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Position Title:Pre—Service Education Team Leader
Report to: the Deputy Chief of Party DCOP
Organization:lntraHealth International
Primary Location:Kampala, Uganda
Job Type : Full-time Employment
Brief Company Profile:
For over 30 years, in more than 100 countries, lntraHealth International
has empowered health workers to better serve communities in need.
lntraHealth fosters local solutions to health care challenges by improving
health worker
performance, strengthening health systems, harnessing technology, and
leveraging partnerships.
Pre-Service Education Team Leader
provide communities they serve with the best possible opportunity for
health and well—being.
lntrailealth is seeking a Pre-Service Education (PSE)
Team Leader to be based in Kampala, Uganda.
This position is contingent upon funding.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILTTES
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The Pre-Service Education (PSE) Team Leader will provide technical assistance to strengthen pre-service training in Uganda on behalf of this
project.
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The PSE Team Leader's responsibilities shall include planning, coordination,
and technical direction and oversight of
all PSE project activities for health.
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S/he will provide strategic guidance, vision and leadership to all PSE
aspects of the program
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working closely with the MOH, MOE and all key GOE stakeholders in Uganda.
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S/he will work closely with the
Chief of Party (COP) and Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) on all reports,
documentation and deliverable required by the donor, the United States Agency
for International Development (USAID).
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S/he will travel within Uganda to program sites and participate in
conferences and/or meetings, as needed.
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The PSE Team Leader will report to the DCOP.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
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Provide senior technical leadership in developing trainings and innovative
strategies to increase the supply and availability of various cadra of health
works and to ensure their sustainable replacement and retention.
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Serve as a key member on the Project Leadership Team (PLT) as one of the
key senior technical staff members.
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Ensure educational and training programs are appropriately aligned with the
job expectations of the target cadres and the needs of the persons who will be
trained.
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Provide technical assistance on standardizing training curricula.
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Create or modify instructional plans and materials as needed to establish
practical, simple, instruction ally sound, focused training approaches that can
be replicated in existing
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conditions.
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Work with counterparts using Performance Improvement and Learning for
Performance
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approaches to identify the specif areas where training institutes need
strengthening and follow up as indicated.
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Develop strategic for strengthening practicum sites, mentors, and tutors
and building local
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capacity.
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Prepare trainers to deliver and manage trainings.
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Participate in the development of all PSE aspects of annual work plans,
monitoring and
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evaluation plans, and budgets according to USAID requirements.
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Oversee the collection of information and the documentation of progress
towards results for all PSE project activities in partnership with all key
stakeholders and the COP.
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Identify short-terrn technical assistance PSE needs; develop scopes of
work, and arrange for contracting and fielding of qualify
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international and local consultants as needed.
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Monitor program activities, and progress related to impact and
sustainability of innovative
· interventions.
EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
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Master's degree in Education, Public Health Education/Behavior Change or
related areas with at lean 8 years of relevant clinical, and training and
learning experience.
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Experience providing technical
leadership in the implementation of PSE programs, preferably for health cadru
in Uganda.
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Proven ability to direct and manage a team with the ability to work with
partners, USAID and the headquarters staff.
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Demonstrated diplomatic and interpersonal skills and ability to work in a
complex and changing environment with all key nakeholders.
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Ability to liaise with donors, implementing partners and host country government.
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Proven ability to develop and work within approved work plans.
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Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
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Computer literacy in MS Office applications including Word, Excel, Power
Point, and Outlook.
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Willingness to travel 2596 within the country and periodically
internationally.
Mode of Application:
Applications are invited from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the
following vacant post
Applications should be addressed to the HR & Administration Officer and
should be sent by email to
jobs—uganda@intrahealth.org to be received not later than Friday 16th May 2014.
Applicants should attach a current (N and photocopies of their certifiates
and testimonials
to their application. Total file size of attachments should not exceed 2MB.
Only shortlisted applicants will be
contacted. Intrallealth International, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative
Action Employer.
In collaboration with governments, nongovernmental organizations, and
private- sector organizations around the world, lntrailealth 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
Plot 203 Kawalya Kaggwa Close, Kololo,
P. O Box 71050,
Tel: 0414-347 959 or 0312-266 194
Kampala, Uganda
