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Job Title ⇒ Family Planning Field Officer
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Organization ⇒ Health Access Connect
Duty Station ⇒ Uganda
Reports to ⇒ Family Planning Coordinator & Trainer
About US
The mission of Health Access Connect is to link remote communities to
healthcare. HAC currently pursues this mission through three programs
⇗ Medicycles We use microfinance boda bodas to bring Ugandan
government health workers to set up one-day mobile clinics in remote villages.
In those clinics health workers give HIV testing, anti-retroviral treatment,
immunizations, perinatal services, family planning, and many other services
available in rural health centres.
⇗ Health Promotion We work closely with community health workers
VHTs to provide health promotion messages on prevention of sexually
transmitted infections, family planning, water and sanitation, malaria,
COVID-19 prevention, and other key topics.
⇗ Treat & Teach We improves access to family planning in the
communities of Masaka and Kalangala districts by a providing low density high
frequency certificate training to health workers, b setting up outreach
clinics in remote communities, c generating demand by collaborating with
community health workers VHTs, and d reducing commodity stockouts by
providing buffer stocks and improving commodity tracking at partner health
facilities.
Job Summary ⇒ The Family Planning Field Officer will strengthen community
structures for effective mobilization of targeted populations in Kalangala and
Masaka districts for increased use of family planning services.

Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
⇗ Work in close collaboration with the Project Coordinator, develop a
monthly, quarterly and annual plan for effective and efficient implementation
of the project.
⇗ Lead in the identification of Village Health Teams that will create demand
for Family planning services.
⇗ Coordinate the training programs of the Village Health Teams in the
enhancement of skills and its application for increased use of quality Family
Planning Services by the targeted population.
⇗ Work closely with the Partner Health Facilities and Village Health Teams to
conduct Family Planning outreaches for increased access to family planning
services to the targeted populations in hard to reach areas of the targeted
geographies.
⇗ Supervise the Village Health Teams to ensure they are providing education
on the benefit of Family planning methods mix; counselling potential clients
about side effects of family planning, management of referral by making a
follow up to ensure that the referred clients received FP services at the
targeted outreaches and facilities, conducting post FP service counselling to
ensure retention of clients on a specific methods or switching to an
appropriate method of one’s choice.
⇗ Work closely with the Partner health facilities and Village Health Teams to
conduct outreaches targeting populations that are residing in hard to reach
locations.
⇗ Work closely with the Partner facilities and Village Health Team to
minimize discontinuity of the Family Planning methods through effective
counselling and targeted follow up of clients.
⇗ Supervise the Village Health Teams and Health Facilities to ensure they are
fully stocked with the family planning method mix and that the facilities have
the required equipment and commodities for carrying out insertions and removal
of Long Acting Reversible Methods LARM.
⇗ With the technical guidance of the M&E Officer, document best practices,
lessons learnt and emerging issues including side effects, client
satisfaction, and discontinuation.
⇗ Provide support to the M&E Officer by ensuring that service data from VHTs
and Service providers at the Partner Health facilities is collected for entry
into the M&E database.
⇗ Write reports for the approval of the Project Coordinator and thereafter
onward consolidation of the monthly, quarterly, Semi Annual and Annual project
reports by the Program Manager and Executive Director.
⇗ Actively participate in the partner Family Planning / Reproductive Health
FP/RH meetings at sub-county and district levels to review performance,
discuss challenges, identify adaptation solutions in the course of project
implementation.
⇗ Coordinate the collection of service data from point of origin, participate
in the processing of data to locate missing information and make corrections
as necessary.
⇗ Prepare, organise, check and sort data collected for entry or other use.
⇗ Verify data entered into the databases by checking printouts for errors
and correcting as required.
⇗ Ensure proper handling of paper records and maintain extreme
confidentiality of the information therein the tools.
⇗ Avoid omissions or commission of information on any tool without the
approval of the M&E specialist.
⇗ Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the supervisors from
time to time as need arises.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ The ideal candidate must hold a Diploma in Nursing, Midwifery or Clinical
medicine.
⇗ At least three 3 years working experience in the mobilization of targeted
groups for increased use of health related services including Family Planning
⇗ Possess excellent skills and experience in report writing and participatory
planning
⇗ Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Luganda
⇗ Experience in strengthening community structures to effectively engage in
development with specific focus to building the capacities of VHTs
⇗ Partner engagement and collaboration for effective use of the available
resources within the district set up
⇗ Planning skills resulting into the developments of work plans that are
implemented on a timely manner
⇗ Excellent communication skills, both oral and written including report
writing
⇗ Self-driven individual that works under minimum supervision; meeting
timelines in regard to planning, submission of reporting narrative and
financial
⇗ A team player with the zeal of working in close collaboration with other
project members to deliver quality outputs and results

Preferred
⇗ Experience in Reproductive Health and Training in Family Planning is of
added advantage
⇗ Demonstrable training skills spanning from assessment of training needs,
facilitating community training events as well as evaluation of the outcome of
the investment in training particularly of the community groups including
Village Health Teams
⇗ Some experience in the use of software applications including Microsoft
Word, Excel, and Kobo Toolbox
⇗ Possession of a valid driving license
Compensation ⇒ This position is designed as a full-time 40 hours/week
position. Compensation is UGX 1,500,000 per month gross pay. Field travel
expenses will be paid for by Health Access Connect.
How to Apply ⇒
All candidates who wish to apply for this position should do so online at the
link below.
Click Here ]https//healthaccessconnect.org/family-planning-field-
officer-application
Deadline Friday 23rd October, 2020.

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