAC Uganda

Project Name: Uganda Sanitation for Health Activity (USHA)

Duty Station:   Kampala, Jinja and Masaka, Uganda

About US:

BRAC is a global leader in creating large-scale opportunities for the poor. Founded in Bangladesh in 1972, it is now one of the world’s largest development organizations, touching the lives of an estimated 138 million people in 11 countries across Asia and Africa. BRAC Uganda NGO operates in:1) Agriculture, Food Security & Livelihood; 2) Health Program;3) Ultra Poor Graduation/Disability Inclusion; 4) Education & youth Empowerment- (Inclusive of scholarship programs);5) Emergence preparedness Response; and 6) Gender Equality and Women development. We are operating in 114 districts in Uganda. BRAC Uganda Country Office is located at Plot 880, Heritage Road, Nsambya.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Planning, organizing, and implementing sanitation and hygiene activities in BRAC branch areas of operation
• Organizing community events to promote and popularize sanitation products to improve household’s sanitation status
• Developing scopes of work for training and procurement related activities among etc.
• Taking leading role in supervising project officers and CHPs effectively ensuring 100% activeness in sato sales monthly
• Ensure achievement of project officers branch performance indicator(s) monthly
• Capacity building, mentoring, coaching of project officers, CHPs on SATO marketing and sales pitching.
• Hold periodic review meetings and use evidence to provide support on SATO sales.
• Pro-actively conduct follow-ups to actual and potential clients in the project implementation areas.
• Promote social behavior change (SBC) on sanitation and hygiene interventions in the project areas of operation.
• Documenting, monitoring, and tracking SATO sales and reporting (produce quality complete reports) weekly, monthly and quarterly
• Use evidence-based data to plan, supervise and make informed decisions to drive SATO sales.
• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation.
• Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Following the safeguarding reporting procedure in case reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
• Any other related activities or tasks as need may arise during course of implementation

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Health i.e., Environmental Health, Sanitation, other health related/or Social Sciences.
• Two to three years’ experience with strong communication and sanitation marketing skills;
• Self-driven, passionate and result oriented;
• Experience implementing USAID WASH project is an asset.
• Computer skills using smart phones/ digital skills for tracking and reporting SATO sales in real time.
• Reliable, dependable with ability to work under pressure to achieve set project deliverables/targets.
• Networking skills with local leaders, masons, and community health workers/CHWs

How to Apply:

All interested candidates should send their Application, CV and Academic documents as a one document addressed to the Head Human Resources by email to hrd.uganda@brac.net

The subject must be the name of the position applied for strictly when submitting. Only complete applications will be accepted, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Deadline: 14^th January 2021 

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