UNICEF HIV/AIDS Specialist - Adolescent Health - Jobs in Kampala Uganda

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, a future

Uganda is one of the over 190 countries and territories around the world where we work to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease, and discrimination place in a child’s path.

Together with the Government of Uganda and partners we work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the objectives of the Uganda National Development Plan, and the planned outcomes of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework.

How can you make a difference?

The Specialist reports to the HIV/AIDS Manager for guidance and general supervision. The Specialist supports the development and preparation of the 2nd decade HIV programmes/projects and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting of progress 2nd decade HIV programmes/projects (and coordinating in an integrated manner UNICEF efforts at addressing all health and social and behavioral risks and structural factors that increase predisposition to HIV acquisition by adolescent girls and young mothers).

The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

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