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JCRC Community Engagement Officer Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs

JCRC Community Engagement Officer Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs.

JCRC Uganda looking for “Community Engagement Officer”.

Applicants with a degree in University Degree may apply on or before July 05, 2023.

The Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) is an autonomous organization that was established in 1991 as a limited liability not-for-profit joint venture between the Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Defence and Makerere University Medical School (now Makerere College of Health Sciences). The Centre was established to respond to the HIV/AIDS challenge which was at the peak by that time. At its inception, the centre was supported by a grant from the Ugandan Government that was used to renovate the initial building that housed the JCRC offices at Bulange, Mengo and provided the basic equipment to start work.

JCRC Community Engagement Officer Jobs 2023

The JCRC has published a job vacancy announcement on June 27, 2023 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Community Engagement Officer to be based in Kanungu/Rukungiri, Uganda.

Recruiter The Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC)
Position Community Engagement Officer
Location Kanungu/Rukungiri, Uganda
Country Uganda
Total Vacant Post N/A
Qualification University Degree
Experience Required Minimum Three years
Application Deadline July 05, 2023

JCRC Job Vacancy 2023

Specific duties and responsibilities

  • Planning and implementation of community interventions to improve the quality of community HIV/TB services.
  • Support generation of integrated community service delivery work plans for supported sites/district.
  • Support accurate and timely community interventions data collection, review and reporting in the respective HMIS tools.
  • Support planning and implementation of TB contact tracing and community TB screening at the supported DTUs
  • Support client access to preferential DSDM approaches & all services provision at facility and community.
  • Support implementation with fidelity and to scale high impact HIV case finding interventions.

Job Purpose:

  • The Community and Engagement Officer will be expected to provide technical support to the USAID LPHS Kigezi supported health facilities in the allocated cluster/district on Community interventions across the Prevention, Adults & Pediatric Care & Treatment, PMTCT/EID and TB priorities.

Position in Organization:

  • Reports to: Cluster lead
  • Supervises: None
  • Contract Duration: 01 years renewable
  • Duty Station: Kanungu/Rukungiri

Qualification:

  • Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences or Community Development or Community Health or Nursing.
  • Possession of a post graduate in Public Health, Sociology or Community Health would be an added advantage
  • At least three years’ experience in PEPFAR HIV/TB projects community work with experience gained through serving within a government institution or NGO with proven ability to coordinate activities of different stakeholders at district and or sub national level.
  • Three years’ experience training community health workers and/or CBOs in MNCH, FP, HIV and TB interventions
  • Skills in at least two or more of the following technical areas: Strengthening service delivery programs, supporting referrals and linkages between and among communities and health facilities; performance and quality improvement, psychosocial support, and integrating health service delivery into community structures.
  • Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff
  • Excellent written and verbal communication or interpersonal skills is a must.

How to Apply JCRC Community Engagement Officer Jobs 2023

All applications should be addressed to The Manager Human Resource & Development Joint Clinical Research Centre via jobs@jcrc.org.ug. Applicants are STRICTLY advised to apply with a cover letter and CV combined in one PDF document not exceeding six pages mentioning the job tittle as the

subject matter. Deadline: Friday 5th, July, 2023

Note: JCRC is an equal opportunity employer. Any attempts of influencing the recruitment process will lead to automatic disqualification. The public is further strongly advised to be vigilant about fraudsters masquerading to be recruiting on JCRC’s behalf using Whatsapp and other unofficial means of communication.

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