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Public Health Officer - Pader

Pader, Uganda * Full-time
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ADRA Uganda

Category: Health and Medical Total Positions: Location: Pader, Uganda Full-time Salary: Attractive Posted 1 year ago
Key project components include: improving access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), strengthening response to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), improving nutrition interventions, and promoting community engagement and accountability.
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KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provide technical support in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of public health activities throughout the project cycle. • Facilitate participatory trainings for healthcare workers, community health workers (CHWs), and educators on inclusive SRHR, nutrition, SGBV response, STI prevention and treatment. • Support inclusive nutrition counselling tailored to adolescent girls, young mothers, and mothers with special needs. • Train caregivers using the Learning Through Play (LTP) model to strengthen responsive caregiving, improve child nutrition, and promote early childhood development. • Coordinate with health facilities and district health offices in organizing and delivering community-based outreaches, health campaigns, and international health day events. • Participate in district and national technical working groups (e.g., Health, SRHR, Protection) and contribute to relevant Ministry of Health workshops and coordination meetings. • Collaborate closely with ADRA’s WASH Officer, ensuring aligned health and WASH interventions and consistent reporting. • Support the design and use of public health assessment tools, including for SGBV, CBS (Community-Based Surveillance), and SRHR. • Support the implementation of Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) activities such as complaint and feedback mechanisms and community dialogues. • Advocate for the integration of SRHR, psychosocial support (PSS), and inclusion in SGBV programming. • Support disease surveillance and preparedness activities, including coordination of simulations, drills, and contingency planning with districts. • Undertake regular monitoring field visits, stakeholder meetings, and technical supervision across project sites. • Document field activities, success stories, lessons learned, and submit timely narrative and financial reports. • Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Project Manager for effective project delivery.
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QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS
• A Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Community Health, Nursing, Nutrition, or a related field. • A Master’s degree in Public Health is a strong added advantage. • Minimum of 3 years’ experience implementing health-related programs, especially in SRHR, nutrition, or SGBV response. • Experience working with district health systems, health facilities, and communities in Northern Uganda is desirable. • Strong skills in participatory training, stakeholder engagement, and community mobilization. • Fluency in English; knowledge of Acholi or other local languages is an added advantage. • Strong report writing, communication, and coordination skills. • Willingness to travel frequently across project districts and work in rural settings. • High level of integrity, cultural sensitivity, and commitment to inclusion, safeguarding, and gender equality.
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