USAID Family Planning Advisor Job Opportunity – IntraHealth International

Job Title:     Family Planning Advisor
Organisation: Intra-Health
International
Project Name: USAID Regional
Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in Eastern Uganda Project
(USAID/Uganda RHITES-E) Project
Duty Station: Mbale, Uganda
Reports to: Director of
Health Service Delivery
About Intra Health:
For over 30 years, in more than 100 countries, IntraHealth
International has empowered health workers to better serve communities in need.
IntraHealth fosters local solutions to health care challenges by improving
health worker performance, strengthening health systems, harnessing technology,
and leveraging partnerships. In collaboration with governments, nongovernmental
organizations, and private- sector organizations around the world, IntraHealth
champions the needs and contributions of health workers—from doctors and nurses
to community health workers to health facility managers—and works to ensure
they have the tools, supplies, information, training, and support they need to
provide communities they serve with the best possible opportunity for health
and well-being.
About USAID RHITES-E Project:
IntraHealth International will implement the USAID RHITES-E which
supports the Government of Uganda (GOU) and key stakeholders to increase
availability and utilization of high quality health services in 21 districts in
Eastern Uganda and 2 in Karamoja by strengthening health systems and improving
the quality of, access to, and demand for health services with attention to
equity and underserved populations.
Job Summary:   The Family Planning (FP) Advisor will provide
technical and program oversight and direction in the areas of family
planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) for the RHITES-E Project. Responsibilities
include providing leadership and technical guidance in the development and
implementation of family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) activities and in
coordination with other program technical leads. This position will ensure the
technical and methodological soundness of activities and, in collaboration with
the project team and partners, support the design of service delivery
strategies, based on current scientific evidence. S/he will advise on policy,
programmatic, national and USG strategies for integrated implementation of FP
initiatives.  The incumbent works in
close collaboration with other technical teams, DHMO and facilities to support
quality implementation of FP services. S/he will also continuously engage with
the Ministry of Health at the national level to bring RHITES-E FP related work
into the limelight. 
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Provides technical leadership in FP within
    specific FP activities and program-wide to ensure integration of FP
    services.
  • With technical oversight, provides
    technical leadership in design, development, planning, implementation, and
    capacity- building of specific FP technical components of programs.
  • Provides timely and adequate technical
    support to health programs on reproductive health, including guidance on
    improving service quality, increasing use of priority FP interventions,
    supporting and motivating frontline health workers (clinicians, nurses),
    and building capacity (including on-the-job training) on select FP topics.
  • Responsible for planning and scheduling
    own work flow and timetables, within FP technical area.
  • Maintains a constructive dialogue and technical
    exchange with technical ( MNCH, HIV, TB, Nutrition) and cluster
    counterparts to effectively support integration and health workers in the
    facilities to offer quality FP services.
  • Champions provision of sexual reproductive
    health services to the youth and adolescents.
  • Develops and maintains collaborative
    relationships with donors and client organizations, relevant government
    agencies, bilateral and other NGOs.
  • Develops tools for the design and
    implementation of FP technical components.
  • Ensures that project implementation of the
    FP strategy adheres to the appropriate national, global strategy and
    remains technically sound.
  • Provides FP technical leadership to
    multiple components for moderate to complex programs.
  • Builds the technical capacity of health
    care providers and transforming attitudes around FP services through
    training and mentorship
  • Provide technical support to district
    health management teams in prioritizing reproductive health services
    including FP.
  • Develops/oversee development of tools to
    support delivery of reproductive health services.
  • Influences design and scope of FP
    initiatives and programs within the RHITES-E Project.
  • Work in close collaboration with the
    M&E team, reviews, analyzes, and evaluates the effectiveness of FP
    activities and provides recommendations for improvements.
  • Ensures the quality of implemented
    technical activities and systems at all levels.
  • Represents the RHITES-E to external
    entities at FP related professional meetings and conferences.
  • Build and maintains collaborative relationships
    with donor and client organizations, relevant government agencies,
    bilateral and other NGOs and consistently maintained and viewed as a
    knowledgeable resource in their technical area.
  • Continually maintains a dialogue and
    technical exchange with field counterparts and technical staff of
    implementing partners.
  • Coordinates with employees and
    consultants, on-site and in the field for special projects or unusual
    situations.
  • Participates in planning and budgeting
    activities for RHITES-E Project, at the district and national level.
Training and leadership:
  • Pursues continuing professional
    development actively seeking opportunities to develop own skills and
    experience.
  • Oversees technical assistance provided by
    cluster team members in their district-level interventions
  • Promotes awareness and understanding of
    relevant FP tools and information.
  • Promotes and support training initiatives
    for relevant staff in FP.
  • Identifies training and development
    requirements and develop plans to ensure that these are met as appropriate
    by RHITES-E staff as well as district and facility level staff.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The applicants for the USAID RHITES-E Family
    Planning Advisor career opportunity must hold a Bachelor of Science in
    Nursing or public health from a recognized institution, Master’s degree in
    Reproductive or Public Health. 
  • At least ten years of increasing
    responsibilities at the national level in reproductive health or FP, five
    of which are in a management or advisory role
  • Demonstrated ability to manage large
    projects, set realistic priorities, and plan for the successful
    implementation of activities.
  • Previous experience in organizing and
    providing training and capacity building to staffs and partners.
Personal Competencies:
  • Managing Performance: Ability
    to plan and design practices, processes and procedures that allow for
    effective management of people, resources and processes to optimize
    overall organizational performance. Managing for performance includes the
    ability to delegate and encourage growth and leadership across the team(s)
    as part of maximizing performance and productivity.
  • Strategic Thinking: Applies
    organizational knowledge to identify and maintain focus on key success
    factors for IntraHealth while recognizing, anticipating and resolving
    organizational challenges. Ability to develop organization and
    industry-specific expertise and apply sound decision making processes to
    reach productive resolutions that translates strategy into actionable
    business plans.
  • Effective Communication (Oral &
    Written):
    Understands effective communication concepts, tools and
    techniques; ability to effectively transmit, explain complex technical
    concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience; and
    receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through
    the application of appropriate communication behaviors
  • Risk Management: Knowledge of
    processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling the
    organization’s exposure to risks of various kinds; ability to apply this
    knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
  • Innovation: Develops new,
    better or significantly different ideas, methods, solutions or initiatives
    within your role that result in improvement of IntraHealth’s performance
    and meeting objectives, results and global commitments.
  • Accountability: Holds self and
    others accountable for all work activities, research and personal actions
    and decisions; follows through on commitments and focuses on those
    activities that have the greatest impact on meeting measurable high
    quality results for IntraHealth’s success. Exercises ethical practices,
    respectful words and behaviors, and equitable treatment of others in all
    activities.
  • Service Excellence: Knowledge
    of and ability to put into action customer service concepts, processes and
    techniques to access internal and/or external client needs and
    expectations  and meet or exceed
    those needs and expectations through providing excellent service directly
    or indirectly.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the
USAID RHITES-E Project should upload an updated CV/Résumé, completed USAID Form
1420 Contractor Employee Biographical Data Sheet, download
here
and three professional references at the web link below
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