Contact: The Country Director/COP E-mail:
UgandaRecruitment@pedaids.org Plot 18A Kyadondo Road, Nakasero P.O. Box 21127,Kampala, UgandaLocation: MbararaReports to: Director – Clinical Services
Employment Duration: 9 monthsEmployer: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) www.pedaids.orgDeadline: 6th July 2012.
Description:
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is a global
leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS, working in 17 countries and
at 4,700 sites around the world to prevent the transmission of HIV to children,
and to help those already infected.
Today, because of the highly successful work of the Foundation
and its partners, pediatric AIDS has been virtually eliminated in the United
States.
With a growing global staff of nearly 1,300—nine of 10 who work
in the field-the Foundation’s global mission is to implement prevention, care,
and treatment; further advance innovative research; and to execute strategic
and targeted global advocacy activities to bring dramatic change to the lives
of millions of women, children, and families worldwide.
The Foundation received funding from USAID/Uganda for a
five-year cooperative agreement in 13 districts in the south-western region of
Uganda with the goal of increasing access to, coverage of and utilization of
quality comprehensive tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS prevention, care and
treatment services.
FHI360 and The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation aim to
collaborate with partners in Uganda to produce evidence about strategies for
strengthening provision of family planning services to female HIV service clients.
The project consists of a conducting a research project
entitled, “Promoting Constructive Male Engagement to Increase Use of PMTCT
Services.” The primary objective of the research is to assess the effectiveness
of an intervention aimed at constructively engaging men in use of PMTCT
services and family planning (FP) decision making.
The research will be conducted with clients seeking HIV/AIDS
care & treatment services in eight health facilities in Kabale District,
Uganda. We are therefore seeking most suitable candidates to fill the following
position.
Job Summary:
The Intervention
Coordinator will be responsible for leading the implementation of a facility-
and community-based intervention in Kabale, Uganda designed to strengthen the
provision and uptake of integrated family planning/HIV services, with an
emphasis on fostering greater involvement of male partners.
The intervention will be implemented as part of the EGPAF-led
STAR-SW program. The Intervention Coordinator will be supervised by the
Foundation Director of Clinical Services and provide supervisory visits in
conjunction with the regular STAR-SW program site visit schedule.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- In collaboration
with Mbarara-based
- EGPAF staff, coordinate and provide technical support for all
aspects of study intervention implementation, including:
- Act as primary liaison between health facilities, the Kabale
DHO offi ce, other NGO partners in Kabale District , Foundation Kabale Program
Offi cer and Foundation Clinical Services Director
- Maintain communication and gather feedback from local
partners, such as AIC and Marie Stopes, on the FP/PMTCT integration and male
involvement intervention package developed by EGPAF and FHI.
- Secure and maintain buy-in from relevant stakeholders for study/
intervention.
- Provide technical and administrative support for
implementation of facility- and community-based intervention activities as
outlined in the intervention package (e.g., implementation of trainings for
health care staff and community leaders/members; introducing “male-friendly”
innovations in clinics; organizing community-based events, etc).
- Ensure implementation of intervention activities according to
study timeline; report obstacles to implementation in a timely manner.
- Convene stakeholders to update them on study/intervention
progress as needed.
- Provide supervisory visits to facilities and intervention
communities to ensure intervention is implemented as intended and provide
ongoing technical support to facility staff and community-level intervention
partners.
- Document intervention implementation using the Intervention
Tracking Tool and submit monthly updates to staff at EGPAF and FHI
- Collect cost data using forms developed by FHI and submit to
key staff at FHI and EGPAF.
- Collaborate with the project Research Coordinator in
organizing a local dissemination event upon study completion.
- Work closely with FHI study staff and Foundation technical
staff to develop reports, review data and assure data quality.
- Support health facilities in maintaining consistent
contraceptive commodities stocks
- Review all facility-level data for completeness and
communicate with facility staff on training issues related to quality of data
collection Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is an equal opportunity
employer.
Qualified and interested individuals should send their cover
letter and CV to the contact above above.
