Employer: Amref Health Africa
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Application Deadline: 27 Jan 2015
Job Description:
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Support the Country Director in defining Amref Health Africa-Uganda's overall strategy, develop clear operational plans for execution, and continually identify opportunities for Amref Health Africa to add value and maximize impact.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the health landscape in Uganda and the Ministry of Ffealth's key priorities and challenges.
• Maintain appropriate bi-directional communication with Amref Health Africa headquarters to ensure that Amref Health Africa's strategic directions are being fully leveraged
• Develop and manage program, activities, and budgets in collaboration with program and support staff.
• Oversee Amref Health Africa's RMNCH„ TB/HIV/Malaria, WASH and e-learning programs, including the management of several staff members, development of relationships with key relevant government partners, donor agencies, and other and international stakeholders.
• Provide technical and managerial oversights for the development and implementation of a comprehensive program strategy and work plan.
• Plan, manage and execute specific programmatic initiatives, such as the emergency responses and clinical and outreach rograms.
• Develop and implement facilitative supervision and ensure that field staff gets onsite training, coaching and mentoring to improve quality of services renderingto target beneficiaries.
• Manage the individual performance of the staff under program management, ensuring that their performance is aligned to the strategic business plan of Amref Health Africa.
• Work closely with Ministry of Health officials; coordinate and collaborate with top-management officials of MoH and other line ministries and other agencies related to the program
• Discuss plans and strategies with different stakeholders to ensure proper understanding of the projects concepts, timeline and reporting
• Identity research topics and provides technical oversights for the design and implementation of applied researches, and use evidence for future programing and improving quality.
• Spearhead institutional and unrestricted fundraising efforts and and management of relationships with existing and potential all programme reports, assessing quality of the programmes and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
• Minimum of a first degree in Medicine (MD) and a Masters degree in public health (MPH) or equivalent.
• Minimum of 7 years experience in a senior leadership role working with international non-governmental organizations (NG0s) or at a similar level
• Ability to manage a complex health projects and experience in working with multidisciplinary and cultural teams
• Experience in Amref's strategic directions notably on health system strengthening, human resource for health, RMNCH, TB/HIV/Malaria, and WASH program design, quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience in new business development, donor relation management, networking, and relation building.
• Past experience of team building, leading and developing a team of senior staff with different backgrounds and expertise.
• Proven experience in program development and good knowledge of relevant government offices, donors and private sectors
• Proven Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward.
• Hands on skills and expertise in planning, financial and budget management as well as people management.
• An overall understanding of operational, financial and support services management processes.
• Communicate effectively in English orally and in writing
• Excellent computer and organizational skills.
• Strong work ethics, flexibility, and high level of integrity.
How to Apply:
Please send an updated CV including three work related referees and cover letter addressed to the Human Resources Manager, Amref Health Africa in Uganda through jobs.amrefugandae arring. Emails should not exceed 2MB. The closing date for submitting applications is Tuesday January 27, 2015 at 5 pm. Those who earlier applied for the position of Deputy Country Director may not need to re-apply. We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Qualified Women are highly encouraged to apply
