Global Fund Grant Jobs - Health Systems Strengthening HSS Grant Coordinator at Ministry of Health ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs

Organisation: Ministry of

Health

Funding Source: Global Fund

Reports to: Coordinator,

FCO
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

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 Health

Systems Strengthening HSS Grant Coordinator will have the major responsibility

on ensuring the effective and efficient day to day implementation of the grant

activities. The incumbent will support the implementation of the HSS Grant at

national and sub-national levels taking care to maximize the gains from the

previous GF investments and provide support to critical areas that have high

impact on the overall  national health

system. He/she will support strengthening of sub-national planning/

coordination, implementation, reviews and grant closure.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

·        
Document the existing and any future Sub-Recipients

(SRs) of the HSS Grant as well as all its key stakeholders.

·        
Organize grant implementation review meetings where

the SRs provide updates to the key Stakeholders. Key stakeholders including MOH

senior and Top Management, UAC, warehouses, Regional teams, DHOs, regional

referral hospitals and Implementing Partners, among others.

·        
The incumbent will maintain a communication link

between all HSS grant sub-national implemented (liaison officer) and the FCO of

the Ministry of Health

·        
Ensure that all Sub-Recipients are implementing

within the valid legal frameworks and agreements

·        
Ensure that SRs are compiling and submitting agreed

reports/delivering expected outputs and together with the HSS M&E

Specialist, regularly compile the Progress Updates reports for submission to

the Global Fund

·        
Organize field visits to monitor implementation of

grant activities and promptly compile field reports and ensure that SRs adhere

to the MoH guidelines and grant conditions

·        
Identify and document capacity development needs for

the HSS Grant SRs especially for staff involved in programmatic and financial

reporting and advise the FCO Coordinator on appropriate action

·        
Prepare briefs for the FCO Coordinator to brief the

MoH leadership, the Principal Recipient (PR) and Country Coordinating Mechanism

(CCM),

·        
Work closely with the regional performance

monitoring teams and Ministry of Health staff to support planning, capacity

building, reporting and performance monitoring of the grant, across all levels

of the decentralized response

·        
Compile action plans for addressing grant management

actions as will be issued from the Global Fund Secretariat and devise means for

monitoring their implementation

·        
Work closely with the Finance resource persons to

follow-up financial reports from implementers be it individuals or

organizations

·        
Ensure that all cross cutting health systems

strengthening activities are effectively planned and executed with the relevant

stakeholders.

·        
Represent the FCO coordinator in key operational HSS

meetings and other fora,

·        
Perform any other duty as may be assigned by the FCO

Coordinator from time to time

Qualifications, Skills and

Experience: 

·        
The applicant should preferably hold a first degree

in health related or social sciences discipline with a Master’s degree in

Public Health or equivalent. Possession of a post graduate qualification in

Project management shall be an added advantage.

·        
At least five years’ relevant experience in

management of health programs in Uganda.

·        
Proven experience in facilitating and training of

health service providers.

·        
Documented evidence of reporting on donor funded

projects will be an added advantage

·        
Excellent oral and written communication skills particularly

report writing skills

·        
Ability to work closely in a team environment

·        
Adaptable and able to work in stressful conditions

·        
Self-motivated but with the ability to make good use

of the experience and efforts of others

·        
Computer literacy skills

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.