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2026-08-11T12:54:06+00:00
Rakai Health Sciences Program
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FULL_TIME
Kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Healthcare
Healthcare, Social Services & Nonprofit
UGX
MONTH
2026-08-25T17:00:00+00:00
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Background

RHSP is seeking qualified Counselors to provide pre-test and post-test counselling and ongoing psychosocial support to clients, patients, study participants, and community members. The role includes communicating HIV results, providing HIV/AIDS and general health education, supporting HIV disclosure, promoting couple counselling and partner notification, and providing ongoing psychosocial support to individuals requiring additional care.

The successful candidates will also prepare counselling activity reports, collect relevant bio-behavioral health data, and participate in counselling meetings.

What's great in the job?

  • Meaningful Community Impact: Provide counselling and psychosocial support that directly contributes to the wellbeing of clients, participants, couples, and communities.
  • HIV Prevention Support: Contribute to HIV prevention and control through counselling, health education, condom promotion, disclosure support, and partner notification.
  • Professional Counselling Experience: Apply and strengthen counselling skills in a biomedical research and health service environment.
  • Community Engagement: Work directly with communities and support individuals who require ongoing counselling and care.
  • Public Health Contribution: Help improve awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS and broader health issues within study communities.
  • Research Exposure: Gain experience supporting bio-behavioral data collection alongside counselling and community health activities.
  • Collaborative Environment: Work alongside RHSP counselling, research, clinical, and community teams.

What We Offer

Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) is a collaborative biomedical research and service delivery organization. RHSP strives to improve the quality of life of the local and international population through a combination of community-based research, curative services, and prevention strategies in Uganda.

Each employee has a chance to see the impact of his work. You can make a real contribution to the success of the company.

Perks

  • A full-time position
  • Attractive salary package.
  • Medical Insurance
  • Comprehensive health coverage.
  • Retirement Benefits
  • Pension plan with employer contributions.
  • Employee Growth
  • Ongoing training and growth opportunities.
  • Provide HIV counselling
  • Offer psychosocial support
  • Support partner counselling
  • Conduct health education
  • Prepare field reports
  • Empathetic
  • Confidential
  • Good Communicator
  • Self Motivated
  • Team Oriented
  • Motorcycle riding skills
  • Relevant counselling qualifications
  • Substantial counselling experience including HIV/AIDS counselling or experience within a medical setting
  • Fluency in English and Luganda
  • Valid riding permit
  • MOH HCT certificate (Nice to have)
  • Community counselling (Nice to have)
  • HIV disclosure experience (Nice to have)
  • Data collection skills (Nice to have)
  • Teamwork skills (Nice to have)
professional certificate
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Vacancy title:
Counselor

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Healthcare, Category: Healthcare, Social Services & Nonprofit]

Jobs at:
Rakai Health Sciences Program

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, August 25 2026

Duty Station:
Kampala | Kampala

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, August 11 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Background

RHSP is seeking qualified Counselors to provide pre-test and post-test counselling and ongoing psychosocial support to clients, patients, study participants, and community members. The role includes communicating HIV results, providing HIV/AIDS and general health education, supporting HIV disclosure, promoting couple counselling and partner notification, and providing ongoing psychosocial support to individuals requiring additional care.

The successful candidates will also prepare counselling activity reports, collect relevant bio-behavioral health data, and participate in counselling meetings.

What's great in the job?

  • Meaningful Community Impact: Provide counselling and psychosocial support that directly contributes to the wellbeing of clients, participants, couples, and communities.
  • HIV Prevention Support: Contribute to HIV prevention and control through counselling, health education, condom promotion, disclosure support, and partner notification.
  • Professional Counselling Experience: Apply and strengthen counselling skills in a biomedical research and health service environment.
  • Community Engagement: Work directly with communities and support individuals who require ongoing counselling and care.
  • Public Health Contribution: Help improve awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS and broader health issues within study communities.
  • Research Exposure: Gain experience supporting bio-behavioral data collection alongside counselling and community health activities.
  • Collaborative Environment: Work alongside RHSP counselling, research, clinical, and community teams.

What We Offer

Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) is a collaborative biomedical research and service delivery organization. RHSP strives to improve the quality of life of the local and international population through a combination of community-based research, curative services, and prevention strategies in Uganda.

Each employee has a chance to see the impact of his work. You can make a real contribution to the success of the company.

Perks

  • A full-time position
  • Attractive salary package.
  • Medical Insurance
  • Comprehensive health coverage.
  • Retirement Benefits
  • Pension plan with employer contributions.
  • Employee Growth
  • Ongoing training and growth opportunities.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: professional certificate

Job application procedure

Candidates should possess relevant counselling qualifications, substantial counselling experience including HIV/AIDS counselling or experience within a medical setting, fluency in English and Luganda, and motorcycle riding skills with a valid riding permit.

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Job Info
Job Category: Health/ Medicine jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Tuesday, August 25 2026
Duty Station: Kampala | Kampala
Posted: 11-08-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 11-08-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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