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Job Title:    Field Coordinator (2 Job
Vacancies)

Organisation: Health
Access Connect

Duty Station: 
Masaka, Uganda

About US:

Health Access
Connect is a non-profit organization that links Ugandans living in remote areas
with healthcare resources. The mission of Health Access Connect is to link
remote communities to healthcare.

Job Summary:  The Field Coordinator will oversee the
day-to-day needs generated by the expansion and maintenance of our mobile
clinics and outreach activities. Our organization runs on a hub-spokes model in
which we have administration staff based in Kampala who oversee the field staff
and partners in the districts that we serve. To support this model, our administration
staff regularly visit district headquarters and field sites. The Field
Coordinator position will work to improve our relationships and coordination
with staff, government officials, health workers, civil society partners, and
community members and as well help to improve our coordination as we scale up
our activities. S/he will report to the Program Manager and will work closely
with Field Officers, M&E staff, and others.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Setting up monitoring procedures for field work and activities
• Reviewing and analyzing field reports from Field Officers and clinic
  reporting data from health facilities
• Compiling findings into reports to submit to the Programme Manager
  recommending actions based on those findings.
• Implementing expansion plan in cooperation with Field Officers
• Providing government officials with quarterly reports
• Managing District – Organization relationships
• Keeping the schedule of when outreaches/clinics will be conducted
• Keeping track of the progress of Field Officers in target
  communities and providing them with support supervision.
• Assessing and finding solutions to challenges with health facilities
  and communities
• Overseeing Outreaches for Quality and Privacy Standards and making
  recommendations that are within the HAC model operation guidelines
• Participating in conducting staff evaluations.
• Interviewing beneficiaries and health workers to understand their
  needs

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Health or Social Sciences related field.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities and/or at least two years working
  in program/project administration overseeing staff members or volunteers
• Strong writing skills in English
• Verbal proficiency in Luganda
• Computer skills: proficiency in Microsoft Word and email and some
  experience using Excel
• Demonstrated experience drafting or implementing organizational
  procedures
• Experience or willingness to travel and work in remote, rural
  locations Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with others
• Self-driven and able to work in new, unstructured environments
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Highly organized
• Attention to detail

Desired

• Master’s of Business Administration or other management degree
• Experience working in the public health sector.
• Experience using Google Drive products and Salesforce or other
  project management software

How to Apply:

All candidates
should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 7^th February 2021

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