Program Officer Job Vacancy in Uganda at JHU

Job Title: Program Officer
Location: Uganda
Approximate starting Salary: $52,010 - $71,568
Working time: 37.5 hours a week. 7.5 hours a day
Job
The Program Officer II is responsible for supporting one or more field programs with technical, programmatic, and administrative assistance. The Program Officer II serves as a field program’s consistent link to Baltimore, and provides the day-to-day problem solving, technical input, writing and editing, and procurement processing field programs require. The Program Officer II also provides field programs with assistance in the design, development, and evaluation of programs. The Program Officer II lives in Kampala, Uganda, and offers technical assistance to projects based in Uganda. Maintain frequent, open, ongoing communication with projects you are assigned to. Coordinates the various functions needed for efficient operation of Ugandan programs. Acts as point-of-contact for communication staff working on assigned projects. Responds to project requests for information, documents or assistance promptly. Assists project staff in developing contracts and liaise with Baltimore concerning contracts processing. Seeks technical input on materials, strategies, workplans, and budgets as needed. Monitors project budgets and ensure that field costs do not overrun (including salary allocations) and/or inform supervisor that field costs are in danger of overrunning.

Qualifications:
Masters degree (M.A., MHS, MPH) or equivalent, and 4 or more years of relevant experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Must have experience working internationally/abroad.

NOTE: The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact generally require immunization against mumps, rubella, measles, chicken pox and hepatitis B. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office. Please be aware that should you require vaccination for chicken pox, the vaccine is administered in two doses given six weeks apart. Johns Hopkins University policy is that individuals will be placed off work without pay between the two doses.

To apply
https://hrnt.jhu.edu/jhujobs/job_view.cfm?view_req_id=45663&view=sch