Program Officer, Community Health-National Contract, Uganda job adverts,

 Program Officer, Community Health-National Contract

Position Title: Program Officer, Community Health

Permanent - Full-Time

Contract Duration: Open ended

Contractual Status: National

Save the Children Jobs

Location: Uganda,Fort Portal

Closing date: Friday 29 December 2017

Background Information:

For over 90 years, Save the Children has been making a difference in children's lives in more than 120 countries. We are the world's largest independent child rights organisation, underpinned by a vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. We are an equal opportunity organisation dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour towards children both in their private and professional lives.

In Uganda, we implement programmes in five thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Child Poverty, Health and Nutrition in Development and Emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern, West Nile and Central regions of Uganda. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential.

Role Purpose:

The Program Officer, Community Health will be primarily responsible for planning and ensuring quality and timely delivery of community based services of the MNCH program; including leading and coordination in collaboration with the District Health Team Leadership-mapping and training of VHTs in ICCM and community newborn care; integrated outreach mobile outreach MNCH clinics; child health days ; support supervision and mentorship of VHTs; and accurate documentation and reporting of community based activities .

The Program Officer may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis and to coordinate district level activities on behalf of the MNCH program manager

Qualification and Experience;

Essential

·             A minimum of a bachelor's degree in a health related subject or higher diploma in either midwifery, nursing or clinical officer

·             Postgraduate training in either public health, or health systems strengthening, or community health, or reproductive Health and Gender, is an added advantage

·             A minimum of three years working experience in MNCH related programming in Uganda (preferably with an International NGO).

·             Skills and experience in training and mentorship of Village Health Teams needed

Desirable

·             Willingness to work and stay in Kasese or Bundibugyo

·             Experience of working with local partners and training as a Master trainer in either ICCM, Community newborn care and family planning delivery

·             Experience of working with District Local Government on MNCH programs

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