USAID EngenderHealth Jobs – Program Associate-Community Engagement

Organisation: EngenderHealth
Funding Source: USAID
Project: Fistula Care Plus
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Country Program Manager
Job Code:    599
About Us:
EngenderHealth works to improve the health and well-being of people in the poorest communities of the world. We do this by sharing our expertise in sexual and reproductive health and transforming the quality of health care. We promote gender equity, advocate for sound practices and policies, and inspire people to assert their rights to better, healthier lives. Working in partnership with local organizations, we adapt our work in response to local needs.
About Fistula Care Plus Project:
EngenderHealth Uganda received an award (cooperative agreement) by USAID for a Fistula Care plus project whose objective is to strengthen health system capacity for fistula prevention, detection, treatment and reintegration. The project will strengthen environments to enable for fistula prevention and treatment, increase community awareness and support for women and girls with fistula, reduce barriers to accessing prevention, detection, and care, and improve the evidence base for approaches to improve fistula care in the districts of Hoima, Masaka, Kalungu and Kasese.
Job Summary: The Program Associate – Community Engagement will be responsible for supporting the coordination and implementation of community engagement, counseling, communication and reintegration activities to support Fistula prevention, treatment and care for EngenderHealth.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Manage the creation and adaption of relevant communication materials for Fistula Care plus Project.
  • The Project Associate will also be responsible for dissemination of materials to appropriate audiences; monitoring and evaluating their use.
  • Lead the advocacy, communication and reintegration activities of Fistula Care Project at the district and national level including providing guidance to development of materials to support these activities.
  • Offer support the Senior Medical Associate to conduct quality improvement activities of EngenderHealth supported activities and all clinical aspects of EngenderHealth’s work
  • Monitor, evaluate and support partners’ community mobilization activities to prevent fistula and increase access to fistula supported sites.
  • In collaboration with MAP technical staff, design implement, monitor and evaluate Men and Partners activities within the context of community engagement in fistula.
  • In collaboration with the project team, work on design, implementation and monitoring of fistula reintegration programming.
  • Coordinate and strengthen counseling activities at partner sites through organization of counseling training and dissemination of counseling tools.
  • Collaborate with relevant technical and administrative staff in Uganda, New York and elsewhere.
  • Mentor and supervise relevant staff in Uganda Country Office on assigned tasks.
  • Participate in dissemination and training activities of EH in the country, region and at international meetings.
  • Ensure that lessons learned and potential best practices from activities mentioned above are well documented and disseminated.
  • Where appropriate, represent EngenderHealth at relevant meetings with donors, implementing partners and other external audiences in the country.
  • Perform any other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Country Program Manager.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
  • The Program Associate – Community Engagement must possess a Graduate degree in Public Health or a related field
  • At least five years’ experience in health programs, with at least 2 years of management experience.
  • Proven ability to develop and manage budgets.
  • Good working knowledge of reproductive health services including family planning, clinic-based, Maternity care; HIV prevention, care and treatment; informed choice and client-provider interaction; training in participatory and gender-sensitive approaches.
  • Excellent writing and communication skills.
  • Significant experience in providing field-based TA in area of RH in Africa preferred.
  • Excellent documentation skills, able to write high level reports to donors, partner.
  • Budgeting and computer literacy skills.
  • Prior experience in Monitoring and evaluation experience with health programs
How to Apply:
All interested job applicants should visit our website’s career page Click Here  to submit your details online.
Deadline: 17th February 2014.
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