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30%-Project planning, implementation and reporting

• Participate in planning and budgeting, preparation of work plans, implementation of planned health activities and monitoring/ reporting of progress.

• Facilitate and monitor the implementation of planned activities and community level engagements

• Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora

• Routinely identify local level health partners, support and facilitate them in the implementation of planned activities

• Facilitate stakeholders and partners in supervision and monitoring of programmatic activities

• Communicate and work with local health facilities and Community Health Workers to improve health and nutrition issues identified in the communities on a monthly basis

• Conduct Health camps to ensure good health and prevent Registered Children (RC) deaths.

• Facilitate and document the integration of MVC in the Area program and integrate into the TP programming.

• Support District wide selected activities outside of the Area program in the district of operation

• Support the collection and documentation of impact and success stories.

End Results Expected

• Project Area Operation Plans, Detailed Implementation Plans, Logframe and cash flow are complete.

• High program quality and real time achievement of project outputs.

• Program sustainability within the area program.

• Identify local partnerships are assessed and capacity built to implement jointly.

• Reduction in RC deaths

• Adequate documentation of the AP’s health program progress for benefit of other stakeholders

30%-Community engagement and advocacy

• Innovatively support communities including Registered Children’s (RC) households to participate and benefit from the health program development

• Mobilize and sensitize community (RC guardians, community leaders and other community members) on health programs and issues and facilitate participation in the management of various community health and nutrition projects

• Build the capacity of children, families and community to collectively engage local leaders on identified issues.

• Follow-up on commitments by local leaders on improvement of the health environment and general wellbeing of children.

• Mobilize communities to participate in the relevant child health days and celebrations such as the world breast feeding week.

• Participate/represent world Vision Uganda in the health sector review meetings both at facility and sub county level

• Support implementation of National campaigns “It Takes a World” to address the heath issues.

• Compile issue reports and position papers for sharing with relevant stakeholders at sub county and district level.

• Engage Faith leaders in implementation of health activities and track cases addressed

End Results Expected

• Document number of R benefiting from the health program on a monthly basis

• Local level advocacy issues raised by the community and presented to duty bearers for action in real time

• Full participation of the AP communities in the bi annual child health days

• Participate in one Campaign activity and report on quarterly basis

• WVU well represented at facility and sub county levels

25-Monitoring and evaluation

• Analyze and follow up management of RCs with health challenges

• Compile monitoring reports for management action and participate in updating of the databases of the different health models

• Work with CSDF to identify, train monitors and partners on health related matters.

• Support the health facility teams to review and analyze their data for impact and relevant feedback to the community teams

• Conduct quarterly reflection meetings with Community Health workers and follow-up on agreed actions.

• Build the capacity of Community Health workers to implement and report on activities implemented

• End Results Expected

• RC health status data available for programing decision.

• Technical models databases updated and available for programming decisions.

• Activity reports for VHTs, CVAs, HUMCs, and CHATs available for reference and program accountability.

• Key issues and challenges during program implementation identified and real time solutions provided.

• VHTs’ capacity and motivation to implement quality programs sustained

15%-Child Protection and Wellbeing

• Monitor the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any incidents in line with child protection policy and guidelines.

• Sensitize children including RCs, guardians/parents and other stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities.