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Amref Health Africa Program Technical Officer Research and Gender Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs

Amref Health Africa Program Technical Officer Research and Gender Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs.

Amref Health Africa Uganda looking for “Program Technical Officer Research and Gender”.

Applicants with a degree in University Degree may apply on or before August 31, 2023.

Amref Health Africa is a non-governmental organisation headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya and founded in 1957. Our vision is lasting health change in Africa. We began partnering with communities to improve health in Uganda in the mid-1980s, and set up an office in Kampala in 1987.

Amref Health Africa partners with the Uganda Ministry of Health, Ministry of Water, Ministry of Education and Sports and corporate and non-profit organisations to improve access to health services across the country.

Amref Health Africa Program Technical Officer Research and Gender Jobs 2023

The Amref Health Africa has published a job vacancy announcement on August 24, 2023 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Program Technical Officer Research and Gender to be based in Iganga, Uganda.

Recruiter Amref Health Africa
Position Program Technical Officer Research and Gender
Location Iganga, Uganda
Country Uganda
Total Vacant Post 01
Qualification University Degree
Experience Required Minimum Six years
Application Deadline August 31, 2023

Amref Health Africa Job Vacancy 2023

Job Responsibilities

Gender

  • Provide technical support to the Heroes Program on gender statistics to strengthen monitoring and reporting in a gender responsive manner;
  • Strengthen collaboration with key partners to promote an enabling policy environment, and capacities for the generation and dissemination of gender statistics for the effective monitoring.
  • Develop, implement, and monitor gender responsive and documentation for gender related best practices.
  • Provide technical support to consortium partners and Community Based Organizations in the areas of implementation of gender responsive programs. Support systematic inclusion of the vulnerable communities in the Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights /Sexual Gender Based Violence interventions in the program districts.
  • Provide support in the design, development and implementation of innovative, effective, appropriate gender sensitive programing.
  • Provides expertise and leadership to integrate gender transformative initiatives into the Heroes Program, including conducting gender analysis and developing gender implementation plans.

Research & Learning

  • Spearhead the collaborative learning and adaptation in the program through developingand update the program learning agenda and disseminating the learnings.
  • Spearhead research studies within the program through development of research protocols and ensure that the studies meet the national and global research ethics/standards.
  • Work closely with the different Research Evaluation Committees and Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) to ensure timely approval of the program research protocols.
  • Understand the appropriate use of advanced analytics, various sampling approaches and weighting.
  • Develop and manage budgets for research and learning including costs for publication and dissemination.
  • Support qualitative and quantitative data analysis and reporting, including manuscript preparation and peer review.

Position in Organization:

  • Job Title: Program Technical Officer – Research and Gender
  • Reports to: Program Manager
  • Project: HEROES Program
  • Number of positions: 01
  • Work Station: Field-based (Iganga)

Qualification:

  • Bachelors Degree social sciences , public health, social work or related degree, Masters -level degree in social sciences , public health, social work or related degree
  • Demonstrated experience designing and overseeing studies related to sexual and reproductive health and gender;
  • Gender training and research
  • Excellent organizational skills and ability to independently execute on research-related deliverables;
  • Substantial understanding of sexual and reproductive health topics, with a focus on modern contraception and social inclusion issues.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including strong scientific writing skills, a track record of peer-reviewed publications, and demonstrated participation in scientific communities of practice;
  • Fluency in written and spoken English;

How to Apply Amref Health Africa Program Technical Officer Research and Gender Jobs 2023

Please send an updated CV including three work related referees and cover letter addressed to the Human Resources through https://recruitment.amref.org:1445/

The closing date for submitting applications is Thursday August 31, 2023 at 5:00pm.

We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Amref Health Africa is committed to the principles of safeguarding at the workplace and does not tolerate any form of abuse, discrimination or harassment.

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