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Position Title:Program Specialist - Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP)
Duty Station: Peace Corps Uganda (PCUG) Office,
Kampala
Organization:Peace Corps (PC)
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Reports to:Program Manager - GHSP
Position Classification: Personal Services Contract 40hrs/week
Application Deadline:Monday January 19, 2015, 4:45pm
Background information:
Peace Corps (PC) is an agency of the United States Government, which sends
American volunteer development workers to assist in capacity building and
technical assistance activities in over 70 countries worldwide. Peace Corps
Uganda invites applicants for the position listed above, which is based in
Kampala, Uganda and may require travel to other parts of Uganda. See to http://uganda.peacecorps.gov for more details about Peace Corps Uganda.
For more details about this job, please refer to the website (http://uganda.peacecorps.gov/content/jobs-peace-corps)
The Global Health Service Partnership Program (GHSP) was launched as a
partnership between Peace Corps, Seed Global Health and PEPFAR in 2012. The
purpose of the program is to help support training of nurses and doctors where
they are most needed globally by placing American specialists as Peace Corps
Response Volunteer faculty at institutions in these countries. GHSP is part of
the Peace Corps Uganda health portfolio and complements the work of the Peace
Corps Community Health Volunteers aimed at to improving the healthy behaviors
and status of Ugandans living in rural areas through grass root work The
Ministries of Health and education and sports are key partners.
Basic Function
To enhance on the quality of Volunteer support and lay a foundation for
potential expansion, Peace Corps Uganda is seeking candidates to fill the
position of program specialist – GHSP. The GHSP program specialist will offer
technical and administrative support to the GHSP program manager and be the
point of contact (“champion”) for assigned Public Health Volunteers.
Job Description:
The purpose of this position is to provide programmatic and administrative
support to the GHSP and Health project teams to enhance their ability to
provide effective, timely support to the respective Volunteers. The GHSP
Program specialist will work as part of the programming team under the overall
leadership of the Director of Programming and Training (DPT) and in close
collaboration with the Health Program team to offer holistic support to GHSP
Volunteers, spouses and Community Health Volunteers to help them successfully
accomplish their tasks in Uganda.
Key Responsibilities:
Programming (40%):
The GHSP program specialist will be responsible for Support assigned Volunteers
as their champion throughout their cycle from recruitment to close of service
as their “champion” including but not limited to;
Site development:
·
Identify potential sites for GHSP
Volunteer spouses and Health Volunteers, develop the scope of work for their
assignment, and assess the suitability of their prospective housing situation
to ensure that it meets the required safety standards, has access to basic
amenities and all the required paper work and payments have been completed by the
hosting organization.
·
Prepare the necessary paper work
including a memorandum of understanding with the partner organization and
furnish the admin unit with all the necessary information requires to process
the Volunteer’s benefits before arrival.
·
Follow up on sites for GHSP
Volunteers to ensure all the necessary conditions have been met prior to
arrival.
·
Work closely with other Peace
Corps staff and partners to explore strategic ways of utilizing GHSP spouses’
skills to attain synergy with existing sectors and cross sectoral initiatives.
Volunteer support:
·
Will be the primary point of contact for GHSP Spouses and assigned public
health Volunteers for all their programmatic, technical and welfare needs including
but not limited to;
·
Prepare pre departure materials
for Volunteers and share them with Peace Corps Headquarters as part of pre
departure support for invitees
·
Seeking out peer support and
professional networks in country and linking the assigned Volunteers as
appropriate for work related networking.
·
Serving as the primary liaison
between PC Uganda, the Volunteer site and the Volunteers for all work related
interactions
·
Providing ongoing technical
backstopping to ensure the Volunteers’ activities are aligned with Peace Corps
Uganda’s respective sector frame works
·
Ensuring timely submission of the
Volunteer reporting forms and providing timely feedback to Volunteers on
performance
·
Updating partners, PC management,
administrative staff and site of any changes in Volunteer service status in a
timely manner ensuring continuity of work and timely processing of any required
documentation
·
Serve as primary back up for GHSP
PM on all GHSP programmatic activities
·
Participate in PEPFAR technical
working groups as assigned
·
Write and share success stories
of assigned Volunteers in a timely periodic manner through the various for
available for dissemination of Volunteer successes.
Administrative support (30%)
·
Manage the filing and
documentation of GHSP site files
·
Ensure timely processing of
Vacation requests, travel reimbursements for Volunteers
·
Draw itineraries and make
necessary reservations for state side facilitators from Peace Corps Head Quarters
and Seed Global health for site visits, in-service and close of service
trainings.
Training (25%)
In close collaboration with the
training team the GHSP program specialist will support the training cycle for
assigned Volunteers including training design and evaluation, training needs
assessment, liaison with facilitators, lesson planning, scheduling, delivery
and all assigned logistics for pre-service training, in service training, mid
service training, close of service training and any other trainings as
necessary to help Volunteers accomplish their assignment.
Prepare budget projections for Volunteer
training activities from time to time as requested by the GHSP PM, training
manager or their designee
Other duties (5%)
·
Serve as a periodic duty officer
attending to emergency Volunteer calls after working hours and over the
weekends
·
Ensure all assigned Volunteers submit their
emergency site locator forms and have up-to-date whereabouts information in the
Volunteer database.
·
Ensure all assigned Volunteers
access up dated information for emergency action response including but not
limited to travel alerts and warden information.
d. Any other duties as may be assigned from
time to time
Qualifications:
Academic Requirements: Bachelors level training in Nursing and/or other
health related training with strong experience in nursing education and
regulation.
Experience:
At least 2 years professional experience preferably in a fast paced cross
cultural setting providing technical support or direct leadership to
individuals on a long term basis through mentorship, liaison and/or coaching.
Experience in HIV, Malaria, WASH or Nutrition programming, health promotion
or medical/nursing education will be an added advantage
Functional competencies:
·
Self-driven and proactively
taking initiative
·
Detail oriented
·
Innovation and marketing of new
approaches
Core Competencies:
Values:
Integrity/Commitment to mandate, Knowledge sharing/Continuous learning, Valuing
diversity
Managing Relationships:
Working in teams, Communicating information and ideas, Conflict and
self-management
Working with people:
Empowerment/Developing people/Performance management
Personal Leadership and
Effectiveness: Strategic and analytical thinking, Results orientation/Commitment
to excellence, Appropriate and transparent decision making
Conditions:
Ability to travel for days/weeks and work extra hours within and outside
the duty station Proficiency in current office software applications especially
word processing, spread sheet management and presentation software.
Position Elements
Supervision Received:
Supervised by the Director of Programming and Training with daily direction
provided by the GHSP Program manager. For new, difficult, or unusual tasks,
supervisors give directions on objectives and suggested procedures. The GHSP
Program specialist is expected to take the initiative to meet established
deadlines, and document and communicate procedures to the concerned offices.
Available Guidelines:
1)
Peace Corps Manual,
2) Foreign Affairs Manual
3) instructions provided by the
Director of Programming and training and the Country Director.
Exercise of Judgment: Broad exercise of judgment within
the confines of job responsibilities.
Limits of Authority: The GHSP Program Specialist
is expected to research, discuss, and suggest solutions within the confines of
the job responsibilities.
Nature, Level and Purpose of
Contacts: Works closely with GHSP Program manager, Heath Team, MRE
specialists, the Director of Programming and Training, Training Manager, Peace
Corps Trainees and Volunteers. Communicates at all levels as required by the
job responsibilities
Oversight Exercised: PEPFAR
Coordinator and Health Program Manager.
Mode of application:
Only Electronic Submissions will be accepted.
Please submit a Word formatted letter of interest, resume, names and
contact information for three references to applications@ug.peacecorps.gov
Clearly indicate only the position applied for on the subject line of the
cover email: For example “Program Specialist GHSP”. Submitted documents become
the property of the Peace Corps and will not be returned.
You will be contacted ONLY if you are deemed qualified. If called for an
interview, you will be expected to bring a reference letter from your area
Local Council (LC1) as well as your academic credentials.
