Summary
Date Posted: Friday, April 15, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Call for Technical and Operational Staff, USAID/Uganda Health Activity

About Palladium:
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 3,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.
This Opportunity:
The Uganda Health Activity (UHA) aims to increase access to and use of quality healthcare services and improve the performance of the health system at subnational levels in priority districts. Intended high-level results include: Improved access to and use of quality maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH); family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH); nutrition; and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)/infection prevention and control (IPC) health services at facility- and community-levels; Enhanced local ownership and leadership for sustainable health outcomes; Strengthened health system resilience at the regional-, district-, and community-levels; UHA will also strengthen the capacity of local PEPFAR implementing partners (IPs) to lead and sustain the epidemic response as part of sustainability efforts.

The Uganda Health Activity is an anticipated project, and the position is contingent upon award from USAID.
Palladium is seeking long-term candidates to serve as technical and operational staff members for the Uganda Health activity in the following areas:

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
• Results, Data, & Deliverable Reporting
• Knowledge Management
• Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
Finance, Administration, Human Resources, Procurement, and Grants Management
• Financial Management and Reporting
• Accounting
• General Administration & Office Management
• Local and International Procurement
• Human Resources
• Grants & Subcontract Management
HIV and Health Systems Strengthening
• Institutional/Health Systems Strengthening
• Health Financing & Public Financial Management
• Malaria
• HMIS (health management information systems)
• HIV
• Capacity Building & Development
• Human Resources for Health
• SBC (social and behavior change)
• Supply Chain Strengthening
• Lab Systems Strengthening
Integrated Health Service Delivery, Health Systems, and Quality of Care
• Vulnerable & Marginalized Populations
• Clinical QA/QI (quality assurance/quality improvement)
• Youth Engagement
• WASH
• HIV
• RMNCAH (reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health)
• Nutrition
• FP/RH
Please designate which of the above area(s) you are interested in being considered for in your application.
Reporting and Supervision:
• Technical Experts will report to the corresponding Key Personnel lead.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide overall contributions to their respective area of focus.
• These positions will also assist coordination among USAID, donors, other health implementing partners, and numerous Government of Uganda (GoU) institutions and representatives, particularly at the regional and district levels for integrated health service delivery activities.
• Assist overall technical and operational direction to ensure that work plans and activity tasks are compliant with USAID, GoU, and internally recognized standards and protocols.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Key Competencies Required:
• Degree in related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in relevant technical area in a similar context, with preference for experience on USAID or other USG-funded activities.
• Previous experience working in Uganda as an advisor or staff member.
• Experience and expertise in above-mentioned technical areas or positions.
• Ability to effectively interact and collaborate with a broad range team members and key stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate fluently, both verbally and in writing, in English.
Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:
• Nationals of Uganda are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Previous work experience in East Africa strongly preferred.
• Existing relationships with Ugandan stakeholders a plus.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com.
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Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

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