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Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Deputy DISC project lead, with support from PACE Uganda Health Systems Strengthening/Quality Assurance Team and the project lead, the consultants will undertake the following duties and responsibilities.

1. Work with the DHT to train health providers and VHTS in DMPA-SC self-injection as well as counselling for choice and building empathy for clients to support women to self-inject across the different delivery channels and mentorship on other FP methods for informed choice.
2. Liaise with the District Health Teams (DHT) to influence DISC priorities, foster and maintain strong relationships, and ensure Family Planning services remain a priority in the district.
3. Mentor the ADHO to sustainably champion the integration of self‑injection indicators into district and facility workplans and strengthen the use of family planning data for informed decision‑making at both district and facility levels, ensuring long‑term continuity, improved service quality, and data‑driven performance.
4. Build the capacity of the DHT to lead on the implementation of the DISC activities to drive demand for SRH and FP services, including DMPA-SC self-injection in the districts of operation. This shall include supportive supervision and mentorships for the providers and Village Health Teams/VHTs, on Family Planning counselling and service provision, including SI, empathetic counselling, data management, and reporting.
5. Lead the implementation and adherence to the PACE quality assurance protocols at public facilities, resulting in improved quality service delivery.
6. Work with the ADHO-MCH to conduct competence assessment of the district mentors and provide targeted mentorships on DMPA-SC Self injection as well counselling for choice and building empathy for clients to support women to self-inject across the different delivery channels and mentorship on other Family Planning methods for informed choice.
7. Work with the ADHO-MCH to guide district mentors and facility staff on Family Planning service delivery, troubleshoot gaps, and co-create workable solutions with DHT to sustain routine SI service provision without partner support.
8. Work closely with the district medicine management supervisor to monitor National Medical Stores portal activity, ensure timely ordering, commodity management at facilities, coordinate inter-facility and inter-district stock transfers, and coordinate emergency orders to prevent commodity shortages.
9. Establish and maintain strategic relations with DISC’s implementing partners at the district level, such as the district health management team, and relevant local partner organizations to support the integration of DISC implementation activities.
10. Work with the ADHO-MCH to coordinate the planning and implementation of district Joint SSV at trained facilities to review the DISC activity implementation and co- create SRH interventions in the districts in line with project objectives.
11. Work with the district Biostatistician to follow up and ensure 100% reporting for all the supported facilities.
12. Monitor and utilize data to support the prioritization of the activities to improve efficiency and productivity, and contribute to the documentation of key learnings and evidence that will add to the knowledge base on DMPA-SC for self-injection.
13. Prepare and submit periodic activity progress reports (e.g. district, and internal review reports), learnings, and best practices on all SRH interventions and contribute to the documentation of evidence that will add to the knowledge base on SBC and FP service delivery.
14. Prepare and submit monthly and annual work plans and budgets for the execution of all project activities in the implementation districts.
15. Regularly participate in Routine Data Quality Assessment (DQA) exercises and collaborate with the Monitoring, Evaluation, department to provide mentorship to health care providers on proper documentation in HMIS registers and accurate reporting using the HMIS 105 and 105B tools.
16. Collaborate with the M&E to ensure timely submission of all project activity data through the PSI DHIS2 platform and actively participate in performance review meetings at both the district level and within PACE.

Key Performance Indicators/Deliverables:

• Providers and VHTs trained across all the supported districts.
• Post-training SSV for both provider competency and facility readiness conducted within 2 to 4 weeks post training.
• DISC ADHO- MCH district-led model successfully implemented.
• DHT members mentored and possess the ability to lead SI integration.
• Project FP/SRH priorities integrated into district workplans/policies during the transition period.
• DHT and district mentor-led SSVs, mentorships and JSSV conducted.
• Facility identified service delivery gaps resolved through co-created solutions with the DHT
• Active participation of the DMMS for sustained supply of commodities and SRH products in the participating facilities.
• Active collaboration and networking with DISC’s implementing partners at district level, district health management team, and existence of functional referral system with the public sector
• Consistent, accurate and timely monthly reporting of HMIS 105 for all the supported sites.
• Community engagement event schedules developed, executed, implemented, monitored, and tracked with regular reports documenting learnings and action plans for adaptive implementation.
• Consistent and accurate reporting from the below-the-line (BTL) and primary health care ( PHC) events held and daily FP service delivery, and data analyzed for insights to aid adaptive implementation.
• Quality and client safety ensured during service provision at always supported sites.
• Increased productivity for family planning uptake including DMPA-SC SI
• Validated and high-quality data from BTL, PHC events, SSV and mentorships accurately entered into the PACE DHIS2 system.