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Jinja, Uganda
Full-time
Deadline:
5 Dec 2023
About the Organisation
Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP) emerged from the Mulago-Mbarara Teaching Hospitals Joint AIDS Program (MJAP) which was established in November 2004 under the then Makerere University Faculty of Medicine. With funding from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and technical assistance from the United States of America Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), MJAP established a strong trail in the provision of quality comprehensive HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB) services.
Overtime, MJAP has broadened its work beyond the support of provision of comprehensive HIV and TB services to include capacity strengthening for health care workers across Uganda and conduct of research to inform policies for HIV/TB and other HIV comorbidities in the country.
Currently, the flourishing institution plays a pivotal role in the Uganda health care system having developed strong links with the Ministry of Health through its contribution to various technical working groups and long term support of HIV/TB services in districts, regional referral hospitals and public health facilities across the various regions in the country.
Job Title
VMMC Specialist job at Makerere Joint AIDS Program (MJAP)
Makerere Joint AIDS Program (MJAP)
Job Description
She/he will develop and implement a preventive strategy for VMMC that decreases men’s risk of acquiring HIV and increases VMMC coverage. S/he will be responsible for advising and managing VMMC service delivery at static, outreach, and mobile sites.
Duties and Responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities:
Provide technical assistance in the development and implementation of VMM activities to increase awareness, demand, and coverage of VMMC services in the target age group.
Provide technical support to the HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment team and including the development of guidelines, standard operating procedures (SOPs), protocols, and dissemination of packages for HIV prevention and VMMC capacity building and support.
Jointly plan/develop and participate in the support supervision of VMMC and site-specific action plans for rollout of VMMC activities.
Build capacity and provide technical assistance to program officers, districts, and other community stakeholders to deliver VMMC and other prevention interventions through training and mentorship.
Strengthen/establish community-based demand creation, mobilization, linkages/referrals, and interventions for HIV prevention and VMMC services in the EC region.
Follow up weekly VMMC outputs per site and ensure targets allocated to each site/district are achieved.
Working with the M&E Team, ensure VMMC data entry targets are reported weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually.
Prepare periodic and timely performance progress VMMC reports.
Document procedures, complications, and challenges of implementing VMMC on sites and in the communities; and ensure appropriate follow up in case of complications.
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Qualifications and Competencies
Key Personal Competencies:
Bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery (MBChB), bachelor’s in public health. A master’s degree in a health-related field is an added advantage.
Must have training in VMMC Clinical skills with a valid registration practicing license.
A minimum of 3 years’ experience in managing VMMC programs in a PEPFAR donor funded programs.
Broad knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care service delivery programs.
Good training and mentoring skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Patient counselling and negotiation skills
Analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work with district health teams in a rural setting.
How to Apply
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by clearly stating the position applied for in the Subject line.
Combine all your application documentation i.e. cover letter, CV & academic documents into one PDF with names/contact details of three referees including the immediate Supervisor and Head of Human Resources, addressed to:
The Human Resources Manager,
Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP).
Email: recruitment@mjap.mak.ac.ug
NOT later than Tuesday December 5th, 2023, at 4:30 pm.
Consider your application unsuccessful if you don’t hear from us by December 22nd, 2023.
Offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references including but not limited to appropriate background checks, criminal records, and previous employment findings of fraud, corruption, sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Please ensure that your attachments do not exceed 25 MB. We do appreciate your interest to work with MJAP. However, we regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 2 weeks after the submission deadline.
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