Job Title: Program Assistant – Jhpiego Uganda Jobs 2021
Organization: Jhpiego Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Program Officer
Jhpiego Uganda Profile
Jhpiego is an international non-profit health organization affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University. For more than 45 years, Jhpiego has empowered front-line health workers by designing and implementing effective, low-cost, hands-on solutions to strengthen the delivery of health care services for women and their families. By putting evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice, Jhpiego works to break down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Jhpiego, implementing a number of projects in Uganda, wishes to recruit an eLearning officer for the Health Workforce for the 21st Century Project (HW21).
Overview:
HW21 is a five-year Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded initiative supporting high HIV burden countries to meet 95-95-95 goals by 2030 by building competent and confident health workers and effectively supporting governments to employ, deploy, and retain them. HW21 is closing health workforce gaps to increase access for people living with HIV (PLHIV) to testing, care, treatment and support to ensure sustained viral suppression. In Uganda, HW21 will support HRSA, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Government of Uganda in this effort by creating communities of practice through telementoring and case-based learning for providers at facility level via the ECHO© model.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and support program, financial, and administrative functions of the HW21 team and country program such that activities are implemented according to plans and in a timely fashion
- Assist with preparation, monitoring and tracking of project budgets.
- Ensure that required technical and administrative reports are submitted in a timely way. Assist program and administrative staff and consultants to produce letters, documents, reports and presentations and materials for distribution.
- Responsible for recording and disseminating program meeting minutes Assist with organization of meetings, field visits, and other project activities.
- Assist with maintaining the project management calendar and keeping it up-to-date.
- Assist in preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual work plans including ensuring that the Project Monitoring and Management System.
- Perform other programmatic and administrative duties as assigned by supervisor to ensure smooth functioning and achievement of project goals as required.
Minimum Qualifications
- A bachelors degree in relevant areas – Bachelor of Business Administration, office management.
- At least one-year experience in a similar position in an international or large local organization.
- Effective organizational skills and ability to handle a large volume of work in an efficient and timely manner
- Knowledge of donor funded projects.
- Fluent English both spoken and written.
- Strong computer skills including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Willingness to work long hours and frequent travel.
How To Apply for Jhpiego Uganda Jobs 2021
Jhpiego is an equal Opportunity employer. Interested candidates should send their CVs to Uganda.CountryOffice@jhpiego.org specifying the position of interest.
Deadline: 31st December 2021
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