Project Assistants – MCH

Purpose of the Job:

To support  the field implementation of the “Staying alive project”, a Maternal Health intervention focusing on; Fistula care and prevention, Post Abortal Care, Family planning, and Basic and Emergency Obstetric care activities in the designated areas of Eastern Uganda (Soroti, Katakwi and Serere). The project aims at Reducing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity by increasing access to Quality Maternal health care services in Marginalized Communities in Eastern Uganda. The project Assistant will support the stakeholders involvement in the development and operationalisation of the project activities and work plans, foster district level coordination and synergies and Promote Multi sector collaboration for Fistula prevention and rehabilitation and establish sustainable community linkages for service uptake.

Basic Qualifications, Training and competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in health, social sciences, health, or closely related field.
• At least 3 years experience managing/coordinating SRH interventions in an NGO setting
• Experience and a good understanding of  documenting  best practices with training in Sexual Reproductive health

These are challenging opportunities for dedicated and highly motivated professionals. If you would like to join this dynamic team, please send an updated CV including three work related referees and cover letter quoting the ref number (UCO/MCH/010/2013) to the Human Resources Manager, AMREF Uganda by e-mail to jobs.amrefuganda@amref.org.

 Emails should not exceed 2MB. The closing date for submitting applications is Thursday 28th March 2013. We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.