Job Title: Country project coordinator, Uganda
Closing Date: Friday, 27 April 2012
Title: Country Project Coordinator Location: Uganda Primary Manager: Country Technical Director
Background: The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing pediatric HIV infection and eliminating pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention, care, and treatment programs.
Position Details: We are recruiting a Country Project Coordinator to manage activities in Uganda for a project focused on Increasing Access, Retention, and Follow-up of PMTCT services at the Community Level, taking place in three countries in the African region. Working as part of the EGPAF country team, s/he will assist with the design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of the project, as well as operational research activities in Uganda.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities Operations Research
- Ensure all local project activities are in alignment with project requirements.
- Participate in design of baseline assessments and ensure high quality data collection
- Participate in OR protocol development and oversee the national IRB submission for research activities
- Facilitate the development of community advisory group to support design and implementation of the operations research activities for the project
- Ensure project compliance to all research requirements, particularly protection of human subjects
- Provides logistical support for OR training activities, implementation of research protocols, study procedures and data collection
- Oversee data collection activities to ensure data standards are being met throughout the project
- Oversee maintenance of the research database. Project Implementation
- Coordinate development of workplans as well as piloting and refinement of project tools.
- Provide supervisory oversight of project staff, as well as guidance and support for effective implementation
- Liaise with officials from the MOH and DHMT as well as local stakeholders and civil society groups at the community level during the project's design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation
- Participate in technical working group discussions that form part of the project management team Project Management
- Recruit and supervise qualified in-country staff to support project activities
- Closely liaise with other country staff to ensure integration with all country activities
- Liaise with the Regional Project Coordinator as well as the Project Director to provide regular information and updates on country progress related to the project
- Communicate with the EGPAF Global office (Research, Program, M&E, and Operations) as well as the project Regional Program Coordinator
- Coordinate the drafting and submission of country level project reports to the Regional Project Coordinator.
- Monitor project expenditures ensuring that they are in line with the budget.
- A Masters degree in public health, environmental health , community nursing or a social sciences related field such as Sociology, Gender Studies or Anthropology
- 3-5 years proven experience working with operations research
- 3-5 years of proven experience working with health programs in Africa
- Ability to travel in-county 50% of the time
- Ability to work as needed on evenings and weekends
- All applicants will be expected to undergo a criminal background check Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Good knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS issues in the health sector in [Country x]
- Good understanding of research methodologies, research ethics
- Strong written and verbal skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Computer literacy including use of statistical packages
- Ability to effectively manage others and work as part of a team
- Ability and willingness to undertake frequent in country travel
- Fluency in English required, knowledge of local languages preferred
How to apply:
To apply for this post email Cover Letter, CV to recruit.orasst@pedaids.org
Application Deadline: 4/27/2012
