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Position Title: Human Resources
for Health Policy and Planning Team Leader,Jobs in Uganda,
Primary Location: Kampala,Uganda
Organisation:IntraHealth
International
Job Type : Full Time
Position Type : Proposal (Contingent Upon Award)
Requisition Number : 14-0018
Brief Company Profile:
For over 30 years, in more than 100 countries,
IntraHealth International has empowered health workers to better serve
communities in need. IntraHealth fosters local solutions to health care
challenges by improving health worker performance, strengthening health
systems, harnessing technology, and leveraging partnerships.
In collaboration with governments, nongovernmental
organizations, and private-sector organizations around the world, IntraHealth
champions the needs and contributions of health workers—from doctors and nurses
to community health workers to health facility managers—and works to ensure
they have the tools, supplies, information, training, and support they need to
provide communities they serve with the best possible opportunity for health
and well-being.
IntraHealth is seeking a Human Resources for Health (HRH)
Policy and Planning Team Leader to be based in Kampala, Uganda for an
anticipated national HRH project. This position is contingent upon funding.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
The HRH Policy and Planning Team Leader is responsible
for developing the overall framework and action plan for change to policy
improvements in human resource systems.
This framework will be geared to the legal, regulatory,
and policy barriers at all levels of a country system, and thereby improve
national workforce assessment, planning, and deployment.
The HRH Policy and Planning Team Leader will monitor team
progress to ensure adherence to overall goals and objectives and assist team
members in the development of strategies and outcomes specific to policy
analysis, advocacy and policy implementation.
The HRH Policy and Planning Team Leader will work
directly with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other relevant ministries and
the districts to provide technical assistance in the areas of policy analysis,
review and development; strategic human resources planning, including health
workforce projection, action planning; and costing .
S/he will lead and provide technical support for
activities in developing capacities for human resource policy development,
planning and systems strengthening in the health sector.
S/he will apply her/his extensive knowledge of the health
sector planning primarily to work at the national and district levels.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Lead development of IntraHealth’s strategy for HRH
policy and planning that reflects national strategies and supports capacity
building at all levels of the MoH and relevant ministries.
• Offer technical leadership in sharing and developing
new and improved strategies, tools and interventions for improved human
resources planning, availability and productivity and in documenting evidence
of success and/or challenges of the interventions.
• Identify key issues and constraints that can be
overcome by policy, legislative or other initiatives, working in collaboration
with MoH and district health agencies.
• Develop short and long-range plans and funding
priorities with MoH and others to improve health care workers’ work
environment.
• Build local professional capacity and expertise in
human resources planning and personnel policies and develop innovative
strategies for building this local capacity at national and district levels.
• With staff and partners, support counterparts to identify
the need for policy changes through policy forums, policy analysis and review
of model policies in public/private sectors.
• Support development and implementation of career
ladders for all professional cadres.
• Advocate for and support the development and
implementation of effective health workforce planning and performance systems.
• Effectively increase the capacity of key stakeholders
to advocate for supportive policies, alliances, and networks.
• Build capacity in the training institutions for leadership
and management training.
• Supervise data collection, data analysis, report
writing and determinations of findings.
• Supervise direct staff and manage team of staff
assigned under the HRH Policy and Planning Team.
• Organize and lead work teams for assigned activities,
including preparing budgets, tracking expenditures, and ensuring work is
high-quality and proceeds according to plans, timelines and on budget.
• Create and strengthen linkages with relevant partners
such as the MoH, Ministry of Finance, the World Bank and others to encourage
complementarity and synergy in the investments in HRH in Uganda.
Requirements :
Master’s degree in HR Planning/ Management or similarly
relevant degree and at least 8 years relevant experience. Additional degree in
International Health or Public Health preferred. Experience in HR policy and
strategic planning development and implementation in Uganda or the region is
preferred. .
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation and communication
skills and team working
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in
English
• Proven ability to direct and manage a team to achieve
technical goals on a large, complex project, preferably for USAID
• Demonstrated diplomatic and interpersonal skills and
ability to work in a complex and changing environment with all levels of
stakeholders
• Proven customer-service (client-focused) management
skills
• Demonstrated experience to develop and work within
approved work plans
• Computer literacy in MS Office applications including Word,
Excel, Power Point, and Outlook
• Willingness to travel 25% within the country and
internationally on occasion
How to Apply:
If you are qualified and interested in discussing this
engagement in more detail,
please submit your resume in confidence to the website on
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