SCOPE OF WORK
(Recruitment, PSC Duties, and Performance Reviews)
PSC Position Title | Programming and Training Specialist – Health/HIV |
Reports To | Program Manager, Health |
Supervises | None |
SOW Review date | November 2024 |
- Minimum Requirements:
- A University diploma in well being discipline related for initiatives addressing public well being and/or HIV/AIDS.
- At least 5 years of labor expertise managing applications and delivering trainings associated to HIV/AIDS capability constructing (prevention and care of PLHA and OVC), sexual reproductive Health amongst youth and adolescents, malaria prevention, maternal & youngster well being, or different subjects related for group well being initiatives.
- Excellent pc expertise together with phrase processing and spreadsheet applications.
- Language proficiency: Level IV English means (good working information).
- Must be capable to legally work in Uganda.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s diploma in a discipline related to managing public well being or HIV/AIDS initiatives.
- Experience in PEPFAR coordination and familiarity with methods and actors in Uganda.
- Experience working in a multi-cultural surroundings.
- Experience coordinating actions with authorities companies, not-for-revenue organizations, non-public companies and people.
- Superior representational expertise; willingness to contribute actively in frequent stakeholder conferences (USG, CSOs, MOH, and so on.).
- Exceptional written and oral English communication expertise.
- Strong M&E expertise, consideration to element, means to plan advanced occasions, and implement them with advanced instruments and methods.
- Background
The U.S. Peace Corps is an company of the United States Government, which sends American volunteer growth employees to help in capability constructing and technical help actions in additional than 60 international locations worldwide. It operates in Uganda by the invitation of the Government of Uganda and has a memorandum of understanding with authorities ministries that define broad areas of settlement of cooperation concerning the work of Peace Corps Volunteers in Uganda. Volunteers are assigned to authorities and non-governmental companies and organizations, group-primarily based organizations, schools and colleges who in partnership allow Volunteers to offer capability constructing in Education, Health; Agribusiness and Community Economic Development. Peace Corps additionally goals to construct cultural understanding between Americans and Ugandans. Peace Corps Uganda is situated at 48 Malcolm X Avenue, Kololo, and Kampala. Our Post workplace field quantity is 7007 Kampala, Uganda. Please see for extra particulars about Peace Corps Uganda.
The work of a Peace Corps Personal Services Contractor (PSC) just isn’t restricted to the Statement of Work: lively assist of the Peace Corps mission is paramount to the job as a result of contractors are representatives of Peace Corps within the nation.
Download: Detailed Position Description | 2024_VA03_Multiple_Positions
- Objective of the Position
The Programming and Training (P&T) Specialist – Health/HIV offers technical experience to Peace Corps Uganda’s Health undertaking. The P&T Specialist creatively helps decide one of the best utilization of the Volunteer expertise and skills to contribute to group well being in Uganda. This consists of constructing partnerships at nationwide, district and native ranges for optimum Volunteer work placements. The P&T Specialist, with minimal supervision, offers technical coaching and steering to Volunteers and helps them to regulate to web site, to handle work relationships and to grasp the best way ahead for his or her particular work placement to make sure the upkeep of a top quality Peace Corps program general. In addition, the P&T Specialist contributes to the PC Uganda’s PEPFAR programming assignments.
The P&T Specialist is a key member of the Health Team and collaborates carefully with all members of the Programming and Training and Administrative Units.
- Tasks & Deliverables
Programming and Training
PEPFAR program assist
Provides enter and works on duties effecting general publish administration and the success of the Peace Corps PEPFAR program. Works with the well being workforce to create and implement a uniform and complementary programming and coaching plan that features HIV/AIDS prevention methods.
- Participates in PEPFAR conferences, together with however not restricted to: Prevention and OVC technical working teams, DREAMS coordination conferences, COP planning conferences, POART calls, MOH, CSO conferences, PEPFAR-associated shows, PEPFAR COP and different stakeholder conferences.
- Contributes to Peace Corps and PEPFAR paperwork resembling: IPBS, and annual Peace Corps reporting (PSRs, TSRs, IRs, and Congressional Reports).
- Coordinates with Program Managers on the event, implementation, monitoring and analysis of the Peace Corps Uganda PEPFAR Implementation Plan and different paperwork.
- Collaborates with Peace Corps Uganda companions and present technical assist the place vital to make sure well timed achievement of PEPFAR targets.
- Keep the programming workforce up to date on present PEPFAR districts and take part in web site preparation and focused placements to satisfy set targets
- Takes a lead position in offering technical and administrative assist to a extremely motivated committee of PCVs centered on HIV/AIDS actions (CAT CREW).
Programming and Management:
- Contributes to periodic assessments of host nation and group belongings and wants. In conjunction with host nation officers, non-governmental organizations, group members, Peace Corps workers members, PCVs, and third events when applicable, identifies and develops initiatives which mirror and serve the wants of the host nation in keeping with Peace Corps targets and heath undertaking targets.
- Helps make sure that well being/HIV initiatives meet Peace Corps and regional programming standards and methods. Helps determines the vary of expertise and diploma of competency wanted for undertaking implementation.
- Verifies the likelihood of recruiting PCVs with the required expertise and works with coaching workers to make sure that the PCVs might be given coaching to attain vital competencies.
- In session with the Program Manager, offers recommendation and steering to resolve, implement, or handle program or coverage points that contain main areas of uncertainty in strategy or methodology. After session with different workers members, PCVs, and host nation officers, makes suggestions to the DDPT/DPT in regards to the continuation, completion, closure, or reconfiguration of current websites, actions or initiatives.
- Researches and contributes to main programming paperwork together with undertaking plans, Volunteer project descriptions, Job Specific Requisitions (JSR), funding requests, periodic report varieties, and Project Status Reports (PSRs). Participates as wanted within the undertaking plan critiques yearly as a part of PC/Headquarters’ common evaluate course of.
- Following PC Uganda’s Site Management Guidance, surveys potential PCV websites and evaluates them for appropriateness alongside a number of traces together with alternatives for significant work, dwelling situations, and alternatives for group involvement, the provision of supporting sources, and security and safety.
- Ascertains security state of affairs for PCVs, together with the adequacy of transportation and communications for emergency evacuation functions. Works with the group and organizations at every web site to organize them to work with and obtain a PCV.
- Represent Peace Corps with minimal supervision to a broad vary of stakeholders, analyzing advanced hierarchies and social dynamics to construct productive and supportive relationships for Peace Corps.
- Establishes working relationships with the host nation authorities, communities, non-governmental organizations, and different establishments to encourage efficient participation and assist for PCV initiatives. Briefs on-web site host nation supervisors and counterparts on initiatives and PCV roles.
- Develops and manages advanced relationships with related ministries and organizations regarding PCV supervision, security, housing, technical assist, and undertaking implementation.
- Contributes to the strategic and operational coordination of the Programming and Training Unit and different PC Uganda organizational models.
- Engage with PC Washington, the Project Advisory Council, and different stakeholders to offer common updates on the well being undertaking and required studies.
Volunteer Training:
Plans and conducts coaching actions to make sure that Trainees are given begin, and Volunteers are ready to be a invaluable member of their Ugandan communities. The duties embody:
- Participate in Training Design and Evaluation course of to align Volunteers’ coaching with the well being undertaking framework to simply replace the continuum and articulate the educational actions clearly within the Learning Development Plan.
- Provides technical coaching and assessments in keeping with the competencies and studying growth plan to satisfy the targets of the Health undertaking plans, security and safety, and different precedence growth technical areas of PC Uganda.
- Serves as a technical specialist to collaboratively work with the Training workforce, Admin Unit, and different PC Uganda workers to plan and implement Training of Trainers, Pre-Service Trainings, In-Service Trainings, Mid-Service Trainings, technical workshops/ sector specialised trainings and COS conferences.
- Work with the DDPT, administrative unit and Health Program workers to make sure logistics are organized appropriately for all of the well being-associated coaching occasions
- Coordinates assortment and manufacturing of supplies for coaching and identifies visitor audio system to take part in sector-particular coaching actions.
- Provide technical help to Volunteers by means of wants assessments and Just in Time trainings to enhance Volunteer efficiency.
- Designs and delivers coaching to Peace Corps Trainees, Volunteers and companions.
- Assesses Trainees and Volunteers on their progress in the direction of competencies and participates actively in spherical desk discussions and Volunteer assist conferences.
- Contributes to coaching analysis and reporting.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting:
- Train and assist Volunteers in amassing legitimate well being knowledge together with PEPFAR knowledge that meets related reporting pointers and requirements.
- Co-manages, co-coordinates and collects Health undertaking knowledge and data from PCVs; conducts evaluative and reflective actions concerning the undertaking and associated PC actions and writes and contributes to studies on Health initiatives.
- Learns how one can use all related reporting instruments and operations and mentors different workers and Volunteers, significantly the Volunteer Reporting and Grants system (VRG).
- Provides well timed, technical, related and supportive suggestions on VRGs to the PCVs.
- Contributes to studies that adjust to particular funding wants, Peace Corps Washington reporting necessities, and companion reporting necessities.
- Participates in monitoring and analysis conferences and actions.
- Supports PCVs and their counterparts to watch and full reporting documentation to Peace Corps on their actions.
Volunteer Safety and Support:
- Provides and coordinates the supply of well timed, applicable technical, private, and administrative and security and safety assist to PCVs by means of web site visits, workplace visits by PCVs, e-mail and cellphone communications. The duties embody:
- Maintain communication with and present assist for every assigned Volunteer and companion group together with supervisors and counterparts.
- Conducts web site visits as wanted to offer technical assist and to watch PCV’s and companion undertaking work, private adaptation, welfare, job efficiency, job satisfaction, talent switch actions, housing and useful resource assist. Prepares web site go to studies indicating any required comply with-up.
- Identify and develop Volunteer work websites with companions in compliance with Peace Corps steering and PC Uganda’s web site choice technique.
- Conducts at the very least 1 web site go to per assigned Volunteer to watch PCV’s undertaking work, assists PCVs to guage their work and plan for the long run.
- Provides steering and / or drawback-fixing help to Volunteers experiencing cultural adjustment, language, job project, housing issues, and crises at home. Refers instances in want {of professional} counseling to the PCMO as applicable.
- Identify and advise PCVs on grant alternatives, critiques the technical content material of grants together with VAST, SPA and PCPP funding that Volunteers and their communities can entry.
- Promotes consciousness of and understanding of grant standards and processes to PCVs and companion organizations and liaises with Grants Coordinator to encourage immediate and correct reporting by Health PCVs for his or her SPA, VAST and PCPP grants.
- Documents interactions with Trainees and Volunteers appropriately in VIDA.
- Conducts visits to potential Volunteer websites to find out their suitability of Volunteer placement, significant work and the provision of appropriate housing previous to closing web site placement.
- Complies with MS-270, security/safety and Uganda web site identification technique earlier than Volunteer placement. Updates Site History Files in VIDA recurrently with related data.
- Identifies doable Volunteer security and safety points throughout interactions with Volunteers and/or their supervisors/counterparts and assists the Safety and Security Manager with MS-270 compliance.
- In session with the Health Program Manager, Alerts the Country Director by means of the DPT to any problematic job-associated, safety or well being points that come up at Volunteer work websites.
- Provides clear steering to Volunteers concerning Peace Corps insurance policies and enforces these insurance policies in a good and constant method.
- Suggests and enforces disciplinary actions when PCVs violate established insurance policies. In session with the Program Manager, informs DPT/CD of issues and recommends options.
- Maintain up-to-date data concerning related laws; nationwide coverage adjustments; contact lists of related native organizations, establishments, and companies; and different printed sources together with reference texts, skilled journals and different comparable data; and make the data available to Volunteers.
General Management and Administration:
Provides enter and works on duties effecting general publish administration and the success of the Peace Corps program in nation as a complete. The duties embody:
- Works with different workers members to create uniform and complementary programming, coaching, and administrative methods.
- Participates in planning and implementation of latest company applications.
- Assumes oversight duty for particular Peace Corps actions such advert hoc Volunteer working teams and committees.
- Participates within the design and implementation of the Emergency Action Plan and coordinates emergency plan conferences, sources, and contacts for assigned Volunteers.
Other Duties
- Periodically serves as publish obligation officer liable for weekend and after-hour emergencies
- Contributes articles on the well being undertaking, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, and Peace Corps Uganda as required.
- Perform different duties as assigned by the CD or the DPT to help Peace Corps to efficiently perform its mission in Uganda.
- Standard Roles and Responsibilities
- S&S: Addresses Volunteer security and safety by adhering to Peace Corps web site growth insurance policies and procedures. Identifies and instantly communicates Volunteer security and safety issues and points to the Safety and Security Manager (SSM) and the Country Director (CD). Assists Program Managers to make sure that potential websites meet established programmatic and security/safety standards (e.g., secure housing, a clearly outlined project with a corporation that reveals actual curiosity in working with a Volunteer, and so on.). Reviews and references web site historical past information when evaluating potential websites, and incorporates applicable security and safety-associated data into web site historical past information. Monitors Volunteer compliance with Peace Corps insurance policies, particularly associated to security and safety. Participates within the design and implementation of the Emergency Action Plan (EAP). Acts as obligation officer, as wanted. Knowledgeable and supportive of Peace Corps security and safety insurance policies and procedures, together with the well timed reporting of suspicious incidents, individuals or articles.
- If there’s a time at publish, because of the COVID-19 pandemic or for another purpose, when there are restricted or no Peace Corps Trainees and/or Volunteers (collectively known as “Volunteers”) at Peace Corps Uganda, the PSC could also be quickly assigned throughout that interval, as decided by the Peace Corps Country Director (CD), to hold out extra duties and tasks in furtherance of the targets of the Peace Corps with the intention to improve the power of Peace Corps Volunteers to carry out capabilities beneath the Peace Corps Act, together with facilitating a secure surroundings to ensure that the profitable return or improve of Volunteers.
This short-term project might require the PSC to offer providers and/or assist past what’s listed of their present Statement of Work (SOW). The providers and/or assist might take many varieties, examples of which can embody however aren’t restricted to, coaching, offering administrative, technical, medical, and/or operational help, constructing on host nation applications, and so on. This short-term project additionally might require the PSC to offer these providers and/or assist to people/organizations aside from these listed of their present SOW resembling host nation authorities, companion group(s), group member(s), workers, and/or contractors.
- Logistics, Level of Effort & Duty Station
- The Duty station is the primary workplace that’s situated in Kololo, Kampala. This place is full time and the candidate might be anticipated to hold out their duties throughout a 40 hour work week. Events might require occasional work within the evenings and on weekends and holidays. May carry an obligation cellphone.
- Land journey is required to any location the place trainees and Volunteers obtain coaching or function Volunteers (which at the moment consists of all areas of Uganda besides Karamoja). Certain sectors or initiatives might begin in a couple of areas and broaden or shift over time to new areas as decided by senior workers.
- Available Guidelines: Peace Corps Manual, PEPFAR steering and documentation, directions supplied by the Country Director, Director of Programming and Training, and Program Managers.
- Exercise of Judgment: Broad train of judgment inside the confines of job tasks.
- Authority to Make Commitments: The PC Uganda P&T Specialist HIV/AIDS is anticipated to analysis, negotiate, and counsel options inside the confines of the job tasks.
- Nature, Level and Purpose of Contacts: Works carefully with Program Managers, DPT, DDPT, different Health/HIV PTS, Training Specialist, Country Director, and Peace Corps Trainees and Volunteers, and with companion organizations. Communicates in any respect ranges as required by the job tasks.
- Time Required to Perform Full Range of Duties after Entry into the Position: 52 weeks
