University Research Co., LLC (URC)
Guided by a strong vision of equitable and resilient systems that respond to people’s needs and emerging threats, URC helps countries and local actors to build, implement, and sustain science-driven, scalable solutions. Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical expertise to empower governments, communities, and service providers toward strengthening their own health and social systems and improve service quality. We aim to expand access to and improve the quality of services, addressing maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health; global health security and infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; nutrition and water, sanitation, and hygiene. In our interactions with each other and our clients, we stay true to our values for transformative change by focusing on:
- Creativity: by unleashing our creativity, we enhance engagement and interaction to improve problem-solving.
- Collaboration: not only our work towards the same vision and mission instill staff with a strong sense of purpose, but also enables us to complement each other’s skills and allocate work to maximize everyone’s strengths.
- Accountability: we hold ourselves responsible for accomplishing goals, completing assignments, and making decisions.
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion: we embrace the importance of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, where our leadership and staff model behavior that enriches our organization, demonstrates respect for all people, and supports opportunities for all staff.
- Transparency: we understand that when employees deeply trust one another and their leaders, they will be more engaged in their roles because they will not be worried about unfair treatment.
Overview:
URC is seeking an experienced District-Based Integrated Program Officer for the Busoga region (Jinja City/Jinja District) for the USAID Uganda Health Activity (UHA), a five-year program. The purpose of UHA is to support the Government of Uganda’s (GOU’s) efforts to increase the survival and well-being of vulnerable populations and improve overall health system resilience in seven priority regions. The program will strengthen the quality and availability of MNCH, FP/RH, nutrition, facility-level WASH services, and health systems at the regional-, district-, facility-, and community levels.
Responsibilities:
The district-based Integrated Program Officer is responsible for the project’s clinical/HSS liaison person at each of the assigned districts within in the UHA project scope. He/she will be embedded within the assigned project DHO offices.
Specific responsibilities include the following:
- Provide technical support for the implementation of Family health interventions (Child Health, Maternal Health, Family Planning, Nutrition, GHS).
- Coordinate all UHA field activities in the 2 districts, working closely with UHA Advisors
- Coordinate HSS interventions including performance reviews, DQAs, PFM, HRH, M&E, support supervision, supply chain, IP coordination meetings, and mentorships.
- Support the integration of quality improvement approaches into health services delivery at the health facilities within the districts.
- Coordinate community systems strengthening activities.
- Closely support the project M&E team, and individual project staff in ensuring the reporting of health facility results on a quarterly and monthly basis (hospital performance reviews)
Qualifications:
Required Experience and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in the medical field (MBChB, Nursing, or Other). A master’s degree in a health-related field is an added advantage.
- 5 years of professional experience working in Public Health Systems.
- Experience with USAID and/or other donor projects is an added advantage.
- Desired Experience & Qualifications
- Demonstrable excellent writing, organizational, coordination, and communication skills
- Proven ability to set priorities, multi-task, and work collaboratively as well as independently.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Desired Experience and Qualifications
- Previous experience working with URC and USAID is an added advantage.
This job is open to candidates legally authorized to work in Uganda. No allowances have been budgeted for this position.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Unless otherwise directed we will retain your CV in our database for future opportunities.
Submission deadline is October 31,2024
URC is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
We value and seek diversity in our workforce.
