Director Family Planning Service Delivery Job Vacancy at Jhpiego in Uganda

The Director Family Planning Service Delivery will provide technical oversight to a national sexual reproductive health/family planning program in Uganda. The DFPSD will directly assist the COP in the design, implementation, and monitoring of high impact family planning interventions. The project will operate over a 5 year period.

All applicants should prepare a single document for submission to include: cover letter, CV, references and salary history

Responsibilities:
Provide technical oversight, strategic direction and ensure appropriate support for the implementation of clinical and community-based program activities in sexual reproductive health and family planning
Provide technical assistance, mentoring and capacity building at the individual and organizational level in specific areas of expertise including but not limited to: community-based family planning; task-shifting; the full range of contraceptive methods, counseling and informed choice, rights-based family planning, quality of care, and total market approaches
Lead testing of FP innovations and scale-up of evidence-based approaches
Develop service delivery strategies for accessing hard-to-reach populations and youth, including the identification of opportunities to integrate FP/RH services within non FP health services (HIV, ANC, PNC, etc) and non-health sectors, such as agriculture, democracy, environment, economic reform, private sector enterprises
Work with colleagues to develop a cadre of FP/RH champions who will facilitate links to other community-level health programs/services in both the public and private sector
Coordinate technical assistance, mentoring and capacity building of health care providers in the public and private sector in LARC, short-term methods, counseling, informed choice, and integration of gender; including the capacity of DHMTs and private sector champions
Identify appropriate and sustainable approaches for health care provider capacity building, follow-up and supervision

Required Qualifications:
A Master’s degree in Public Health or a related field with at least 8 years of progressively increasing responsibility in designing, managing and implementing family planning/reproductive health service delivery and/or technical assistance programs in Uganda or in a similar setting; or
A Bachelor’s degree in Public Health or a related field with at least 10 years of progressively increasing responsibility in designing, managing and implementing family planning/reproductive health service delivery and/or technical assistance programs in Uganda or in a similar setting
Experience designing and implementing successful facility and community-based family planning services
An innovative leader with demonstrated success utilizing critical thinking skills to solve intractable problems
Experience with integration of gender into health projects and services

Preferred Qualifications:
Clinical degree strongly preferred
Ugandan nationals strongly encouraged to apply

How to Apply:
https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/2733/director-family-planning-service-delivery/job

Deadline: 15/Jan/17