USAID RHITES Project Vacancies - Human Resources for Health Advisor at Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
Job Title: Human Resources for Health Advisor
Organisation: The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
Project Name: USAID Regional Integrated Health Programs (RHITES) Project
Duty Station: Mbarara, Uganda The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) seeks to end pediatric HIV/ AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. We are a global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS, working in 15 countries and at 7,000 sites around the world to prevent the transmission of HIV to children, and to help those already HIV infected. Today, because of the highly successful work of the Foundation and its partners over the last 25 years, pediatric AIDS has been virtually eliminated in the United States and new infections in children have declined by 51% worldwide.
The EGPAF Uganda Country program is currently implementing a number of projects in partnership with various donors. It plans to implement regional integrated health programs (RHITES) project upon winning the contingent of funds from USAID.
Job Summary: The Human Resources for Health Advisor will provide technical support for human resource development in order to enhance the capacity of service providers, district managers and project staff to plan for, coordinate, and implement capacity building interventions in HIV/AIDS, TB, MNCH, Nutrition and Malaria programs in south western Uganda. S/he will also contribute to availability of adequate Human Resources for Health and ensuring their appropriate recruitment, retention and management at the supported districts and health facilities for health service delivery. She/he will develop and coordinate implementation of capacity building plans for the different technical areas for the the integrated project at the project and district levels and coordinate the relevant training programs in collaboration with the district health offices and MOH.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The candidate should hold a good medical degree and/or a master’s degree in Public Health, Social Sciences or other clinical discipline.A minimum of five years of professional experience working in HIV/AIDS prevention, care & treatment, MNCH, Nutrition, malaria etc.Good knowledge and experience of local public /health services systems at the national and district level.Past experience in conducting training, developing curriculum and capacity building/human resource management Past exposure and experience in using Human Resource Information Management system and the Workload Indicators of Staffing Needs (WISN) methodology in the management of health workers.All qualified individuals are invited to apply by sending a cover letter and CV to: The Country Director Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) Plot 18A Kyadondo Road, Nakasero P.O. Box 21127 Kampala, Uganda E-mail: UgandaRecruitment@pedaids.org NB: EGPAF will only contact short-listed applicants.
Deadline: 30th September, 2014
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