21 Entry Level Health Technician Career Jobs - Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)

Organisation: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Statistician- Health

The

Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) is a semi-autonomous body established by the

Uganda Bureau of Statistics Act, 1998, to promote the production of reliable

official statistics and ensure the development and maintenance of the National

Statistical System (NSS). The mandate of the Bureau is the Production,

Coordination and Dissemination of Official Statistics. The Bureau intends to

conduct the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey VI-2016.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

• The jobholder will use standard equipment to
  
  measure the height and weight of children, men and women as identified by
  
  the interviewing team.


• Test, treat or refer for malaria using Rapid
  
  Diagnostic Test among children under 5 years.


• Take a reading of biometric measurements of
  
  children, men and women.


• Draw capillary blood from Children under 5
  
  years and women (15 – 49 years) to establish their haemoglobin and vitamin
  
  A levels.


• Draw venous blood from a sub-sample of the
  
  Children under 5years and women (15–49 years) to be used in quality
  
  control.


• The incumbent will store the Dry Blood Spots
  
  safely till when they are collected by a Supervisor or deposited at the
  
  collection Centre.


• Offer timely support to the Interviewers in
  
  carrying out the household interviews.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  

• The applicants for the Health Technician Jobs
  
  must hold a Certificate in Nursing or Laboratory Technology


• Oral Proficiency in at least one of these
  
  local languages: Ateso, Luganda, Lugbara, Luo, Ngakarimojong, Runyankole –
  
  Rukiga, Runyoro – Rutoro, Lusoga;


• The applicant who has previously participated
  
  in a household-based data collection exercise will have an added advantage


• Evidence of maturity, friendliness and
  
  willingness to work away from home during the approximately 1 month’s
  
  fieldwork;


• Computer literacy skills


• Strong numerical and analytical skills


• Excellent interpersonal skills.


• Possess excellent communication skills.


• Team building skills.

All

suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to send a filled copy of

application form, download

here, with relevant copies of academic transcripts, certificates and

relevant appointment letters. The complete documents should be submitted to Uganda

Bureau of Statistics Reception Ground Floor.

Deadline: Friday, 1^st April, 2016 by 5pm