Uganda: International Technical Assistance Public Health - 2015

Organization: Belgian Technical Cooperation

Country: Uganda

Closing date: 27 Aug 2015

Location: Kampala – The candidate will reside in Kampala and its main field of activity will be within the Ministry of Health (70%) and field visits at District Health Office level, in hospitals and Health Sub-Districts (30%) in the regions of intervention. Ten days field presence every 2 months.

Duration of the contract: 36 months

Probable starting date: as soon as possible

Monthly salary package: between 5,624.06 euro and7,959.57 euro (this includes the gross monthly salary and the expat benefits: hardship allowance and expat allowance). The salary is calculated, depending on the composition of the family and the number of years of relevant experience.

Function:

• Responsible for the functional coordination between PNFP and ICB II project


• Support coordination with all stakeholders inside and outside the MoH


• Steer the international Administrative and Financial Expert


• Coordinate the work between all National Technical Assistant working in PNFP and ICB-II


• Participate to joint planning


• Support the MoH in its efforts to coordinate capitalisation of experiences and policy recommendation exercises


• Responsible for the co-management procedures in the ICB II project


• Co-responsible for the planning and budgeting of activities


• Co-responsible for the guiding of NTA


• Actively assist in capacity building of project and national MoH staff


• Conceive and organise action-research initiatives


• Co-responsible in the development of a M & E system, based on the establishment of a baseline for each explicit topic of interest of the project


• Support the MoH in capitalising experiences generated at the operational level and translate them in a national policy


• Organise activities to improve the quality of care and the organisational quality


• Organise formal evaluation conversations with the ITA of the PNFP project and the iAFE

Profile

Qualifications

• Degree in Medicine


• Master Degree in Public Health or equivalent diploma (candidate will have to provide course content)·


• Experience


• At least 8 years in the field of public health and health service organisation of which at least 3 years in development countries.


• Experience in institutional support and work at a ministry’s level.


• Experience in effective management of health care facilities (Health district management).


• Previous experience of coordination and leadership in a similar context


• Experience in dealing with crosscutting issues (gender, SRHR, HIV)


• Experience in action-research and capitalisation exercises are advantages


• Knowledge on complexity concepts and management in complex environments are advantages


• Knowledge on RBF and health insurance are advantages·

Other

• Leadership and coaching skills (listening, consensus building, take difficult decisions)


• Good knowledge of computer tools.


• Able to initiate new ideas, discuss and question them.


• Willingness to learn new concepts and a scientific curiosity


• Combine analytical skills with good interpersonal skills.


• Good communication skills (negotiation, moderation, representation, presentation of results).


• Excellent in oral and writing skills in English.

How to apply:

Please apply no later than 26^th of August, through our website www.btcctb.org. Use our Standard CV and a letter of motivation to apply. You can find the model of our Standard CV on the Jobs page of our website. If you have any additional questions**,** don’t hesitate to contact us at +32 (0)2/505 18 65.