URC Senior HIV Prevention Care and Treatment Advisor Jobs in Uganda
URC Senior HIV Prevention Care and Treatment Advisor Jobs in Uganda
University Research Co., LLC (URC) URC is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.
Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical assistance to strengthen health and social systems and service quality by empowering communities and health workers to identify and scale up locally appropriate solutions to critical problems.
Internationally, we expand access to and improve the quality of services addressing maternal, newborn, and child health; infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; food and nutrition; and vulnerable children and families. In the US, we focus on improving communication related to issues like substance abuse, with a particular focus on reaching underserved populations.
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Division & Project Overview:
The Quality and Performance Institute (QPI) is a division of URC that has implemented quality improvement and operations research programs in health care since 1981 and continues to be at the cutting edge of health care improvement work in countries around the world.
With the RHITES-N Acholi Project (Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in Northern Uganda – Acholi), USAID will continue its support of the Government of Uganda’s (GOU) efforts to improve access to and use of health services in the country’s post-conflict northern region. RHITES-N Acholi Project activities will build on USAID investments and national advances to increase access to and use of high-quality integrated services that accelerate the ability and capacity to respond to the specific health needs of residents in the Acholi sub-region, leveraging the URC-ASSIST project successes.
Job summary:
The Senior HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Advisor will lead the design, implementation, and monitoring of the project performance in the areas of HIV prevention, Care and Treatment. He/she will provide technical direction on implementation of strategies and activities that lead to increasing the access and utilization of quality health services in HIV Prevention and Treatment, services in the Acholi region. He/ She will work closely with and support the other health partners in the region to achieve expected health outcomes.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Technical Supervisory roles
Supervise all activities for improving access and quality of HIV Prevention and Treatment and communicable diseases control services in all 8 districts in Acholi region
Support development, timely submission and tracking of annual, quarterly, monthly work plans and budgets for technical assistance for HIV Prevention and Treatment, TB and communicable diseases control services.
Carry out regular activities to assess and build competency of DHTs supporting in the selected districts/health facilities.
Lead a team of Advisors to improve access to and quality of HIV Prevention and Treatment and TB services in Acholi region.
Technical Support & Coordination
Have overall responsibility to support the local partners for achieving targets in HIV Prevention and Treatment (HTS, PMTCT, SMC, HIV/TB, HIV care and treatment) and integration of services.
Provide technical support to the local partners supporting health facilities and districts in Acholi region to implement and meet set targets.
Provide overall technical support and oversight for the integrated HIV Prevention and Treatment services at facility
and community levels in Acholi region in coordination with the local partners.
Supervise a group of advisors to improve access to quality HIV Prevention and Treatment services. Ensure improved demand for HIV Prevention and Treatment services in Acholi region.
Conduct coaching and mentorship, training and managing coaches at district and regional level, generate and document best practices.
Build the capacity of local health partners and district teams to continuously support health facilities to improve HIV Prevention and Treatment services.
Support Local partners to Improve access to and quality of HIV Prevention and Treatment services for priority population, key population, and other vulnerable groups. Ensure universally agreed 95-95-95 targets are achieved at district and regional levels.
Lead coordination at the regional and national level around HIV Prevention and Treatment for the project in consultation with the supervisor.
Ensure timely submission of quality and accurate reports quarterly, biweekly and at all other requested times.
Review and improve technical strategies employed by the technical teams supporting HIV Prevention and Treatment services to ensure the RHITES N Acholi project work plan is adhered to and implemented with measurable success.
In collaboration with the monitoring and evaluation team ensure that data collected is accurate, valid and captures process and outcome indicators.
In collaboration with knowledge management staff, lead the process of documenting best practices in form of case studies, success stories, abstracts, video clips in addition to the routine biweekly updates, quarterly and annual reports for the work done.
Develop, support and maintain a pool of district and regional coaches who will support the health facility improvement teams to improve the quality of care and services provided in the above-named technical areas.
Integrating appropriate gender strategies and ensure appropriate youth engagement.
Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor / Chief of Party.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The applicant must hold a Degree in Medicine and a master’s in public health,
At least 7 years’ experience in technically leading/Advising large scale HIV Prevention and Treatment programs in Uganda and working with districts and health facilities to improve HIV Prevention and Treatment services in Uganda.
Demonstrated ability of improving quality of health services at large scale.
A good working knowledge of the most up to date guidelines for HIV Prevention and Treatment services.
At least 3 years of experience leading teams and supporting integration of family health services.
At least 3 years’ experience in supervising staff and working at a senior level.
Ability and willingness to travel within the supported districts for 50% of the time.
Experience of working with diverse groups of stakeholders such as government, NGOs, and private-sector partners.
Experience of working in northern Uganda is an advantage.
Ability to organize, analyze, interpret, and program performance data.
Experience of working with USAID funded projects is an advantage.
How to Apply
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