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Job Title:  Malaria Technical Officer – PUMRA Project (2 Jobs)

Organisation: MCD Global Health

Duty Station:  West Nile (Arua) or Acholi (Gulu), Western, Uganda

Salary: UGX 63,399,630 – UGX 100,693,530 per year

About US:

MCD Global Health is a nonprofit global health organization recognized in the United States and around the world as a leader, innovator, and trusted partner. MCD is working alongside John Snow, Incorporated (JSI) to implement the five-year USAID-funded U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative Uganda Malaria Reduction Activity (MRA). MRA aims to improve the survival and well-being of Uganda’s most vulnerable pregnant women and children in selected regions. The Activity works with the Government of Uganda to improve technical, managerial, financial, and leadership capacity at all levels of the health system.

Job Summary:   We are looking to bring on board TWO (2) Malaria Technical Officers (MTOs) to support the implementation of MRA activities at district, health facility and community levels. The MTOs will work with the Regional Program Coordinator and the district health teams, health facility staff, community representatives involved in Malaria interventions, ensuring high quality implementation of health facility-based interventions in line with the National guidelines for management of Malaria.

The Malaria Technical Officer is a full-time position based in one of two regions: West Nile (Arua) or Acholi (Gulu). S/he will be responsible for technical support to districts and health facilities in any of the two regions of choice above. The MTO will support the review of malaria indicators and use the targeted approach to mentor health workers about the guidelines for malaria case management including the VHTs who are implementing Integrated Community case management (ICCM). The incumbent will also work closely with the Regional Program Coordinator in Karamoja and assist with drafting strategic plans, and preparing strategic documents, concept papers, Terms of References, Budgets and annual, quarterly, and monthly workplans. The MTO will report to the Regional Program Coordinator in the region to which they are assigned to.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with the Regional Program Coordinator to coordinate with district local governments to provide Malaria technical support to build capacity in Malaria case management, Malaria prevention, health information systems, supply chain, and governance.
• Support implementation of technical activities through district-led planning and collaboration with other malaria partners in the districts.
• Liaise with the DHT members and the health facility to conduct mentorships and CMEs for health facility staff using MOH approved guidelines.
• Assist in drafting program documents, e.g., the strategic plan, Terms of Reference and Budgets, concept papers, annual work plans, and quarterly and annual reports, as needed.
• Maintain documentation of meetings, trainings, correspondence, and other materials related to malaria activities in the districts and ensuring that each district has a file containing the relevant documents.
• Assist in monitoring project activities, identifying gap, and proposing possible solutions targeting the affected health facilities.
• Strengthen the capacity of district and health facility staff to conduct surveillance for malaria and respond to real-time upsurges and epidemics.
• Ensure that the project adheres to national and internationally accepted technical norms and standards and that best practices and approaches are well-documented and highlighted throughout project implementation.
• In collaboration with district health authority staff, conduct community engagement meetings with appropriate community representatives to build the capacity of HHs to own malaria prevention interventions.
• Strengthen and expand iCCM, which may include development and/or review of iCCM training materials and conduct training of new and existing VHTs in collaboration with other malaria partners in the districts.
• In collaboration with the Malaria Focal Person, support malaria epidemic preparedness, early detection and response in the districts and health facilities.
• In collaboration with the Malaria Focal Person, carry out vector control activities, such as supporting distribution of ITNs and the identification and destruction of mosquito breeding sites in line with the approved IVM guidelines.
• Participate in carrying out operational research in selected thematic areas for malaria intervention areas.
• In collaboration with the districts and health facilities, support the quantification of malaria commodities, distribution and redistribution to minimize stockouts.
• Carry out other tasks as assigned by the Regional Program Coordinator in Karamoja.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Essential:

• Professional/educational degree or other technical qualification in medicine or nursing, and the relevant experience highlighted below.
• Experience working in a clinical setting, including taking patient history, performing patient examination, making a diagnosis, and prescribing treatment.
• Experience supporting the implementation of a public health intervention at the district level.
• Experience supporting the planning, community engagement, and training in the context of a public health intervention.
• Experience supporting quantification and distribution of health commodities up to last mile.
• Experiencing compiling and quality assuring project reports, research, monitoring, and evaluation data.
• Experience using national databases like DHIS2 and digital platforms like M-TRAC and performing basic malaria data analytics to guide decision making processes at the project and district and community levels.
• Ability to compile comprehensive and quality activity reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual).

Desirable:

• Experience supporting the implementation of community-based public health interventions, especially malaria, in hard-to-reach places.
• Knowledge of local regional language and scope of the above assignment will be an added advantage.
• Experience in clinical or mortality audits will be an added advantage.
• Training in IMM is a plus.
• Ability to work independently with minimal support, as well as in a team environment.
• Experience working with health facilities and communities in the specific region of deployment.
• Experience working closely with district health authorities, health facility staff, and communities.
• Experience conducting training and supportive supervision in the context of a public health intervention.
• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, supervisory, communications, and mentorship skills.
• Experience working with a variety of partners including CBOs, DHOs, USAID partners, and other local government agencies.
• An understanding of gender aspects in the context of malaria programing is preferred.

How to Apply:

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