Save the Children Uganda Job Vacancies

Save the Children Senior Officer, Capacity Building Uganda Job Vacancies

Senior Officer, Capacity Building

Title: Senior Officer, Capacity Building

For over 90 years, Save the Children has been making a difference in children's lives in more than 120 countries. We are the world's largest independent child rights organisation, underpinned by a vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity organisation dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity.

Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour towards children both in their private and professional lives.

In Uganda, we implement programmes in five thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Child Poverty, Health and Nutrition in Development and Emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over 300 persons. We save childrens lives. We fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.

Save the Children Uganda Country Office is looking to recruit a Ugandan National for the following position:

Role Purpose:

The Senior Officer Maternal and New-born and Child Health Capacity Building is primarily responsible for leading and coordinating all project MNCH facility-based capacity building activities in their district of location including; offsite and onsite training; onsite mentorship, quality improvement, documentation and tracking of capacity building activities in collaboration with the district health team leadership and the project monitoring evaluation, accountability and learning officer.
The Senior Officer may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis and to coordinate district level activities on behalf of the MNCH program manager.

Contract Duration: Open EndedLocation: Fort Portal

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum of a bachelors degree in medicine or health related subject or higher diploma in either midwifery or nursing or equivalent accrued working experience. A

Postgraduate training in public health, health systems strengthening, Reproductive Health and Gender, is an added advantage;

Minimum of five years working experience in MNCH related programming in Uganda (preferably with an International NGO);

Skills and experience in training and mentorship of health facility based health workers is an added advantage.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.

Disclaimer:

Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents

How to apply:
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