Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, April 05, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
COVID19 Response Coordinators (2)
Location: Gulu, Uganda
Hours: Regular Full-time, 40 hours per week; Not Eligible for Overtime
Location: Based in Gulu/Kitgum, Uganda with travel to supported districts as needed
Salary: Commensurate with required experience and qualifications.
Reports to: HIV/TB Care, Treatment, and Infectious Diseases Advisor.

University Research Co., LLC (URC)
URC is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.
Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical assistance to strengthen health and social systems and service quality by empowering communities and health workers to identify and scale up locally appropriate solutions to critical problems. Internationally, we expand access to and improve the quality of services addressing maternal, newborn, and child health; infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; food and nutrition; and vulnerable children and families. In the US, we focus on improving communication related to issues like substance abuse, with a particular focus on reaching underserved populations.
URC’s mission is to provide innovative, evidence-based solutions to health and social challenges worldwide. Please join us in carrying out our mission (http://www.urc-chs.com/).

Division & Project Overview:
The Quality and Performance Institute (QPI) is a division of URC that has implemented quality improvement and operations research programs in health care since 1981 and continues to be at the cutting edge of health care improvement work in countries around the world.
With the RHITES-N Acholi Project (Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in Northern Uganda – Acholi), USAID will continue its support of the Government of Uganda’s (GOU) efforts to improve access to and use of health services in the country’s post-conflict northern region. RHITES-N Acholi Project activities will build on USAID investments and national advances to increase access to and use of high-quality integrated services that accelerate the ability and capacity to respond to the specific health needs of residents in the Acholi sub-region, leveraging the URC-ASSIST project successes.

Job summary:
The COVID 19 response coordinator will serve as the team leader of COVID 19 response activities in the cluster and is responsible for the full coordination and leadership of regional COVID 19 response program implementations, including development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of regional/district programs.

Roles and responsibilities
• Oversee Cluster implementation of national COVID-19 response policies, procedures, SOPs, and trainings.
• Report progress and issues pertaining COVID 19 response to DHO’s office, HIV/TB Care, Treatment & Infectious Diseases Advisor, at standing meetings with emerging issues reported to national COVID-19 response coordinators.
• Prepare regular and ad-hoc progress and scientific/evidence-based reports on COVID-19 activities being implemented in the clusters.
• Collaborate with other units in the USAID RHITES-North Acholi to achieve efficient implementation of activities, systematic utilization of resources and comprehensive development of study, research and analytical capacities required for effective COVID-19 control.
• Advise DHO’s office regarding COVID-19 response activities including COVID-19 prevention and case management strategies. Provide technical advice for inter-programmatic coordination with other technical departments in the development and implementation of COVID-19 surveillance, field investigation and COVID-19 vaccination.
• Continuously provide up-to-date information regarding COVID 19 to the district. Organize trainings and support the district, health facility and community-level implementation related to novel tools for COVID-19 contact tracing and vaccination.
• Disseminate and provide training to district taskforces on guidelines and best practices in COVID-19 early detection, surveillance, contact tracing and vaccination.
• Provide technical guidance and support cluster and district efforts to design, implement, maintain, evaluate, and optimize COVID-19 field investigation, surveillance, and vaccination strategies.
• Establish district systems to monitor on a weekly basis the performance of district COVID-19 early detection, surveillance, contact tracing and vaccination activities and to provide timely feedback to districts and USAID RHITES- North Acholi.
• Review reports and action plans as submitted by the district and discuss with the HIV/TB Care, Treatment & Infectious Diseases Advisor Support quantification, guide procurement and distribution of COVID 19 logistics like IPC supplies.
• Participate in the District COVID-19 Technical Working Groups.
• Support direct supervision/mentorships regarding COVID-19.
• Compile and submit periodic progress reports regarding COVID-19 response activities.
• Support development of SOPs pertaining COVID-19 response and dissemination of MoH IEC material on COVID-19.
• Any other activities as maybe assigned by the supervisor/ Chief of Party.

Minimum qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in health sciences (Medicine & Surgery, Nursing, Public Health)
• A Master’s degree in Public Health or Epidemiology is an added advantage.
• A minimum of 2 years implementing COVID-19 response related activities.
• Additional Training in epidemiological surveillance will be an added advantage.

Required Experience:
• Technical expertise and skills in the prevention and control of epidemic-prone diseases.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of public health program planning, implementation and monitoring/evaluation.
• Ability to analyze technical information and synthesize inputs from multiple sources.
• Ability to integrate scientific and operational inputs into recommendations for decision-making.
• Strong professional oral and writing skills including the development of reports, oral presentations, and technical/persuasive documents for consideration at the district, regional and national levels.
• Experience in the prevention and control of COVID-19, influenza, or other respiratory viruses.
• Experience in the design and implementation of epidemiologic studies and evaluations.
• Field experience in the response to outbreaks in Uganda or neighboring countries would be an asset. Experience working with MoH officials and collaborating with donors Knowledge of USG programming policies and regulations, MoH and district procedures and practices.
• Specialized knowledge and experience in Community Health and stakeholder engagement skills and attributes.
• Experience in Health Information Systems implementation in a developing country context Experience managing analysis, synthesis, documentation, and dissemination of lessons for a range of stakeholders.

Please note: Only candidates who are eligible to work in Uganda for an indefinite period without a need for sponsorship will be considered for this position.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
For immediate consideration, please visit URC’s Career Opportunities page at www.urc-chs.com/careers. 
You must upload your CV/Résumé and your Cover Letter where indicated, please complete your application form and upload by 11th April 2022.
Due to the large number of inquiries, we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be contacted. No phone calls please. However, since we are active around the world in the field of public health, we may wish to retain your CV in our database for other/future opportunities, unless you direct us otherwise. Thank you very much for your interest.

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