Health Technical Program Officer Charity Jobs – World Vision International

Organisation: World Vision International
Reports to: Technical Program Manager – Health
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
World
Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government
Organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to
overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 41 districts in
Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not
employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children. All
employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable
background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision
for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will
to make it so.”
Job Summary: The Health Technical Program Officer will
actively contribute to achieving WVU’s child wellbeing targets in designated
clusters through planning, monitoring and implementing the health and nutrition
programme in line with applicable technical approaches and WVU national
strategy.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
Project Planning and
Implementation:
  • Ensure that the cluster designs are in line
    with the Health national office strategy
  • Ensure that Cluster Health project activities
    are integrated with other sectors and with the District development plan
  • Supervise and monitor ongoing activities
    under the Cluster health projects
  • Ensure quality in the roll out of the health
    project models ensuring sufficient funds allocated to particular
    activities in annual plans
  • Coordinate Cluster health projects being
    implemented by partners and technical resource persons.
  • Initiate and participate in health district
    Advocacy initiatives
  • Work closely with the National office health
    technical specialists for quality implementation of health projects.
  • Ensure cross cutting themes are mainstreamed
    in health projects.
  • Work with CSDO to ensure Registered Children
    and their households are participating and benefiting from health
    programme interventions.
Technical Support and
Training:
  • Identify local level capacity needs and
    support capacity building activities for WVU staff and partners to improve
    the quality of education
  • Participate in development /adaption of
    training curriculum/manuals for implementation in the program area
  • Support cluster /ADP teams with Break down
    structures for difference models
  • In charge of the mobilization of and
    conducting trainings to build capacities on health models
  • Provide mentoring and coaching to district
    and community health technical personnel to build local capacity for
    understanding and connecting with community linkages.
  • Identify technical experts to train district
    and community groups
  • Work closely with the National Office
    technical specialists on staff capacity building in health programming
Partnership and
Networking:
  • Identify and build strategic linkages,
    relations, collaborations and networks with partners and other
    stakeholders in implementation at the District level.
  • Participate and represent WVU in key donor
    engagements and technical working forums at district, region and National
    level when applicable
  • Point of contact for consultation on issues
    to do with Cluster health programming.
  • Work closely with District initiatives
    through the District Health Office
Research, Documentation
and Evidence building:
  • Effectively document all information related
    to project successes, innovations and promising practices and disseminate
    through appropriate mechanisms.
  • Responsible for capturing child well-being
    indicators related to health projects in the cluster
  • Ensure identification of research areas,
    conduct research and document learnings
  • Spear head the Cluster health in output &
    outcome monitoring processes
  • Support processes of project baselines and
    evaluation of health projects and interventions.
Quality Implementation:
  • Track and manage budgets allocated for the
    projects across assigned APs
  • Produce timely, accurate, compliant and
    quality reports
  • Participant in Cluster management meetings
    and reflection forums
  • Support implementation of grants and PNs in
    area of operation
Resource Acquisition:
  • Identify and initiate viable funding
    proposals for resource acquisition to support health programme
    interventions.
  • Participate in resource mobilization through
    concept papers/proposal writing for fund raising and market them with
    support offices and other donors
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The prospective World Vision Health Technical
    Program Officer employee should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing,
    Public health, Nutrition & Human Medicine
  • A minimum of five years of practical
    experience in Public health programming including HIV/AIDS with a
    reputable organization, three of which must have been involved in program
    planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
  • Good training facilitation and coordination
    skills
  • Previous experience in development of
    Proposals/concept papers development for fund raising
  • Excellent Research, monitoring and evaluation
    skills
  • Prior exposure and experience in conducting
    Needs assessment and report writing
  • You must be able to ride a Motor Cycle with a
    clean riders permit-class A.
  • Highly motivated to achieve quality results
    and service
  • Demonstrated accountability and integrity
  • Ability to communicate effectively
  • Good team player
  • Ability to work with communities
  • Willingness to stay upcountry
NB: This vacancy is open to Ugandan nationals only.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online by visiting World
Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link below.
Please
follow instructions on How to Create Account and Profile at World Vision’s
e-recruitment portal.  Qualified female
candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 4th July, 2016

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