Programme Officer (Advocacy) Job at Center for the Health, Human Rights & Development ( CEHURD ) - Career Opportunity in Uganda

Vacancy title:
Programme Officer (Advocacy)

Jobs at:
Center for the Health, Human Rights & Development ( CEHURD )

Deadline of this Job:
28th July 2017

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
Title: Programme Officer (Advocacy)
Reports to: Programme Manager

Job Purpose
To provide technical support to CEHURD's Advocacy Programme. This is a dynamic, and highly demanding position that requires the candidate to work with CEHURD‘s Advocacy team on issues of the right to health. The responsibilities for this position include: Undertaking policy research and analysis in the areas of law, public health and human rights; Drafting advocacy documents including: petitions, policy briefs, briefing papers, internal memorandums, and other campaign documents; Promoting a rights based approach in programming work on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights; Engaging policy makers on issues of health and human rights including keeping abreast with relevant and topical issues in the field; Developing and implementing programme proposals, work plans, budgets and writing project projects.

Qualifications:
The Officer will be ‘expected to have the following qualifications:

  • A minimum of a Bachelors‘Degree in Law, Human Rights, Public Health, Social Sciences, Development Communications or any related field.
  • Has at least three (3) years’ experience working on advocacy issues preferably in a busy NGO or a research Agency;
  • Post Graduate qualification in any of the fields above will be an added advantage

Job application procedure
if you believe you are the ideal candidate for any of these opportunities, please submit your Curriculum Vitae, Copies of your academic documents and a cover letter in a sealed envelope, clearly indicating the position applied for on the “top left-hand side of the envelope" to: The Operations Manager Center for Health, Human Rights and Development Plot B33, Old Kira Road, Ntinda- Kiwatule P.O. Box 16617, Wandegeya Kampala — Uganda,

OR
Email your application to: lnfo@cehurd.org  with a copy to nakanwagi@cehurd.org  clearly indicating the position applied for in the subject line of the email.

The closing date for the receipt of applications is 28th July 2017. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 28th July 2017
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Posted: 14-07-2017
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 14-07-2017
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 14-07-2040
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