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• Represent DFID in Government of Uganda health
  technical working groups and other policy influencing forums.
• Take lead in DFID’s engagement in DFID-funded
  programmes including steering groups, supporting and guiding recipients of
  UK funds (including the UN, other multilaterals, private sector, and other
  bilaterals) to deliver the maximum impact with those funds.
• Work closely with colleagues in the Governance,
  Security, Resilence and Humanitarian (GSRH) and the Growth and Economic
  Management (GEM) teams to maximize health impact (including
  DFID-attributable results) through cross-sectoral working.
• Work in liaison with the head of the DFID HD
  team to improve measurement of health results and attribution to DFID in
  relation to the UK manifesto commitments.
• Work closely with the DFID Uganda Livelihoods
  Adviser and Humanitarian Adviser to include and maintain high quality
  nutrition interventions in Karamoja and refugee settlements.
• Actively engage in the governance and
  management of key centrally managed programmes (especially GAVI),
  providing sound technical advise to implementing partners to increase
  effectiveness of DFID central funds.
• Support the generation of evidence and
  lessons emerging from DFIDU’s health and nutrition programming, including
  sharing lessons within and outside DFID.

• Lead on the technical aspects of DFID’s
  family planning and nutrition programmes.
• Act as the Senior Responsible Officer for the
  family planning programme, work with programme managers and programme
  officers to ensure that project cycle management are conducted on time and
  to the required standard.
• Work with the head of DFID Uganda’s HD team,
  other health advisers (including centrally) to identify and invest in
  proven interventions to acceleration reduction in Uganda’s high fertility
  rate, including amongst marginalised populations and areas such as young people
  and hard to reach areas.
• Oversee the integration of DFID malnutrition
  treatment programmes, with other DFID supported health programmes into a
  health systems approach.

• The ideal applicant for the DFID Health Adviser
  job vacancy should hold a  Master’s
  degree in Public Health or an equivalent Master’s degree in relevant
  technical area (epidemiology; health planning and finance; health
  economics; demography and health).
• A minimum of five years of professional experience
  working in public health in a developing country context, preferably
  Uganda, with demonstrable capability in the following areas:
• Broad knowledge and application of
  epidemiology and public health
• Broad knowledge and understanding of the
  global health context including international health architecture
• Broad knowledge / understanding of nutrition
  and its application, including Evidence of what works including
  nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive actions, nutrition information
  systems, nutrition policy and multi-sector approaches to prevent and treat
  malnutrition.
• Familiarity with health service delivery in a
  developing country context
• Knowledge and application of the wider
  determinants of health
• Knowledge and application of evidence,
  innovation and evaluation 

• Leading and Communicating: Leading DFID’s external engagement
  on a range of issues related to family planning and nutrition influencing
  positive changes, communicating DFID’s programmes and policies with
  conviction and clarity
• Collaborating and Partnering: Actively
  build and maintain a network of external contacts and internal colleagues
  to achieve progress on objectives and shared interests. Excellent cross
  HMG collaboration
• Delivering Value for Money: Question and challenge the value
  being delivered through the choice of intervention, the delivery channel
  and the commercial arrangements with delivery partners
• Engaging Internationally: Build and maintain a wide range of
  contacts and quickly understand the national and regional context and
  local sensitivities.

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