HIV / AIDS Focal Person (3 Global Fund Job Careers) - Ministry of Health ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs

Organisation: Ministry of

Health

Funding Source: Global Fund

                 

The Government

of the Republic of Uganda under the Ministry of Health has received funding

from the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, to support

among other things recruitment of key staff to assist in improvement of the

Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) grant performance. The goals of the Health

Systems Strengthening grant are to:

·        
Strengthen the Procurement and Supply Management

(PSM) system

·        
Support improvements in the Management Information

Systems and Monitoring and          

·        
Support community involvement in the delivery of

health services

Additionally,

the National TB and Leprosy Program (NTLP) is under the department of the

National Disease Control (NDC) in the Ministry of Health. NTLP’s overall

functions are to establish country wide quality diagnosis and treatment

services for TB and Leprosy and to coordinate the implementation of TB and

Leprosy control activities. Under the National Program is a National TB Reference

Laboratory whose functions are; to provide technical guidance to all TB

diagnostic facilities and standardization of Laboratory TB and Leprosy provide

technical supervision and training of laboratory staff on TB and Leprosy

Diagnosis Techniques, Confirmation of drug resistant TB and provide follow up

culture and drug susceptible tests as a national referral facility. It also

supports coordinated drug resistant TB surveillance and technical support roll

out of new laboratory technologies and support their uptake and utilization. It

also carries out operational research activities.

Job Summary:  The HIV/AIDS Focal Person will support the

regional performance monitoring team by carrying out regular site support

supervision visits to individual health units located within the region to

provide training and ongoing mentoring of core program staff on information and

management skills.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

·        
In charge of monitoring and documentation of program

progress, identifying weaknesses, Technical Assistance needs, lessons learnt,

and best practices

·        
Providing technical support in performance

improvement and implementation of the HIV/AIDS Program activities in the

respective region.

·        
Coordinating regular tracking of results relevant to

core HIV/AIDS program targets and report to the respective national level

program offices

·        
Carrying out quarterly performance audits and

feedback in their respective regions, taking care to involve the participation

of district authorities, Area Teams, FCO and other stakeholders

·        
Collating program monitoring and evaluation reports

on quarterly, semester and annual basis to the National AIDS Control Program,

HMIS and the FCO

·        
Working closely with the FCO Quality Assurance

Manager to ensure that all Global Fund Sub-Recipients/health units are

reporting correctly, following the set guidelines

·        
The incumbent will be required to develop mentoring

guidelines and conduct on-job training as well as mentoring of relevant

programmatic staff in HIV/AIDS reporting and basic M&E.

·        
Performing any other duties as assigned by the team

leader.

Qualifications, Skills and

Experience: 

·        
The ideal candidates must have either MBChB or

Bachelors in Nursing plus Post Graduate qualifications in Public Health,

Demography, population studies or the equivalent from a reputable university. Additional

training in HIV/AIDs care and programs and/or M&E and related courses will

be an added advantage.

·        
A minimum of three years of postgraduate working

experience.

·        
Prior work experience in a rural setting and

experience in an HIV/AIDS program is desirable.

·        
Specific knowledge on key HIV/AIDS indictors,

treatment guidelines will be considered a strong advantage.

·        
Computer literacy is a MUST.

·        
Competences in management, team building skills,

knowledge of national policies and guidelines that impact on HIV/AIDS are

preferred.

All suitably

qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their applications

addressed to the Permanent Secretary, MOH to the address below;

Plot 6 Lourdel

Road, Room D213, Block D, 2nd Floor.

Deadline: 11th September 2015.

Duty Station: Soroti (North

Eastern), Arua (West Nile) and Mbarara (South Western), Uganda