BAYLOR UGANDA
Job Summary
To coordinate all activities, including but not limited to family planning/MCH service delivery, outreaches, capacity strengthening, mentorship, community mobilization, stock status monitoring and redistribution, data management and reporting, in the allocated districts/cluster.
The Service Delivery and Supply Chain (SD & SC) Officers will co-locate with District Health Teams to ensure alignment of activities and open communication and collaboration. They will also engage with health facility in-charges and medicine management supervisors to support commodity and supply chain management and support data management activities within the district/cluster.
They will participate in district activities and engagements to ensure alignment and minimize duplication. They will follow up on district/cluster engagements as assigned to mitigate fraud, ensure accurate, comprehensive and timely submission of requests, and support documentation for payments of district stakeholders.
Overall Responsibilities
Cluster coordination
· Coordinate all Pathfinder engagements in the assigned district/cluster.
· Provide leadership of staff engagements in the assigned district/cluster, ensuring staff presence on duty, and program delivery as per the agreed workplan.
· Coordinate visits by the donor, MoH, program leadership and other stakeholders.
· Report back as appropriate to the Regional Coordinator.
Program Delivery Under the guidance of the Regional Coordinator:
· Develop work plans to guide program implementation within the district/cluster.
· Coordinate program implementation, monitoring and reporting in the assigned cluster, including but not limited to FP/MCH health systems strengthening, joint district planning, support supervision, health worker training/mentorship, service delivery at static, outreach sites and by VHTs, community mobilization and engagement, program evaluation.
· Oversee the program coordination with district health teams in all districts of operation, creating and nurturing fruitful relationships with the district leadership; actively participating in district activities.
Supply Chain coordination
· Working closely with the Supply Chain Advisor, and Regional Coordinator, coordinate district and health facilities to ensure close monitoring, reporting and replenishment of the whole range of supplies as well as redistribution for noninterrupted service delivery.
Program Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting
· With guidance from the Regional Coordinator, work alongside the MEL Officer to support timely and accurate compilation of data from implementation sites; weekly, monthly and quarterly as required.
· Closely follow up to ensure the collection of equity indicators – such as relating to adolescents and youth, refugees, people with disabilities, gender, etc.
· As guided by the Regional Coordinator, prepare timely and high-quality reports on program implementation & forward the same to the Supervisor. Provide other information on program implementation as may be requested by the donor, the steering committee, etc.
Financial Management
· Oversee the district/cluster budgeting and expenditure, keeping track real time of all expenditure, and reporting weekly to the Regional Coordinator, expenditure versus budget.
· Follow up with district stakeholders to ensure timely and adequate collection of activity supporting documents, prepare activity reports and submit requests for payment to the regional coordinator timely.
Required Qualification, Experience and Competencies:
Medical Degree, 6 years of experience in Maternal/child health service delivery 3 of which should be donor funded project work within the district health system.
6 Years Relevant Experience
NOTE:
Applications should include a cover letter, CV, daytime telephone contact, three traceable professional references, and academic documents
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
CLOSING DATE: 28th April, 2025
