Senior Technical Advisor for Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health - Job at IMA World Health Organisation In Uganda

Job title: Senior Technical Advisor for Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health

Job Location:    Uganda
The Employment Type:    Full Time
The Department:    Conditional Funding
The Priority:    Conditional -- Funding
 
Brief Job Description:  
 IMA seeks a Senior Technical Advisor for Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health for the upcoming supply chain project in Uganda. The MCH Senior Technical Advisor will contribute to leadership and technical excellence in the design and implementation of MCH essential commodity package, and contribute to the development of policies and approaches that will strengthen the financing of these essential health-related commodities.

Major Duties:   
The Senior Technical Advisor (STA) for Maternal and Reproductive Health provides strategic technical leadership and expertise in family planning, reproductive health and maternal and child health, including the integration of family planning with other health services. The Advisor will provide technical guidance to country programs activities designed to address integrated service delivery and pilot innovations with a focus on ensuring access to and strengthening functional FP, maternal, and child health services. The Advisor will also work with MCH country manager, district officials and project supply chain specialists, covering content areas articulated in the MCH Strategic Plan; and identify, document, disseminate, adapt, and replicate best practices in supply chain management of FP and MCH commodities for taking them to scale. The Advisor will work closely with the Supply Chain Support Team Leader to ensure the use of the latest clinical standards and guidelines in design of essential package for FP and MCH commodities; and will work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, & Research Director to ensure design of appropriate monitoring, evaluation, & research activities including the use of data related to specific commodities.
 
The skills and Qualifications:  
 • Graduate degree in public health or a related field, maternal and child health specialist
• Demonstrated experience in clinical practice of key midwifery life-saving skills, e.g., management of third stage of labor, postpartum hemorrhage prevention
• At least 10 years’ experience in program development and management of facility-based maternal health, child health, Family Planning/RH services; with at least 3 years’ experience integrating family planning with other RH in resource-constrained settings
• Strong experience in competency-based training; familiarity with gender equity approaches, desirable
• Technical expertise in clinic-based maternity care, child care including PMTCT; informed choice and client-provider interaction, with experience in counseling of clients using PAC and postpartum services
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic program planning, implementation, and TA provision
• Excellent writing demonstrated through publications; strong communication skills
• Fluency in English required

How to apply for this Job

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Application Deadline is :  April 16, 2014

Project Director: Job from World Health Organisaion - In Kampala Uganda

Position title: Project Director
JobLocation:    Uganda
The Employment Type:    Full Time
The Department:    Conditional Funding
Priority:   

Job Description:    IMA World Health is currently seeking a Project Director to lead the anticipated USAID funded project, Uganda Systems Strengthening for Health Commodities in Uganda
Duties:    • Provide overall leadership and supervisory management to the project.
• Serve as the primary liaison with USAID/Uganda.
• Ensure coordination between implementing partners, Ministry of Health, district health officials, communities and other relevant stakeholders.
• Prepare and submit technical and financial reports as requested by USAID.
• Provide project compliance oversight and quality assurance monitoring to all technical, programmatic, administrative and financial activities.
• Supervise project staff.
 
The Qualifications:    • A Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, Pharmacy or equivalent related field.
• At least 10 years’ experience in management positions implementing programs of similar size and scope in international health.
• At least 4 years’ management experience on programs supporting national health commodity supply chain management in developing countries, preferably with experience in Africa.
• Strong knowledge and technical skills in one or more key areas of health supply chain management (e.g. policy, forecasting, and procurement).
• Demonstrated leadership skills in working and collaborating with other donors, host country institutions, international organizations.
• At least 5 years’ relevant supervisory experience of technical and program staff.
• Working knowledge of and experience with USAID project management.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills.

How to Apply for this Job

Apply From: http://imaworldhealth.iapplicants.com/ViewJob-527471.html
Application deadline:  April 15, 2014

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - Job at IMA World Health Organisation - in Kampala Uganda

Position title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Location:    Uganda
Salary Range:    Competitive Market NonProfit Compensation Package
Benefits:    Competitive Market NonProfit Benefits Package
Employment Type:    Full Time
Department:    Conditional Funding
Priority:    Conditional -- Funding
Description:    We are currently recruiting for a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to support an anticipated need in Uganda.

The Primary Responsibilities
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will provide M&E technical leadership and technical assistance to project partners; s/he is responsible for the monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems that reflect IMA’s strategic direction and priorities. The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will work in close partnership with IMA project staff, and partner organizations and government institutions on harmonized all M&E activities.

Duties:    Essential Functions

In terms of Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical , the Officer will:

• Report on the project’s Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP).
• Work with HQ technical leadership to integrate Health components into M&E framework.
• Support in the collection and monitoring of all M&E activities under the project; this includes reviewing data collection tools, supervising and/or conducting reports from fieldwork, conducting data analysis and interpretation of findings.
• Conduct routine data quality assurance process to maintain adequate quality control in all aspects of M&E from data collection to results’ reporting.
• Review partners progress reports in collaboration with program managers and provide feedback to the partners based on their performance.
• Prepare or support routine reports, abstracts, presentations, brochures, project summary sheets, newsletters. Present at conferences or meetings when required.
• Prepare semi-annual and annual reports and draft quarterly project reports in close collaboration with project staff.
• Contribute to quarterly, biannual and annual tabular and narrative reports.
• Provide information in response to ad hoc internal and external requests.
• Communicate M&E results to internal and external audiences orally and in writing.
• Develop and update the project’s results plan and follow up on data collection and dissemination of best practices and lessons learned.
 
Qualifications:    
Candidates for the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will:

1. Have a master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Demographics or an M&E related field.
2. Have three to five years of experience in monitoring, designing, and implementing programs in health, HIV/AIDS, or human resource management with demonstrated supervision experience
3. Experience in monitoring and evaluation including the ability to develop and monitor database systems for data management and routine reporting.
4. Be familiar with USAID reporting regulations.
5. Analysis and data management skills as well as demonstrated analytical skills and experience in identifying and evaluating best practices and state-of-the-art approaches to be utilized by the project.
6. Experience in using data/evidence for decision-making.
7. Experience in working with district leaders/officials in a decentralized setting.
8. Experience working with statistical databases (Stata, SAS, etc.) as well as strong skills in Excel, Word, Access and Power Point
9. Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
10. Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with donors, MOH, project partners and to provide technical M&E leadership and represent IMA World Health.

How to Apply for this Job
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Application deadline is : December 30, 2013 - April 15, 2014

Technical Advisor- Job at IMA World Health in Kampala Uganda

Position title: Technical Advisor
The Location: Uganda
The Employment Type: Full Time
The Department: Conditional Funding

Brief Job Description:
IMA World Health is currently seeking a Technical Advisor to support the anticipated USAID funded project, Uganda Systems Strengthening for Health Commodities in Uganda.

Key Duties:

• Perform supply chain system assessment.

• Analysis of policy reform related to health supply chain systems, including health financing.

• Perform product selection.

• Utilize forecasting and quantification methods and tools.

• Manage information systems.

Major Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in public health or related health discipline.

• At least 5 years’ experience in PD, ACP, Reproductive Health/Family Planning Division, Maternal Child Health, National Malaria Control Program, CPHL or public health, with experience in health program design, implementation, coordination and management in developing countries, preferably in Africa.

• Knowledge of procurement processes, inventory control and distribution systems, monitoring and evaluation related to supply chain management, and maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, infectious disease (malaria and TB) programs and commodities.

• Strong program management and policy analysis skills including program monitoring and evaluation, budgeting, strategy development and ability to work effectively with partners and stakeholders. Ability to provide vision and input to strategy development at country and global level.

• Experience collaborating with Ministries of Health and/or NMCPs in Africa on the implementation of technically sound public health programs, including malaria control prevention and treatment interventions.

• Demonstrated technical leadership, policy experience, and problem solving skills working on and providing expert oversight of complex projects.

• Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills.

How to Apply For This Job
Apply From: http://imaworldhealth.iapplicants.com/ViewJob-527469.html
 Application Closing date: Saturday, 15 March 2014
 December 06, 2013 - March 15, 2014

Financial Manager, Job at IMA World Health - in Uganda

Position title: Financial Manager
Job Location: Uganda
The Employment Type: Full Time
The Department: Conditional Funding
The Priority: Conditional -- Funding

Brief job Description:
IMA World Health is currently seeking a Financial Manager to support the anticipated USAID funded project, Uganda Systems Strengthening for Health Commodities in Uganda.

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

• Accounting/financial management and office administration of the IMA Uganda office.

• Oversee the administrative and financial management, accountability requirements and human resources management of the office.

• Assure the contractual integrity of all agreements entered into by the office, managing the procurement process and looking out for the interests of the organization.

• Provide technical assistance to staff in implementing and complying with financial and administrative procedures to ensure compliance with regulations and serve as the financial liaison to IMA Headquarters, local NGOs, other implementing partners and implementing units.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or other relevant field.

• At least eight years experience in administrative and financial management of large international projects including experience in management of USG projects.

• Familiarity with compliance to Federal Acquisition Regulations.

• Demonstrated experience and skills in developing and managing large budgets.

• Proficient in relevant computer applications and databases.

• Strong analytical, oral and written communication skills.

• This position is a local hire position and Ugandan nationals are encouraged to apply.

How to apply for this JOB 
Apply from: Employers website
The Application Closing date: Saturday, 15 March 2014
December 06, 2013 - March 15, 2014

Consultancy - Pastoralist Resilience Partnership Coordinator (BRACED program), Multiple Countries

Position title:  Consultancy - Pastoralist Resilience Partnership Coordinator (BRACED program)

Organisation: Action Against Hunger - ACF International
Location: Multiple Countries
Department: ! URGENT VACANCIES
Type: Contracted
Min. Experience: Experienced
Pastoralist Livelihoods, Rights and Resources: Creating Resilience to Drought for 640,000
Cross Border Populations in Kenya and Uganda's Karamoja Cluster

1. The Background
DFID has launched a global call for application for Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disaster Programme (BRACED). BRACED is expected to directly benefit up to 5 million vulnerable people, especially women and children, in developing countries by helping them become more resilient to climate extremes. In its first phase it will deliver interventions in up to 10 countries in the Sahel and DFID focal countries at most risk and will be achieved through grants to NGOs and their partners (local government, research organizations, UN agencies and private sector) by scaling up proven technologies and practices; develop research and evaluation to build the evidence on what works on adaptation and DRR; and build national and international capacity to respond to climate related disasters. The grant will primarily focus on building the resilience of households and communities in DFID focal countries by improving and diversifying livelihoods, developing shared management systems of resources critical to resilience (water, rangelands, and forests) and embedding disaster risk reduction and adaptation into climate change and development responses.
A Partnership led by Action Against Hunger (ACF-USA), and composed of implementing partners Danish Refugee Council – Danish Demining Group (DRC-DDG), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and a number of local and research partners, submitted an initial concept note under Component B of BRACED, and has been invited by DFID to initiate a Project Development Phase to take the concept note to full proposal for submission in July 2014. The Pastoralist Resilience Partnership (PReP)'s proposal is for £7,260,832 accountable grant for a project to support pastoral and agro pastoral communities, particularly women, in the remote areas of Karamoja region in Uganda and West Pokot and Turkana counties in Kenya to build their resilience to climate extremes and disasters.
The proposed action is organized around four principal and interlinked areas of work, namely 1) drought resilient livelihoods, 2) natural resource management, 3) enhanced governance and reduced conflict, and 4) research and advocacy. PReP proposes an innovative model that combines improvement of a) climate information services, b) sustainable and climate-resilient livelihoods options, c) gender equity, and d) sustainable natural resource management. PReP has a wealth of experience relevant to the BRACED in the Karamoja Cluster upon which the proposed action will be built.
At this junction, PReP is looking for an experienced DFID grant writer (or team of more than one) with an excellent understanding of Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters in the context of Kenya and Uganda's Karamoja Cluster.

2. The Overall Objective of Proposal Development Phase
During February to July 2014, PReP will elaborate the full project design, establish effective partnerships, consolidate a strong baseline, undertaking research and piloting activities to strengthen the analysis and evidence base for the design, and develop a full proposal for submission to DFID.

3.The Specific Objectives of the Development Phase

• Establish the Partnership (internal governance structure) and collaborations (external, regional, national and local authorities, UN and INGOs) needed to implement the project activities at a full scale.
• Undertake pilot work and studies, to provide more evidence on the costs and benefits of the proposed approaches, including details on the unit costs of proposed actions. This will be essential evidence for the assessment of full proposals.
• Consolidate a strong baseline and develop a results framework with milestones, targets, and clear theory of change and an evaluation framework in partnership with wider BRACED programme.
• Document lessons learnt and best practices that can be shared under the knowledge management component. These should be made available/published in the public domain by the end of the project development period.
• Complete the writing up of the full proposal taking into account all the above

4. The Purpose of the Assignment
The role of the consultant is to lead the development of a successful submission through a design process building on the early design work in the concept note and engaging PReP members at the Headquarters, Region, and Country Office levels; and through the actual writing of the proposal.

5. The Methodology

• A small technical team composed of a pastoral livelihoods expert, study lead and M&E expert will be formed to provide technical backstopping and oversight of the Proposal Development Phase (PDP). The consultant is expected to lead this team of expertise during the development phase.
• Intensive engagement and development of partnerships with government authorities, regional institutions and a range of other collaborative partners will be at the heart of this exercise. This is expected to take place through in person bilateral meetings, workshops and other appropriate forms of lobbying and engagement.
• Desk reviews and primary data collection will be undertaken to produce study and scoping reports
• There are multiple stakeholders engaged in this Proposal Development Phase, and through coordination support from PReP, the consultant will be expected to manage inputs across country, regional, and headquarters levels for all Partnership members. The country teams of the partners will support the consultant with country-level coordination.
• The BRACED Concept Note is the primary reference document for the full proposal; hence the proposal development process should ensure coherence across the two documents.

6. The Key Deliverables
(i) Work-plan for Proposal Development Phase.
The Proposal Development Phase involves multiple stakeholders and activities in order to produce development phase outputs and a credible final proposal. The consultant will be required to develop a work-plan for PReP to fulfill the requirements of this period including an appropriate timeline for proposal development (including baselines, pilot activities etc.) to allow maximum consultation on drafts across the partnership at all levels.
(ii) Engagement of regional bodies and government authorities in PReP project development.
The creation of sub-national government buy-in at project development phase is a critical precondition to the launch of the full project. Intensive outreach activities to sub-national government will build on the strength of existing partner relationships to secure agreement on the nature and scope of government partnership, develop coordination mechanisms and establish working relationships, while also identifying risks to these partnership arrangements. The achievement of this deliverable will be demonstrated through signed MoU documents, records of sessions and attendance of government bodies in PReP meetings, project monitoring reports showing level of government and regional body resources committed to PReP, and Framework agreements with national government to authorize and guide roles of sub-national authorities.
(iii) Engagement of other key collaborators in PReP e.g. private, semi-private, CSOs and other relevant stakeholders.
Other key alliances and partnerships necessary to implementing the project at scale will be established and serve as key entry points to the communities. This will be done through the development of alliances with private and semi-private, civil society and political actors. Various collaborators are already identified on the basis of existing PReP partner experience and have demonstrated their intent to collaborate.
Other activities will include the definition of roles and responsibilities, coordination mechanisms and internal Partnership governance structure with collaborating and implementing partners. The achievement of this deliverable will be demonstrated through the design and delivery of a Cross Border Inception Workshop with PReP partners, presence of a Workshop Report and signed MoU documents.
(iv) Undertaking of pilot work and studies to provide evidence on costs, risks and benefits of proposed PReP approaches.
The consultant will supervise the undertaking of pilot work and studies for evidence on costs, risks and benefits of proposed approaches. It will increase understanding of the operational environment through gathering of lessons learnt and best practice on comparable programming experience, such as the Drought Early Warning System (DEWS) in Karamoja and the DRRAP cross-border CMDRR approach in Kenya and Ethiopia, and produce a good practice review to inform strategic design and risk analysis.
A Household Socioeconomic Baseline study; a Market Feasibility study for dairy, leather, abattoir and meat value chains; and Community Action Plans will be undertaken and reports produced to establish baselines and inform strategic design. Pilot work involving new technologies for Market Information Systems (MIS) and weather alerts will be done. Lastly, a mapping of the scope of existing government development plans and community NRM, DRR and preparedness plans will be carried out.Pilot works and studies will need to feed into the design process. The consultant (and their team) will work with partners to bring studies to publishable standard, to draw out analysis relevant to informing project design, and to make recommendations for project design based on this evidence.
(v) Comprehensive PReP project implementation strategy and results framework designed, including development of a project Theory of Change (ToC), results framework with baselines and milestones, and M&E framework
The consultant will leverage the above outputs to support the design of a comprehensive implementation strategy and associated results framework through the constitution of core and technical advisory groups responsible for leading the development exercise, definition of project Theory of Change, identification of target groups and targeting strategies, definition of research scope and advocacy strategy and platforms, elaboration of M&E frameworks, development of a comprehensive results framework and associated operational handbooks to guide field action in a harmonized manner across the target areas.
(vi) Proposal submission.
The consultant is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the development of a high quality, credible and winnable project proposal narrative and associated documentation. The consultant is expected to understand and respond fully to DFID's requirements of a submission under BRACED, including addressing feedback from DFID on the initial concept note.
Please note that this is an indicative ToR to solicit Expressions of Interest, and subject to change as the Partnership enters into its planning and budgeting phases over coming weeks, and receives more information from DFID. Any revisions would be agreed with the successful candidate prior to signing contracts.

7. The  Timeframe and Location
The Project Development Phase runs from February through July 2014. The consultancy will be a full-time assignment for the entire period of March through July 2014. The position will be based in Kampala, Uganda or Nairobi, Kenya, with >50 percent travel to field locations in both Kenya and Uganda expected.

8. The Budget
Please provide costs in the EOI. However, the Partnership will be responsible for all logistical arrangements and coordination for the workshop and expenses for attendance and travel in the region. The Partnership will also cover the PDP expenses of pilot studies and baselines as already agreed with DFID including a maximum of 3 technical staff that will be recruited by and work under the consultant. The consultant will be responsible for the general overview, follow up and management of the PDP budget, however all financial decision will be validated by the PReP Steering Committee.

9. The Profile of Consultant

Required Are:

• Demonstrated coordination, facilitation, negotiation, brokering and consensus-building, teamwork and partnership development skills.
• Climate change adaptation, resilience building, and/or sustainable livelihoods profile.
• Track record of leading on successful long term funding proposal development (DFID, USAID, EU etc.).
• Exceptional communication skills and excellent written English.
• Understanding of DFID's resilience work.

Desirable Are:

• Experience of writing successful DFID proposals.
• Previously worked on INGO consortium resilience building projects
• Demonstrated budget and staff management skills
• Demonstrated experience of publishing technical, policy, or programmatic outputs from the region.
• Understanding of chronic and acute crises in the Karamoja Cluster (Karamoja, West Pokot and Turkana) and working experience in the region.

10.The  Application Procedure
Interested parties should send their applications by email to Melinda Lee, mlee@actionagainsthunger.org by the 20th of February 2014, under reference: PReP BRACED Application Form. We will consider applications from both individuals and teams. Only shortlisted applications will be contacted.
Applications should include:

• Up-to-date curriculum vitae
• One supporting document of up to 3 pages outlining previous achievements and core competencies in line with the assignment, the proposed methodology of work including timeframe, location and financial expectations.
• Evidence of past experience in undertaking similar assignments (three most recent documents of similar works done)
• At least three previous clients and their contacts.

Application Closing date: 20th of February 2014
You can contact the employer at: Employers website

Social Policy & Economic Specialist - job from UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund: Kampala, Uganda

Position title:  Social Policy & Economic Specialist


The Purpose of the Position
You will work closely with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and other sector ministries to:

1. Under the general guidance of the Social Policy Specialist and close coordination with Alive, Safe and Learning team leaders carry out analysis of the budget and budgeting process and actively participate in relevant budget meetings and events to help ensure effective budget changes that favor women and children within the UNICEF areas of work, with a particular focus on health budgeting.
2. Analyze the Social policy environment and generate evidence for effective advocacy for social budgeting with direct impact on the MDG areas for acceleration.
3. Participate in relevant sector meetings and working groups including the Development partners economists group and development partner working groups. Develop key policy briefs for the focus areas and engage in budget revision at national and district levels to influence the allocation.
4. Ensure all UNICEF work, agreements, partnerships, advocacy etc. promotes the achievement of child mortality reduction.
5. Provide technical assistance to harmonize existing health sector costing using `Marginal Budgeting for Bottlenecks` (MBB) Tool and develop and/or strengthen capacity within the Ministry of Health and at District level for the effective application of the MBB tool.
6. Analyse UDHS, UNHS and other relevant household surveys to provide relevant analysis for UNICEF advocacy, particularly in the area of health.

The Key Expected Results

1. Analysis of the national and district budgets focusing on the areas of acceleration to achieve the MDGs. Actively participate in relevant budget related meetings.
2. Prepare policy papers that on UNICEF work areas that will form the basis for advocacy with Government, bilateral partners and NGOs.This should include as relevant focus analysis of relevant household surveys.
3. Active engagement with Social Sector ministries and relevant development partner meetings to advocate for increased budget allocation and accountability by the sectors with a focus on the health sector.
4. Support Budget reviews at district level and provide technical support to district officials in rational budget allocation in key areas of UNICEF Uganda`s work
5. Provide technical assistance to harmonize existing health sector costings using MBB with a focus on costing of the Child Survival Strategy and harmonizing it with the the Road map on Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction. Develop and/ or strengthen capacity within the Ministry of Health and at District level for the effective application of the MBB tool.
6. In close collaboration with other UN agencies and bilateral partners influence the budget support review and influence its allocation towards achieving the MDGs
7. Identify and initiate socio economic studies required for improved advocacy towards resource allocation.
8. Participates in the preparation of all programme reports for management, Board, donors, budget reviews, programme analysis, annual reports, etc.

The Qualifications of Successful Candidate -

• Advanced university degree in economics, development planning, social policy, administration and or related fields.* -
• Five years of progressively responsible relevant work experience at national or international levels in social policy and economic and policy analysis. Experience in working within the health sector and/or within multilateral financing institutions an advantage. -
• Good knowledge of economics and financing of social development. -
• Quantitative and qualitative research skills. Ability to handle and analyse DHS surveys using Stata and/or SPSS would be a considerable asset. -
• Fluency in English is required.
• *A first level university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Key Skills and Competencies of Successful Candidate -

• Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking. -
• Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment. -
• Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals. -
• Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear. -
• Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives. -
• Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources. -
• Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an effective network of individuals across organizational departments. -
• Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them promptly; initiates and generates team- and department-wide activities. -
• Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the organization.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.

How tot apply for this Job
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The Applications Closing date: Friday, 21 February 2014