Senior Technical Officer – Nutrition Career Opportunity at Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

Organization: Management Sciences
for Health (MSH)
Project Name: STRIDES
Funding Source: USAID 
Duty Station: MSH/SURE Offices, Kampala, Uganda
About MSH:
Management Sciences for Health
(MSH) is an international non-profit, public health organisation with
headquarters in USA, whose purpose is to strengthen health programs worldwide.
MSH Uganda is currently running a number of USAID and other donor funded projects,
both in Kampala and other parts of the country including STRIDES for Family
Health project and TRACKTB.
About Project:
STRIDES is a Reproductive
Health/Family Planning and Child Survival Services Project whose goal is to
train and support health service providers across 15 selected districts in
Uganda to be fully functional and deliver quality, integrated RH/FP and CS
services to more people. The STRIDES Project is recruiting staff for its one
year extension period ending February 2015.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
  • The
    Senior Technical Officer’s overall responsibility is to provide technical
    direction to STRIDES nutrition activities at district, facility and
    community levels.
  • The
    Officer will closely liaise with the Senior Technical Advisor, DHMTs, coordinate
    nutrition resource persons, health unit in-charges as well as other
    implementing partners to coordinate nutrition activities in the both the
    Central and Eastern region districts.
  • Ensure
    proper documentation and reporting of relevant nutrition data at all
    service points in collaboration with M&E Manager
  • Work
    with the district nutrition focal persons, sub-county TOTs and health
    facility incharges of the priority health facility staff to forecast
    monthly RUTF requirements and ensure timely orders and delivery of the
    food items.
  • Ensure
    engagement of VHT’s in rapid PD/H activities in close collaboration with
    the Operations Manager.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant should hold a Degree in public health with field related
    to nutrition or in nutrition with public health bias,
  • At
    least three years of demonstrated experience in developing and
    implementing successful nutrition programs, managing malnutrition in
    infants/children, and promoting behavioral change for prevention of
    malnutrition,
  • Experience
    working with or open to work with the private sector,
  • Experience
    working at the community level preferred,
  • Demonstrated
    ability to plan and coordinate with a variety of collaborators, including
    DHMTs, NGOs and community-based organizations,
  • Demonstrated
    experience providing technical assistance to government and non-government
    health workers,
  • Strong
    organizational skills,
  • Strong
    report writing and computer skills.
How to Apply:
All
interested applicants should send them to:
The
Human Resources Partner – MSH, Plot 15 Princess Ann Drive Bugolobi,
P O Box
71419, Kampala, Uganda. Email: HRUG@msh.org
Deadline 15th November,
2013.
 We
thank all applicants for their interest, but can only acknowledge shortlisted
candidates.

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