Job Title: Project Facilitator – Community Health Linkages and Advocacy, SCORPES Project (Kamuli)
Job Description
This position reports to the Project Coordinator-SCORPES Project. The overall responsibility of the Project Facilitator for Community Health Linkages and Advocacy is to conduct the day-to-day implementation of project interventions. Specifically, he/she will be responsible for coordination of the community-based health support teams; and implementation of activities that contribute to empowerment of local communities to advocate, demand and utilize improved health services in entire district of Kamuli.
Specific Responsibilities:
• Participate in developing annual project outlines and quarterly and monthly project work-plans and budgeting.
• Manage annual budgets for project activities that will promote community empowerment, advocacy, utilization and social accountability for health rights and availability of improved services.
• Organize and coordinate the selection, capacity building and operations of Community-based health support teams.
• Organize and coordinate community health empowerment activities using appropriate Community Advocacy and Social Accountability Methodologies.
• Organizing awareness raising activities on health rights and health services, including MCH and EMTCT
• Participate in mobilization and sensitization of communities to create demand for MCH and EMTCT services.
• Organize participatory project monitoring and evaluation sessions at community level
• Participate in the collection of data for the SCORPES project operational research
• Compile activity and monthly reports and submit to them to the Project Coordinator
• Ensure that the project resources, assets and documents are well maintained
• Any other tasks assigned by the Project Coordinator
Qualifications / Skills:
• A degree in Social Science, Social Work, Development Studies or any relevant discipline.
• Training in areas of HIV/AIDS/PMTCT; and Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) of childhood illnesses is an added advantage.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience implementing Community-based Child Health projects; or community empowerment and advocacy for health
• Hands-on experience of working in rural settings.
• Practical experience in working with district and community health systems including Village Health Teams (VHT).
• Computer knowledge in Ms Word, Excel spread sheets and PowerPoint presentation
• Knowledge in participatory approaches to development
• Ability to ride a motorcycle is a MUST
How to Apply
Plan Uganda, with funding from Plan Germany and in collaboration with Kamuli District Health Departmant, is rolling out implementation of a four-year integrated child health project –Strengthening Community Responses to Promote Early-child Survival (SCORPES) in Kamuli District. The project will support delivery of both facility- and community based child survival interventions, including EMTCT; while promoting health rights, community advocacy, demand creation and social accountability for improved health services in the communities of Kamuli District.
Plan Uganda is an equal opportunity employer and would like to recruit competent persons to fill the above vacant position:
Suitably qualified candidates should submit letters of application to the email address below, together with a CV. Contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant certificates, names and contact details of three references plus salary history should be included and sent to the undersigned.
Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply. Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted. Please consider your application unsuccessful in case you do not hear from us by 21st June, 2013.
NB: Only soft copies of application will be accepted.
The People & Culture Manager,
Plan Uganda
Email: uganda.recruitment@plan-international.org.
As a child centered development organization, Plan strives to ensure that children are kept safe in all the areas we operate. The organization further has a child protection policy that every staff is required to sign. Potential candidates will be required to provide information confirming whether or not they have ever been convicted of any child abuse crimes.
Deadline: 31st May 2013