Jobs at AMREF Uganda

Job Title: Project Assistant, TB REACH

Job Objective
Reporting to the Project Officer, the Project Assistant will provide technical guidance in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the TB REACH Project in Luwero or Kiboga Districts with specific focus on increasing TB case detections and treatment success rates through promotion of DOTS and community-based activities with health workers, VHTs, and beneficiaries,

Description of Duties
• Work with various stakeholders to design and plan outreach initiatives and mobilize communities to attend health promotion activities,
• Support Village Health Teams to promote sensitization, TB -DOTS services, referrals and a awareness- raising about TB.
• Organize comprehensive community awareness activities about TB/HIV symptom detection, diagnosis, treatment, drug completion, and reducing stigma.
• Coordinate the design and implementation of relevant health education activities.
• Build stakeholder capacity to implement TB and collaborative TB/HIV activities independently.
• Train relevant stakeholders on promoting healthy behaviors to prevent TB infection; provide follow up support throughout the project implementation process-
• Participate in the identification and development of appropriate TB education and control materials, ensuring that they are appropriate to the identified needs of the beneficiaries.
• Coordinate the identification of procurement needs; manage inventory and distribution documentation and ensure accurate inventory.
• Establish, coordinate and monitor a participatory community-based monitoring system for activities using VMTs and integrate lessons learned into the overall project strategy,
• Collect relevant indicative data from the health units and process it for monitoring, evaluation and reporting purposes.
• Manage and account for the resources allocated to TB project activities.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Accountability
a. Supervision: Works independently under the supervision of the Project Officer within the framework of agreed strategies operational priorities, policy guidelines and level of authority delegated to him/her by the Officer. Works in collaboration with their Assistants and reports at set times to the Project Officer.
b. Confidentiality: Responsible for maintaining confidential file: and information regarding the project.
Responsibility: For assets and decision-making on effective achievement of project objectives.

Qualifications
Degree or higher Diploma in Heath Education, Social Science or closely related field.

Relevant experience
• At least 3 years progressive experience, preferably with an International NGO, with health programs at district a community level.
• Must be willing to work as part of a team and be able communicate and relate effectively with different stakeholders.
• Experience in conducting training and interventions the community level for community health workers beneficiaries.
• Experience in coordinating health projects and counseling for underserved populations.
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Contact
To apply please send CV and cover letter with 3 work relate referees including copies of certificates, salary history, and available start dates to the address or e-mail below. All applications shall be clearly marked: "AMREF Project Officer Public Health/ Project Officer M and E or Project Assistant". No e-mails must exceed 2 MB.

Closing date is 5 PM on Friday 8th October 2010.

While we thank all applicants for your interest, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.

People Performance Group,
Plot 8 Kitante Close, Kitante
P.O. Box 12405, Kampala - Uganda
Attn.: The Director
E-mail: application@ppg.co.ug
Web: www.ppg.co.ug