job Title: Project Coordinator
Save the Children seeks to fill the following vacant position and applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced nationals.
Posted On:
Closing On:
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Category: < None >
Duration:
Job Description: for children. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale. In Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health and Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts.
Save the Children seeks to fill the following vacant position and applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced nationals.
1. Project Coordinator, Audit Cell phones Technology for Birth (1 position)
Background:
ACT for Birth, Uganda (A=audit, C=cell phones, T=technology and training) is a 2 year project with funding from the Saving Lives At Birth Initiative of USAID, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Grand Challenges Canada and The World Bank. The Project is set out to will demonstrate improvement of care at birth through: (1) empowering health workers to monitor labor using a robust, human-powered, fetal heart rate monitor and (2) use of audit linked to cell phones and using this data to reduce stillbirths, maternal and neonatal deaths.
Job purpose:
The Project Coordinator – ACT (audit, cellphones, technology) for Birth Uganda is responsible for providing technical support, coordination, implementation and supervision of all ACT for Birth related project activities. This includes leading the development of research protocols, coordination and implementation of project activities, documentation, and supporting project processes for ACT for Birth implementation within existing maternal and newborn care programs and services and building and maintaining strategic partnerships.
The successful candidate must have experience in health projects with a focus on MNCH , research procedures, good report writing and comprehension skills, experience in training and support supervision of both community (Village Health Teams) and health facility based health workers, and monitoring and evaluation skills as well as technical experience in intrapartum monitoring using electronic and paper based tools. Knowledge of maternal and peri-natal mortality audits is an added advantage.
Preferred Skills: Desired Academic back ground, Experience & person specifications:
• A minimum of Bachelors degree in Public Health, Health Sciences, Nursing, or Clinical Officer preferred.
• At least 2 years work experience in health/public health and or in a health/public health organisation, including 3 years of experience as a researcher in the area of MNCH;
• Strong experience in facilitating training and in developing training materials including support supervision tools;
• Experience with providing institutional support and technical assistance to decentralised districts and or NGOs on issues related to RH/MNCH service provision;
• Experience in RH/maternal newborn and child health programming including facility and community based health
service improvement is essential;
• Minimum of 3 years relevant working experience in RH/Maternal Neonatal and Child Health programming, working with local partners;
• Team worker with good interpersonal/communication, documentation, and presentation and good facilitation skills.
• Fluency in English is a must;
• Understanding of Government policies on RH/MNCH issues and how to contribute to their development with political analysis skills, sensitivity and diplomacy.
• A professional progression towards increasing technical responsibilities.
• Effective interpersonal skills – oral and written communication skills
• Computer literacy skills – MS Office applications, word, excel, PowerPoint, Spread sheets
• Policy development and analysis skills
Application information:
Applications with detailed CVs indicating 3 referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors and copies of academic testimonials/ certificates should be submitted to;
The Head of Human Resources & Administration
Save the Children in Uganda
Plot 68/70, Kiira Road
P. O. Box 12018
Kampala
Or on email: recruitment@sciug.org
Note:
The position will remain open until they are filled.
Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply at the earliest opportunity.
Save the Children in Uganda is an equal opportunity employer, female staff are encouraged to apply.
