Global Fund Project Jobs - Regional TB Focal Person at Ministry of Health ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs

Organisation: Ministry of

Health

Funding Source: Global Fund

Reports to: Team Leader
Duty Station: Gulu, (North Central), 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 Regional TB Focal Person shall carry 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: 

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In charge of monitoring and documentation of program

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

and best practices

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Providing technical support for performance

improvement and implementation of the TB Control activities in the respective

region.

·        
Managing regular tracking of results relevant to

core TB 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 TB reporting and basic M&E in line with the National

Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program guidelines.

·        
Performing any other duties as assigned by the team

leader

Qualifications, Skills and

Experience: 

·        
All candidates must have either MBChB or Bachelors

of Medical Laboratories and a Post graduate qualification in Public Health or

the equivalent from a reputable university. Specific training in TB or related

courses is of an added advantage

·        
A minimum of three years of postgraduate working

experience is required.

·        
Prior work experience in a rural health facility is

an added advantage.

·        
Work experience within a TB program setting is a

strong advantage.

·        
Computer literacy skills and knowledge

·        
Competences in management, team building skills

·        
Knowledge of policies and guidelines that impact on

TB are preferred.

·        
Knowledge of key country level TB control and

treatment interventions is of an advantage.

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.