Cordaid Digital Health Officer Jobs in Uganda

Cordaid Digital Health Officer Jobs in Uganda

About Cordaid

Cordaid is a Dutch international NGO, that believes in a world without poverty and exclusion. We strive for just and sustainable societies where every person counts. We stand for knowledge and talent sharing between North and South, between farmers and businesses, between activists and policymakers.

Where poverty, conflict and exclusion divide societies, we connect people and communities. We stand for professionalism, expertise, and solidarity across borders. We aim at maximizing our social impact and contributing to systemic change.

We operate where natural disasters strike, where conflicts tear up communities and where lack of opportunities and service delivery keep families in extreme poverty.

Cordaid has been active in Uganda for over 25 years; and our programmes currently focus on three thematic areas: resilience, investments and humanitarian aid.

Cordaid is one of the leading CSO’s in the Netherlands, working in fragile contexts on Health, Resilience, Economic Opportunities, Humanitarian Aid and Security & Justice. Apart from our work abroad we also contribute to new forms of job creation and social innovation in The Netherlands.

Cordaid is a member of the international Catholic networks Caritas and CIDSE and we are active in worldwide civil society networks. We work in around 30 countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia.

About Results Based Financing (RBF) Health

Cordaid has long been a pioneer in the implementation of Results Based Financing (RBF) in the health sector with its first implementation in Rwanda in 2001, after which it has been successfully applied in more than 15 countries, most of them in Sub-Saharan Africa including and Zimbabwe.

In Uganda, Cordaid initiated and financed an RBF pilot in Kamuli District in 2009 in collaboration with the Health Office of the Catholic Diocese of Jinja and the Kamuli district Health Department/ Office.

In a consortium with Amref Health Africa, ICRW, MIFUMI with support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Uganda, Cordaid is implementing the HEROES project from 20202020-2024.

The programme aims to improve the well-being of young people (age 1024) and women (age 15-49) including underserved groups, in the districts Central: Bugiri, Mayuge, Iganga & Namayingo; and the East: Mbale, Budaka, Bukwo and Kween, and Kalanga, through addressing the disproportionate burden of SRHR violations and SGBV among young people and women.

About the E-Voucher Intervention

The programme introduced e-vouchers in 12 health facilities in the districts of Budaka, Bukwo, Kween, and Namayingo. The SGBV voucher has proven to be a good demand driver for services at the community level translating into more cases being reported in health facilities.are now looking to scale up to all RBF supported facillities in 5 districts of kween , bukwo, namayingo , budaka and Kalangala.

Cordaid is therefore looking for a talented young professional in the capacity of digital health officer to support the above interventions by working closely with an existing RBF team.

Job Summary

The Digital Health Officer will provide technical support and supervision of all E-voucher project activities working closely with the RBF team. This will involve organizing E-voucher design meetings, selection, training, supervision and mentorship of E-voucher ambassadors and health workers and monthly quantity verification of services delivered by the contracted health facilities throughout the project life time.

This will involve counting the number of services in the SGBV registers for and comparing with the numbers reported and declared by the health facilities as well as give support to contracted Community Based Organizations (CBO) in conducting quarterly verifications of the Health Facilities registers attendance and client satisfaction surveys (perceived quality of care).

Contract information: One Year, renewable based on performance and funds availability

Duty Station: Field Office - Iganga, with frequent travel to Namayingo, Budaka, Bukwo, Kweni, Kalangala and Mayuge districts

Position type: National

Supervisor(s): RBF Health Advisor and RBF Lead Verifier

Supervises: None

Proposed start of contract: As soon as possible

Key Duties & Responsibilities

In constant liaison with the lead verifier, the Digital Health Officer will:

Conduct monthly quantity audits at contracted health facilities timely and accurately

Identification of reporting gaps and guidance on improvements to health facility staff

Compile and submit timely the monthly verification reports

Provide feedback to the RBF Health Advisor on observations and gaps noted during the monthly quantity verifications

Collect random samples from the health facility registers and provide client relevant information for quarterly the client satisfaction surveys to be done by the contracted CBO’s

Verify the quarterly client satisfaction questionnaires of the contracted CBOs for completeness and accuracy of data

Ensure that the quarterly quality supervisions of the HFs are conducted by the DHMTs(for the contracted Health Centres)

Ensure that client satisfaction surveys are conducted by the contracted CBO’s according to the PIM and the agreed guidelines and deadlines.

Where needed participate in the quarterly quality supervision of the contracted HFs by the DHMTs

Permanent liaison with the with the lead verifier, RBF Advisor and the SRHR/SGBV manager

Conduct monthly fieldwork as and when required in line with the field work plan

Submits weekly updates to the lead verifier

Represent the Cordaid Uganda Office, establishing and maintaining good relations with consortium colleagues and other key stakeholders in the targeted districts

Requirements

Public health background, Health Promotion or

Public Health and at least 5 years working experience in the health sector

Working knowledge and past experience in digital health programming

Good web-based data analysis skills

One year working experience with the Ministry of Health (at district, zonal or regional level) is an advantage

Independent, dynamic and capable of organizing his/her work, while having the ability to work accurately

Good networking and social skills

Good command of the Luganda/Lusoga and English language

Good experience with relevant computer software packages

Able to meet deadlines

Ability to analyse and present data

Good report writing skills

Willing to do field visits and to frequently travel long distances

Competencies

Collaboration

Integrity

Organizational Awareness

Networking

Planning & Organization

Problem solving

Analytical

Others/ Extra Details

Terms of Employment

The Cordaid Human Resource Manual is applicable.

Working conditions

40 hours a week

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Cordaid Digital Health Officer Jobs in Uganda


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