Summary
Date Posted: Monday, September 05, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Title: Project Officer-SHR (In-school)
Reports to: Project Manager
Department: Programs
Duty station: A4HU Mityana Field Office
The SRH Officer (In-school) will support project design, implementation, monitoring, reporting and capacity-building initiatives for Youth Clubs, Youth Empowerment Centres (YECs) and the wider community; ensures timely planning and implementation of the program; submit activity reports to the A4HU Project Manager.
Job Purpose:
The SRH Officer (In-school) is the key technical person for SRH interventions within project-targeted schools. He/she is responsible for ensuring the achievement of SRH program deliverables for the In- school component in close collaboration with School Administrators, School Health Clubs, relevant government departments and community stakeholders. He/she is responsible for creating robust school- based SRH and implementing sexuality education in schools.

Main Responsibilities:
• Facilitate peer learning sessions.
• Assist partners in implementing activities related to SRHR to ensure interventions are evidence- based, culturally appropriate, cost-effective, and have a high impact.
• Ensure that SRHR interventions for In-school youth are implemented as per the plan and local needs.
• Ensure that SRHR services and practices in targeted schools align with national policies, guidelines and procedures and are consistent with minimum standards and best practices.
• Facilitate school mobilisation activities and implement appropriate School Behaviour Change
• Communication (SBCC) approaches to create demand for SRHR.
• Facilitate and coordinate regular capacity building for teachers and other service providers on youth-friendly health services, integration of SRHR in classroom learning, monitoring and evaluation of SRHR activities, facilitative supervision, client-provider-interaction and referral management when needed.
• Address SRHR issues as per the plan, including identification, response and reporting of SRHR programmatic components to the Project Manager.
• Support strengthening school accountability mechanisms, ensuring that feedback and issues related to the project are addressed.
• Assist the Project Manager in developing, reviewing, and disseminating guidelines, standards of practice, protocols, and other tools to improve quality programming for school interventions.
• Liaise and coordinate with partners including, Local Government, Health Centres, counterparts, CBOs, FBOs and other civil society actors regarding project school activities.
• Participate in and represent A4HU in school-related SRHR coordination meetings and other official forums as requested.
• Ensure routine data collection for schools utilising data collected via registers and data collection tools.
• Analyse and review data with M&E staff highlighting areas where services are improving and providing support where services are lagging.
• Monitor and manage the effectiveness of the project based on timely completion of targets and indicators quarterly.
• Administration and Financial Management
• Participate in elaborating (costed) action plans, performance reviews and performance reports for school SRH activities.
• Ensure proper handling and management of A4HU assets in accordance with prescribed guidelines and procedures.
• Prepare periodical budget forecasts and have responsibility for tracking the budget.
• Collaborate with the Project Manager & Finance and Administration Unit in accounting for expenditures related to the project, and reconcile budgeted to expended amounts.

• Other Duties
• Plan and complete work assignments with a high degree of initiative, good judgment, analytical skills, and integrity.
• Apply and promote results-based management (RBM) principles and a client-oriented approach consistent with A4HU rules and regulations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Requirements
• Bachelor‘s degree in Social Work and Public Health.
• A minimum of three years of relevant experience in working with a Non-Profit Organisation or a reputable Community-Based Organisation, preferably working with young people.
• Knowledge of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) is a MUST.
• Experience in designing youth programmes.
• Experience in training and creative facilitation.
• Knowledge of Local Government development structures and policies.
• Experience working with rural communities, especially community mobilisation and networking.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, teamwork and ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills in spoken and written English.
• Excellent computer skills.
A4HU is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best-qualified personnel.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
If you are interested, please send your application (CV and motivation letter indicating salary expectation as one attachment) with the reference 'Project Officer- SRH (In-school)' to the Human Resource Officer Action 4 Health Uganda at jobs@a4huganda.org
Deadline for application: September 19th 2022. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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