Community Engagement and PSS Officer at Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC)
Location: Mbarara, Uganda
Application Deadline: 31st October 2025
Key Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences/Community Development/Health + 3+ years’ PEPFAR HIV/TB project experience.
About JCRC
The Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) is an indigenous medical organization that was established in 1991 as a limited liability not-for-profit Joint-venture between the Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Defense and Makerere University Medical School (now Makerere University College of Health Sciences). JCRC is located on plot 101 Lubowa Hill Off Entebbe Road P.O. Box 10005 Kampala.
Job Summary
The Community Engagement and PSS Officer will provide technical and program oversight in the areas of strengthening community engagement and mobilization in the integrated health project activities including identifying and working with community resources persons, community leaders, CBOs, CSOs, PLHIV, and other community groups.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Case Finding
- Support facility teams to line list and map out the eligible clients for APN and ICT; (newly identified HIV clients on ART and clients with non-suppressed viral load.
- Facilitate and oversee HIV Case finding using more yielding modalities like (OPD, IPD, YCC Screening, APN/ICT, SNS, HIV self-testing /Caregivers testing) and Linkages.
- Track, mobilize and supervise all community activities as planned by site teams to ensure implementation with fidelity.
TB Preventive Therapy and TB Case Finding
- Support site team to generate lists of clients completing 3 months on ART, HIV/TB coinfected completing treatment and PMTCT 3 months post-natal and attach them to the respective CHWs for TPT initiation.
- Support site team to ensure presumptive patients get GeneXpert tests, HIV tests, contacts including under 5 contacts who meet eligibility criteria for TPT initiation.
PMTCT/EID
- Support site teams to use the PMTCT/EID audit tool to track and provide timely services for Mother baby pairs.
- Support screening of mothers during ANC for PrEP eligibility and ensure timely initiation.
Viral Load Monitoring
- Provide technical support for site teams to conduct facility and community viral load access and provision of IAC for failing clients.
- Support institutionalize the implementation of patient centered matrix (PCM) at facility levels.
Coordination and Capacity Building
- Strengthen the performance management and capacity building mechanism for community resource persons.
- Contribute to identification and documentation of promising practices and success stories.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences or Community Development or Community Health or Nursing.
- 3+ years’ experience in PEPFAR HIV/TB projects community work within government or NGO.
- Skills in service delivery programs, referrals, psychosocial support, or integrating health services.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
How to Apply
All applications must be addressed to: The Head Human Resources, Joint Clinical Research Centre, Plot 101 Lubowa Campus off Entebbe Road, P.O Box 10005, Kampala-Uganda. Email: jobs@jcrc.org.ug
Deadline: 31st October 2025
Note: JCRC is an equal opportunity employer. Any attempts to influence the recruitment process will lead to automatic disqualification.
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