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Kampala, Uganda
Full-time
Deadline:
18 Jan 2024
About the Organisation
Alive Medical Services (AMS) has been a leading organization in Uganda's response to HIV/AIDS and SRHR for over 15 years. Located in Namuwongo, a suburb of Kampala, it operates round-the-clock, seven days a week, saving lives and offering all treatments to clients without charge and in a non-discriminatory manner. Every year, AMS supports approximately 218,000 vulnerable and marginalized clients in Kampala, Mukono, Wakiso, and beyond with comprehensive and differentiated high quality HIV/AIDS/SRHR prevention, care, treatment, and support that is delivered with compassion and dignity and upholds the highest standards.
AMS provides high-quality HIV/AIDS/SRHR care along with socioeconomic empowerment in a high-volume ART clinic with a replicable business strategy. More than 230,000 people have been tested for HIV and the organization has assisted more than 18,000 persons while serving over 1,300,000 people in Uganda. 10% of those who have HIV and are receiving care are children and young people.
Job Title
Project Officers job at Alive Medical Services
Job Description
The project Officer is responsible in ensuring the timely development of results based annual work plans with defined project objectives, strategies and approaches.
Duties and Responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
The project Officer is responsible in ensuring the timely development of results based annual work plans with defined project objectives, strategies and approaches. Will support the implementation of activities and ensure smooth completion. Provide technical input to the government and other stakeholders in mainstreaming inclusive strategies in national and county with regards to policies, strategies, and frameworks.
Will closely monitor project implementation to identify best practices as well as constraints, the project officer will assist in the collection of and analyze data/information in collaboration with Monitoring and Evaluation Team. Ensuring that commodities such as self-testing kits and other commodities are available.
Conduct regular program support and monitoring field visits.
Contribute to the development of annual work plans and budgets, training plans, quarterly and annual reports
Monitoring progress of partners and stakeholders in applying inclusive strategies that benefit activities.
Convene and lead quarterly project working group meetings with partners
In collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation Team, collects and analyses data/information from the projects, consolidates project reports, and drafts weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual reports and donor reports
Providing inputs and compile relevant data related to partnerships, including fulfilling corporate and donor reporting, monitoring and evaluation, advocacy and information-sharing requirements.
Competence in effectively communicating organizational stands through statements and opinion pieces.
Excellent interpersonal skills, team spirit, conscientiousness and the ability to go the extra mile.
Good budgeting and financial management and monitoring skills.
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Qualifications and Competencies
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The ideal candidate should hold a bachelor’s degree in Project planning and Management, Public Health, or related field.
A minimum of five years working experience in Implementing Health programmes relating to vulnerable communities, including those living with HIV, and others.
Demonstrable skills and experience in project management (human and financial)
Excellent skills for networking and collaboration at local and regional levels.
Excellent communication and report writing skills in English.
Demonstrable skills and competences of working with diverse multidisciplinary teams.
High integrity, honesty and intrinsic motivation for sustainable SRHR in Uganda
Experience of working in an international and/or multicultural environment, with NGO experience an advantage.
Able to speak different Ugandan languages.
How to Apply
Send your updated CV, Cover letter, copies of academic documents and a recommendation letter in one PDF document via mail to atwongyeirwe@amsuganda.org by 5PM