Summary
Date Posted: Friday, February 04, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Uganda Learning Actvity is a USAID project whose purpose is further strengthen USAID/Uganda performance and improve the performance of its implementing partners, with a focus on collaborating, learning and adapting, in order to enhance the impact and sustainability of USAID-supported contributions to Uganda's development. The ULA will achieve this through three objectives:
• Collaboration: Strengthened collaboration, both internally and with external stakeholders, enables USAID to better leverage expertise, learning and resources; and deepens local ownership.
• Learning: Systematic learning, through applied research, monitoring and evaluation, informs and improves the relevance, quality and cost-effectiveness of programs and operations
• Performing: Adaptive management of program implementation and meta-level interventions to improve the quality of USAID program outcomes.
We seek a suitable candidate for the HIV Specialist-KP Position. He/she will work collaboratively with other staff in the Health Office, other offices in the Mission, the Ministry of Health, and other development partners to support a coordinated, strategic approach to HIV/AIDS care and provide expertise in organizational capacity strengthening to local organizations. The Jobholder will spend a significant amount of time in the field providing hands-on support to local organizations.
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reporting to: PEPFAR Program Manager
Responsibilities:
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 80%
Strategic Oversight and Program Planning
• Provide overall technical guidance on the KP program, including providing expert guidance in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of care and treatment and prevention programs for these populations.
• Work closely with other staff in the Health Office and across the Mission to optimize opportunities for cross-sectoral integration and leveraging of resources across the different program components.
• Provide on-going technical assistance to USAID supported local partners to ensure that activities are evidence-based and that services are transparent, equitable, of high quality and responsive to client needs; that partners practice sound management and robust accounting, and that local partners are prepared to assume and sustain leadership.
• Provide technical leadership and advice to partners on integration of quality improvement (QI) approaches in program design, planning, implementation and monitoring

Project Management
• Ensure quality of KP programming at facility and community-level through monitoring compliance to national and international guidelines, approaches and tools and provision of supportive supervisions to IPs.
• Support USAID IPs both within the public and private sector to develop strategic work plans with realistic and measurable targets to support effective implementation of the Mission's KP program.
• Review and provide technical input to annual work plans, monitoring and evaluation plans, quarterly reports and other key documents of USAID supported projects.
• Provide technical and organizational development guidance to local organizations entailing transfer of knowledge and skills in KP programming, implementation, monitoring and reporting, and quality improvement. Guide institutional development including leadership and governance, management, human resources as well as fiduciary responsibility and sustainability.
• Work with local IPs to develop clear institutional development approaches with measurable milestones and monitor to ensure steady progress towards strengthened organizational capacity and sustainability.
• Work with Finance staff in the Mission to undertake routine reviews and assessments of local partners aimed at identifying internal control weaknesses and taking remedial action.
• Monitor program resources allocated for KP activities to ensure that they are being used rationally and that there are no cost overruns.
• Prepare quality documents including Concept Papers, Action Memoranda, Scopes of Work and budgets for assigned activities in a timely and efficient manner and consistent with USAID regulations and policies.
• Arrange for and procure outside technical assistance as needed to ensure that USAID-funded partners are transparently and effectively managing USG investments and that partner systems are developing and improving enough to eventually sustain themselves without USAID support.
• Carry out ad-hoc assignments as dictated by unforeseen operational requirements at the request and discretion of the Health Office Director and other health office staff.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting
• In collaboration with Strategic Information staff, regularly analyze and interpret KP data to generate key results and trends to assist the Mission maintain a highly nimble KP program.
• Perform data quality assessments to ensure the quality and reliability of program data.
• Regularly undertake site visits to USAID supported programs to assess the quality of services, provide expert advice and guide implementing partners on newly emerging and highly efficacious approaches to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention program implementation,
• Monitor and make recommendations to resolve implementation obstacles to ensure judicious use of USG funds and effective implementation of KP interventions.
• Contribute to and participate in HIV/AIDS related program evaluations to document and scaling up proven best practices.

COORDINATION WITH USG AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS 20%
• Engage actively as one of the Mission's KP staff in the preparation of key annual and mid-term planning and reporting documents including the Country Operational Plan, Operational Plan, Congressional Budget Justifications. Technical Notifications, Quarterly, Semi-Annual and Annual Progress Reports, among others.
• Ensure that USAID successes, best practices and approaches are shared widely with partner country officials, private sector, civil society and other donors.
• Develop and maintain relationships with relevant national and sub-national/district and local government officials, in order to enhance success of KP service delivery e interventions and advance USAID and USG strategic objectives.
• Alongside other USAID staff, serve as a technical subject matter expert through active engagement with other PEPFAR agencies, technical counterparts in Ministry of Health and other national stakeholders to advance USAID and USG strategic objectives related to key HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs.
• Represent USAID and PEPFAR as needed at designated national, regional and international meetings that relate to HIV/AIDS.
• Assist USAID staff in the planning and hosting of visits by delegations of high-level USG officials through preparing briefing papers, presentations as well as site preparations.
• As a member of the PEPFAR Team, respond flexibly and capably to a wide range of work-related requirements including responding to requests for information from HQ, Congress and OGAC.

Requirements:
• Master's Degree in Social Work and Social Administration, Medicine, Public Health, International Development or other relevant Social Sciences discipline. Other relevant training or certification, if applicabie, to augment university and graduate degrees and work experience.
• At least five (5) years of progressively responsible, professional experience in HIV/AIDS, preferably with USAID, USG, and/or other multi-lateral or bi-lateral organizations.
• Increasingly responsible experience in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention initiatives in developing countries and/or in generalized epidemics.
• Demonstrated knowledge of PEPFAR processes through which HIV/AIDS programs are planned, reviewed, approved, implemented and evaluated.
• Ability to develop positive working relationships within the USG including across USAID, CDC, State Department, Department of Defense, and Peace Corps.

Period of Performance
Employment under this role shall run initially to the end of September 2022 but renewable in a continuing nature.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
Please apply online by following this link;
http://qedgroupllc.hrmdirect.com/employment/jobopening.php?req=1901860&&&internal=6054 
You can reach out to ULAHR@qedgroupllc.com  if you cannot access the link. The application closes on February 28,2022, 5:00 pm EAT. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Strictly follow the application procedure as failure to do so will lead to automatic disqualification.
Only online applications will be accepted.

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