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• Work with HSS Senior Officer to identify gaps in regulatory
  compliance at the lower health facilities, and design training initiatives
  depending on identified gaps.
• Advocate for oversight at district and sub-county level through
  continuous advocacy for support to Health Unit Management Committees.
• Partner with MoH to refine HUMC guidelines to simplify roles and
  responsibilities of HUMC members and ensure that youth and women are
  represented.
• Support mechanisms for targeted and age specific educational
  trainings around SHR to VHTs to include a clear referral pathway for SGBV
  into the health system, strengthen coordination mechanisms by HUMCs.
• Assist the local government in the development of health facility
  capacity building plan.
• Work with Senior HSSO to define, design, implement and monitor a
  health social accountability platform.
• Recommend program priorities and explore, evaluate and present new
  opportunities that leverage impact and/or complement core program activities
  related to governance, gender and social accountability.
• Collaborate with district-level HUMC focal person to improve
  government led mentorship of the committees, strengthen their
  understanding of roles, responsibilities and community linkages.
• Provide onsite technical support supervision to health facilities by
  supporting the development and implementation of health facility capacity
  building strategies for health centers that are 1) systemically targeted
  and 2) sustain impact avoiding direct provision of materials/equipment to
  health facilities and should reflect the priorities identified under the
  local government.

• Under guidance of Senior HSSO take responsibility for district data
  gathering and documentation of program activities.
• Comply with M&E systems that will be established to measure
  program impacts and desired results include writing most significant
  change stories.
• Analyze project implementation strategies to identify constraints to
  program success and provide timely recommendations.
• Submit to the Senior HSSO timely weekly, monthly, and quarterly
  report that will be indicative of program progress during implementation.
• Work in close collaboration/consultation with MCHN Manager and BCC
  Save staff periodically supervise various activities implemented on the
  ground by the partner.
• Where needed support external evaluations by research partner
  Feinstein International Center and other organizations.
• Documentation of key lessons learnt and sharing with key
  stakeholders for improved service delivery.

• Coordination of activities with other NGO and government partners to
  avoid duplication of services and support an enabling environment for
  health promotion and health systems strengthening.
• When needed, support visits from district and sub-county government,
  regional and HQ based staff and external visitors, such as donors and
  media, in collaboration with MCHN Manager and DCoP.
• Support APOLOU activities with key stakeholders, ensuring
  collaboration with counterparts in partner organization Save the Children
  in relevant meetings, internal and external.
• Where needed support ongoing Apolou assessments in development,
  gender, conflict and governance & facilitate the integration of health
  related economic opportunities in all Apolou program objectives.
• Conduct oneself professionally and with sensitivity, awareness and
  respect when working with diverse groups of people, including Mercy Corps
  staffs, beneficiaries and partner agencies.
• Adhere to Mercy Corps policies and procedures and any other duties
  as assigned by the line manager
• Other duties as assigned

• The ideal candidate for the Mercy Corps Health Systems Strengthening
  Officer job opportunity should a Degree in Public Health, Nursing or a
  related field
• Three years of professional experience working with the government
  health system is desirable.
• Experience in delivering capacity building programs especially on
  organizational capacity of health facilities and establishing support
  programs.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Uganda’s public health environment and
  strong familiarity with the publicly funded Health Center system,
  particularly in the context of rural areas like Karamoja.
• Demonstrable writing and analytical skills.
• Demonstrable quantitative skills, including familiarity with
  financial accounting
• Proven skills in networking, collaboration, community consultations
  and organizational development
• Excellent reporting, communication and representation skills
• Fluency in Nga’Karimojong desirable.
• Ability to ride a motorcycle and he/she should be in possession of a
  valid driving/riding license
• Proven knowledge and capacity in using computer basic applications
  MS Word, Excel and internet
• The successful candidate is to innovatively and effectively further
  strengthen HUMCs and increase their sustainability of which district level
  advocacy will be the position’s main success factor.
• The second success factor will be strengthening structures of
  governance at the lower-level facilities through comprehensive mentoring,
  successful advocacy and inclusion of national level gender guidelines.
  Lastly, success will be measured by the degree to which he/she drives
  results, making critical decisions and producing scheduled outputs at
  deadline and to expected quality.

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