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Position Title:Capacity Building Specialist
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Duty Station: Kampala - Uganda
Organization:Malaria Consortium
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Reports To: Africa Technical Director
Department: Technical
Application Deadline:03/02/2015 23:59
ORGANISATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Malaria Consortium is one of the world's leading non-profit organisations
dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable
diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with
communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions,
local and international organisations, to ensure good evidence supports
delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and
evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and
strategic planning. The organisation works to improve not only the health of
the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps
relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.
Malaria Consortium (MC) manages a wide range of communicable disease
projects in a number of countries. These projects range from support to central
governments in the implementation of projects for the control of malaria,
pneumonia, diarrhoeal diseases and neglected tropical diseases at district and
community levels. Malaria Consortium is looking to expand its capacity with a
highly competent and motivated capacity building specialist to provide
technical support and oversight to country offices in their capacity building
and curriculum development efforts which have grown over the years. The
position is based at the regional office in Kampala, Uganda, but an alternative
location can be considered in exceptional circumstances.
JOB PURPOSE:
The post holder shall work with the Africa Technical Director to provide
technical support and oversight to country offices in Africa on human capacity
building initiatives relating to its broad communicable disease portfolio
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Provide advice on human capacity building approaches and methods in
Malaria Consortium programmes in Africa.
2. Monitor the quality of the capacity building aspects of Malaria
Consortium projects and establish standards to ensure project materials comply
with existing global and/or national benchmarks regarding human capacity
development.
3. Provide technical assistance to Ministries of Health and other
development / implementing partners in strategy development related to human
capacity development.
4. Lead efforts to strengthen capacity of relevant technical staff across
the portfolio of projects in capacity building approaches and content
development
5. Contribute to the development of proposals; provide technical support to
projects and participate in operational research studies related to health
systems strengthening.
6. Prepare documentation based on Malaria Consortium’s work in capacity
building for dissemination in line with our organizational knowledge management
strategy, in forms such as policy briefs and journal publications.
7. Design, develop and implement, evaluation methods for project capacity
building activities.
8. Represent the organisation at some high level national, regional
meetings on matters relating to human capacity development and health system
strengthening of malaria, tuberculosis and other communicable diseases.
9. Mentor and contribute to the performance improvement of national and
expatriate staff.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
· At least ten (10) years of practical field experience in a developing
country with at least five (5) years professional experience working at a
senior level within the health sector supporting capacity building initiatives,
proficient in Adult learning techniques and approaches .
· A post graduate degree in public health, health education or related
field, clinical specialty additional certification in communicable or
infectious disease would be an added advantage.
· Demonstrable past experience in curriculum and training material
development.
· Past experience in training of health staff at all levels of the health
system.
WORK BASED SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:
ESSENTIAL:
· Knowledge of health systems strengthening including health service
delivery, clinical mentoring, support supervision, competency development and
performance improvement.
· Fluent written and spoken English.
· Good mentoring skills and a commitment to national and expatriate staff
capacity development.
· Confident and proficient in the use of MS Office.
DESIRABLE:
· Working knowledge of French or Portuguese.
· Experience of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues
from different functions and cultures.
· Familiarity with basic epidemiology of malaria.
· Familiarity in management of other common childhood illnesses and
nutrition would be an advantage.
OTHER KEY INFORMATION
· Applicants from the Africa region are encouraged to apply.
· Length of contract- 2 years initially. The contract is renewable based on
performance
· Location- Kampala, Uganda
· Travel - Up to 40% travel within and outside the region. This is an
essential requirement
Mode of application:
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