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Kampala, Uganda
Full-time
About the Organisation
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation-Uganda (Baylor – Uganda) is a child health, not – for – profit NGO committed to delivering high quality, high impact and highly ethical paediatrics and family HIV&AIDS prevention, care and treatment services, health professional training and clinical research in Uganda. It is affiliated to Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) based at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas, USA. It emerged from a technical capacity building support and partnership between BIPAI, Mulago Hospital Paediatric Infectious Diseases clinic (PIDC) and Makerere University Department of Paediatrics and Child health in August 2003. PIDC existed since 1988 as a Mulago hospital clinic offering Paediatric HIV&AIDS services. In November 2004, PIDC was officially initiated into the BIPAI network at their annual networking meeting in Gaborone, Botswana. In 2005, BIPAI signed memoranda of understanding with Ministry of Health, Mulago Hospital and Makerere University Department of Paediatrics and child health to support the expansion of paediatric and adolescent HIV services in Uganda. It was then that Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation – Uganda (Baylor – Uganda) was formed and registered as a Non-Government Organization.
Job Title
Prevention Specialist NGO Jobs – Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation
Job Description
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous not-for-profit child health and development organisation affiliated to the Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a Network of paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres of Excellence and international program offices in 11 countries across Africa and Eastern Europe.
Job Summary: The Prevention Specialist will coordinate and monitor the implementation of the HIV/TB work plan in the Cluster districts under Baylor-Uganda as the Sub-recipient (SR) of the GC7 grant.
Duties and Responsibilities
Coordinate the implementation of HIV/TB work plan in the Cluster districts and monitor performance against the set targets.
Initiate and monitor the procurement plan; distribution and utilization of all supplies for the TB/HIV project in line with the Global Fund policy guidance.
Build capacity of Prevention officers and prevention assistants in the cluster districts, and other community stakeholders to deliver comprehensive HIV prevention services to Adolescents, and other priority populations in the cluster districts through training and mentorship.
Implement quality assurance plan that ensures delivery of a comprehensive and impactful HIV prevention program in alignment with the implementation plan.
Prepare and avail timely periodic performance progress reports on the HIV/TB project under the Global Fund/TASO grant.
Provide leadership to the cluster project team that ensures timely staff recruitment, their retention and performance through timely performance appraisal, coaching and professional development in line with the organizational policy.
Develop and maintain effective corporate, government, and community partnerships while strengthening the community engagement in HIV Prevention.
Monitoring resources for the project as per set donor & Baylor Uganda standards and poor performance addressed early to maintain required progress for the project.
Ensure that Communication with internal and external stakeholders is conducted in a highly professional and timely manner at all times.
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Qualifications and Competencies
A postgraduate qualification in public health related field OR qualification in humanities with a solid experience in health-related work with supervisory responsibility.
Bachelor’s degree in a health-related discipline or humanities from a recognized institution.
Three years of experience in managing or coordinating health programs; working with a reputable NGO; and working with government entities and district led Technical Assistance programs.
How to Apply
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