Organization: Elizabeth
Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
Project Name: USAID Regional
Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in the South West Uganda Project
(RHITES)
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 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 58% worldwide. EGPAF Uganda Country
program is currently implementing a number of projects in partnership with
various donors.
About USAID RHITES Project:
The Elizabeth
Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) implements the USAID Regional Health
Integration to Enhance Health Services in the South West Uganda Project
(RHITES) whose aim is to increase the availability, accessibility and quality
of integrated health services including HIV and TB prevention, care and
treatment; maternal, neonatal and child health services; family planning;
nutrition assessment, counseling support; malaria prevention and treatment and
other primary carer services.
Job Summary: The DBT Manager
will take lead of a team of professionals (including Medical Doctors, Social
workers, Strategic Information Officers, and Finance Officers) to implement the
integrated health Program in the districts of support. The incumbent will work
with the team of technical advisors in various program areas to provide
technical guidance to the District-Based Teams in implementing the regional
health integrated program. The DBT Manager will oversee the implementation of
the project work plans and strategies in all the districts of support; and
ensuring that these are effectively translated into district and site work
plans. The incumbent will also support effective and efficient utilization of
the organization resources by reviewing the district budgets, cash requisitions
and accountabilities with line with the EGPAF financial guidelines.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
·
The incumbent coordinates the implementation of the
regional health integration program at the district level; and acts as the main
link between the EGPAF country team and the District Health Teams on a regular
basis.
·
Supports the DBTs in the development and
implementation of overall RHITES SW strategy in line with the MOH current policies
and implementation guidelines.
·
Coordinates the integration of technical support
from the technical advisors to the district based officers and provides
technical guidance to the district teams for work plan development to ensure
successful implementation of the project.
·
Renders supports in setting up and running special
clinics and track progress at individual sites through site visits and district
reports, in collaboration with M.O.H and the EGPAF program team.
·
Offers technical direction and guidance during the
development of RHITES SW/ EGPAF’s annual work plan.
·
Manages the process of developing district annual
and quarterly work plans and budgets; and monitor their implementation in all
the districts of support.
·
The incumbent also supervises the process of
effective and efficient utilization of organization resources in the districts
of support through monitoring of activities’ implementation, review of cash
requisitions and accountabilities from the district/DBTs; and provision pf the
necessary guidance in consultation with the Supervisor.
·
Sets up mechanisms to tracking implementation of
project activities as per the district work plans and implementation plans; and
routinely provide feedback about implementation progress to the program team.
·
Develops and implements strategies including
supporting routine team meetings, provision of routine feedback and conducting
performance evaluations to enhance DBT’s functionality and performance; and
ensuring that the DBTs are effective and efficient.
·
Plans, organizes, coordinates, maintains, and
assures effective on-site technical support through prioritizations of sites to
be supported, and development of weekly field plans in consultation with the
DBTs and technical advisors.
·
Supports the DBTs in timely preparation of district
reports and site visits TA reports; ensuring that these are timely shared and
filed with the respective DHTs, site teams and program team.
·
The jobholder also supports the integration of
quality improvement approaches to improve systems and processes for service
delivery; and strengthen the implementation of the EGPAF’s data quality
management system at the district and site level.
·
Coordinates district report compilation and
technical reporting according to defined reporting schedules.
·
Mentors and supervises six teams of DBTs; and
conducts routine performance management of the individual team members and
ensure team cohesion, motivation, team work and accountability.
·
Maintains a healthy and positive relationship with
the DHTs, sub-district managers, facility managers and other key stakeholders
·
Builds and strengthens partnerships and working
relationships with community structures, NGO’s community leaders, and
Government representatives at the district level.
·
Renders support in identifying, documenting,
disseminating and scaling up best practices in the integrated health services
and writes regular monitoring and technical reports as required and contribute
to EGPAF’s reports.
·
Represents EGPAF and RHITES SW project in the
supported districts and at national level
·
Perform any other duties as assigned by the
supervisors.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
·
The qualified candidate for the DBT Manager vacancy
should have a medical degree. Possession of a master’s degree in Public Health
or related health field is preferred.
·
A minimum of five years of professional experience
working in comprehensive health programs including HIV/AIDS prevention, care
& treatment, MNCH, malaria and TB.
·
Hands-on knowledge and skills in designing,
planning, implementing and monitoring HIV/AIDS, MNCH, FP, Malaria and Nutrition
programs.
·
Detailed working knowledge and understanding of
current issues and developments in the field of HIV/AIDS and especially MNCH,
Malaria, PMTCT, ART, HTS and Nutrition.
·
Broad working knowledge of the district health
system and community structures.
·
Experience in leading and managing teams of health
professionals.
·
Good knowledge of quality improvement principles.
·
Strong skills in teamwork and networking. Excellent
verbal communication and writing skills.
·
High proficiency in computer use especially using
basic and/or statistical packages
·
Willingness to work and travel in rural settings in
Uganda.
All suitably
qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their applications
to this address;
The Country
Director, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), Plot 18A Kyadondo
Road, Nakasero, P.O. Box 21127, Kampala, Uganda
E-mail to:
UgandaRecruitment@pedaids.org
Deadline: 14th December 2015
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