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Technical Advisor Maternal and Child Health–
NU-HITES
Project 1 position-
Organisation:Plan International
Country:Uganda
Location: Gulu
Background information
Founded 75 years ago, Plan International is one of
the oldest and largest children's development organizations in the world. We
work in
50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the
Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty.
Plan's
vision is of a world in which all children realize
their full potential in societies that respect people's rights and dignity.
Plan is independent,
with no religious, political or governmental
affiliations.
Plan Uganda is an equal opportunity employer and
would like to recruit a competent person to fill the following vacant position:
This position reports to the Director of Health
Service Delivery and the successful candidate will be a member of the
health service delivery team, serve as the project’s expert
on maternal and child health programs in fifteen
project districts in Northern Uganda. The MCH Technical Advisor will
serve to
provide technical and strategic support towards
achievement of project outcomes related to availability of and
accessibility to quality and sustainable maternal and child health
services,
creating enabling environments for maternal and
child health care delivery, and promoting positive health
behavior and practices. It is a full-time position based in Gulu
for a five-year term, with frequent travel to districts through the
Northern Region of Uganda.
Qualifications /Skills/Experience:
• A degree in medicine or nursing and/or a master’s
degree in Public Health or other clinical disciplines.
• Additional training related maternal and child
health and project planning and management
• At least 5 years of professional experience
working in Maternal and Child Health programs both in public and private
sector.
• Hands-on knowledge and skills in designing,
planning, implementing and monitoring of facility and
community-based programs for promoting safe motherhood and child
survival.
• Practical experience in working with district and
community
health systems including Village Health Teams (VHT).
• Experience in MCH-related capacity building for
health facility and community health delivery teams.
• Sound understanding of current policy developments
maternal and child health.
• Willingness to work in Northern Uganda and travel
60% of the time in field.
Send your CV and cover letter with 3 work related
referees to the address or e-mail below. Please mark your
application with the Position Name of the job you are applying for.
E-mails that exceed
2MB will be rejected by the system. Closing date is 5PM on Friday May13, 2013
While we thank all applicants for your interest,
only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Any form of
lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.
Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply. As a child centered development organization, Plan
strives to ensure that children are kept safe in all the areas
we operate. The organization further has a child protection policy
that every staff is required to sign. Potential candidates will be
required to provide information confirming whether or not they have ever
been
convicted of any child abuse crimes.
People Performance Group
Plot 8 Kitante Close, Kitante
P.O. Box 12405, Kampala-Uganda
E-mail:application@ppg.co.ug
