Fresher District Program Officer USAID Project Jobs – University Research Co., LLC (URC)
Job Title: District Program Officer
Organisation: University Research Co., LLC (URC)
Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda
Reports to: Regional Program Manager
About US:
University Research Co., LLC (URC) is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.
Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical assistance to strengthen health and social systems and service quality by empowering communities and health workers to identify and scale up locally appropriate solutions to critical problems. Internationally, we expand access to and improve the quality of services addressing maternal, newborn, and child health; infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; food and nutrition; and vulnerable children and families. In the US, we focus on improving communication related to issues like substance abuse, with a particular focus on reaching underserved populations.
About USAID Project:
University Research Co., LLC (URC) is implementing the USAID’s Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in East Central Uganda Activity (USAID’s RHITES EC). The purpose of this project is to support the implementation of a comprehensive, integrated investment in regional health, HIV/AIDS and nutrition assistance. This five-year activity targets 12 districts in East-Central Uganda with an estimated total population of 4.1 million through a district-based integrated package of quality health, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, and child development services.
Job Summary: The District Program Officer will be the project’s liaison person in one of the 12 supported districts within the East central region and S/he will be embedded within the District Health Management Team (DHMT), through the DHO’s office.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- To work as a liaison person between the project and the district to ensure project activities are well planned, coordinated and implemented in harmony with the district priorities operations to achieve the intended objectives
- Participate in making workplans, drawing activity schedules, raising activity requests, implementing activities and writing relevant reports
- Always seek to understand and work with the district and project relevant staff to lay strategies to achieve prevailing project priorities by the time.
- Lead, guide and mentor the project team seconded to the district for proper and harmonized implementation of the planned activities with the district teams
- Supervise and appraise assigned staff
- Provide technical support to the district and health facility teams across the key technical areas supported by the project.
- Support the integration of quality improvement approaches into health services delivery at the district and health facilities within the districts.
- Support the design and rollout of community level interventions geared at addressing health determinants at individual, household and community level
- Support and monitor the acquisition, inventory keeping, proper use and maintenance of equipment and other property provided by the project to the district and health facilities.
- Organize regular and timely performance reviews at district and health facility levels as per workplan
- Participate and lead district teams in implementation and monitoring of research activities and develop abstracts, manuscripts or promising good or best practices.
- Ensure appropriate use of project financial and other resources, preventing wastage and abuse.
- Work with the district to coordinate with other implementing partners to avoid duplication and omissions for maximum benefit from the available resources
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine (MBChB). A Master’s degree in a health-related field is an added advantage.
- Two years of professional experience working in Public Health Systems.
- Experience with USAID and/or other donor projects is an added advantage
- Demonstrable excellent writing, organizational, coordination and communication skills
- Proven ability to set priorities, multi-task, and work collaboratively as well as independently
- Excellent interpersonal skills
How to Apply:
All qualified applicants should hand deliver OR send via E-mail their complete applications with a cover letter, curriculum vitae, copies of academic credentials and contact information for 3 professional references addressed to:
Snr. Human Resource Officer,
University Research Co., LLC – Centre for Human Services,
Plot 1 Bridge Lane, Mpumudde Division,
P.O. Box 5053, Jinja, Uganda
E-mail: HR-RHITES-EC@urc-chs.com
Deadline: 27th November 2020 by 2:00pm