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Program Management and Implementation, Capacity Building, and Systems Strengthening

• Translate technical strategy into operational plans for evidence-based RMNCAH-N programming at facility and community levels, ensuring implementation aligns with Government of Uganda (GoU) policies, donor priorities, and global best practices.
• Provide daily oversight and coordination of all field-based RMNCAH-N activities, ensuring timely implementation, technical fidelity, and seamless integration into district health plans.
• Coordinate the detailed planning and day-to-day execution of all field activities, including the development of weekly and monthly field movement plans for the technical team to ensure efficient coverage of supported facilities and districts.
• Design and oversee comprehensive capacity-building programs for District Health Teams, facility staff, and Community Health Workers, based on targeted needs assessments.
• Deliver high-level technical assistance, mentoring, and coaching in MNCH, FP/RH, Nutrition, and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC).
• Develop and implement strategies to strengthen community engagement, demand creation, and referral systems.
• Chair regular program review meetings, troubleshoot implementation bottlenecks, and make informed operational decisions to maintain project trajectory within agreed scope and budget.
• Serve as the lead for BAMA’s clinical simulation strategy, managing the central skills laboratory and driving the functionalization and quality assurance of facility-based skills labs within a hub-and-spoke model, to build sustainable capacity through competency-based mentorship and training.
• Design and oversee comprehensive capacity-building programs for District Health Teams, facility staff, and Community Health Workers, based on targeted needs assessments.
• Deliver high-level technical assistance, mentoring, and coaching in MNCH, FP/RH, Nutrition, and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC).
• Develop and implement strategies to strengthen community engagement, demand creation, and referral systems.
• Lead to the development and consolidation of strategic program documents including detailed annual work plans, budgets, and procurement plans ensuring they advance donor commitments and BAMA’s objectives.

Team Leadership and Performance Management

• Directly line-manage, mentor, and build the capacity of Program Coordinators and their teams, fostering a cohesive, motivated, and high-performing unit.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and results-orientation. Conduct annual performance reviews and support professional development planning within the established organizational framework.
• In collaboration with the Human Resource and Administration, and Finance and Accounting departments, monitor and ensure the program team’s compliance with all organizational policies, safeguarding protocols, and ethical standards.

Monitoring, Accountability, Learning, and Quality Assurance

• Contribute to the project learning agenda by identifying information gaps and leading technical inputs on learning activities, including secondary data analysis and field testing of new approaches.
• Spearhead the reporting process, ensuring the production of timely, accurate, and high-quality analytical reports for various funders and key stakeholders that clearly articulate progress, impact, and lessons learned, facilitating informed organizational decision-making.
• Collaborate closely with the MEAL consultant to ensure robust data collection, review program performance analytics, and lead data review meetings to enable evidence-based program adaptation.
• Systematically document and share program successes, innovations, challenges, and best practices to drive organizational learning and external influence.
• Champion the integration of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and inclusive approaches into service delivery, conducting routine field visits for supportive supervision, data-driven monitoring, and quality assurance of health services.
• Uphold the highest standards of accountability and integrity for all program resources, enforcing strict adherence to BAMA’s and financial policies, donor regulations, and anti-fraud measures.