eLearning Program Manager Job Opportunity – Jhpiego
Job Title: eLearning Program Manager
Organization: Jhpiego
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Jhpiego is an international non-profit health organization affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University. For more than 45 years, Jhpiego has empowered front line health workers by designing and implementing effective, low-cost, hands-on solutions to strengthen the delivery of health care services for women and their families. By putting evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice, Jhpiego works to break down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Jhpiego is implementing a number of projects in Uganda and wishes to recruit a eLearning Program Manager for the Health Workforce for the 21st Century Project (HW21).
Over view:
HW21 is a five-year Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded initiative supporting high HIV burden countries to meet 95~95~95 goals by 2030 by building competent and confident health workers and effectively supporting governments to employ, deploy, and retain them. HW21 is closing health workforce gaps to increase access for people living with HIV (PLHlV) to testing, i care, treatment and support to ensure sustained viral suppression. in Uganda, HW21 will support HRSA, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Government of Uganda in this effort by creating communities of practice through telementoring and case-based learning for providers at facility level via the ECHO© model.
Job Summary: The Program Manager will serve as the main liaison between HW21, the Ministry of Health and partners, and will act as an internal resource to stall and the Country Director on the ECHO® model for inter-professional team and problem-based learning, with a focus on strengthening facility-based HIV treatment and care towards the 95-95-95 objectives including laboratory, retention to care, index testing, PrEP and other key areas. Central to this role, will be the Program Managers leadership in working with expert specialist teams and national stakeholders to design curricula, and presentations for weekly tele-echo clinics or virtual grand rounds for coaching and mentorships oi health workers in participating health facilities.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate should have Master’s degree in Public Health, Project Management or related field
- At least 7 years’ experience implementing and/or providing project management technical assistance of $5mil per year in donor-funded projects and in the design and implementation of health projects in HIV management; preferably in Uganda
- Demonstrated experience achieving HIV results
- Demonstrated experience leading an elearning program in organizations, academia or hospitals to improve performance Skilled in at least two or more of the following technical areas: strengthening clinical service delivery performance; health care quality improvement; advocacy; social behavior change, and monitoring and evaluation
- Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Uganda’s healthcare system, experience living and working in Uganda preferred
- Familiarity with USG administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems
- Proven track record managing a project team composed of several technical experts and fostering team work
- Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff in the areas,
- Excellent written, presentation, communication and organizational skills in English
- Ability to travel up to 30% of the time
- The ideal applicant must be an experienced individual with excellent organizational and technical skills, who is a team player, dedicated, hardworking, innovative, highly motivated and able to work in a high pressure environment requiring multi-tasking abilities.
How to Apply:
Interested applicants should send application & CV with 3 referees to; www.jobs-jhpiego.icims.com Indicate how your education and experience qualifies you for the position. Hard copy applications will not be accepted. Only those selected tor interview will be contacted. Jhpiego is an equal opportunity employer promoting gender, equity and diversity. Persons with disabilities and other minority groups are encouraged to apply
Deadline: Friday 8th November 2019