PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.
PATH began its work in Uganda in the early 2000s, bringing governments, communities, private-sector companies, and experienced public health practitioners together to address some of the country’s most crucial health problems. Today, PATH’s Uganda projects focus on reproductive health, immunization, HIV/AIDS, , maternal health, and more.
We seek to recruit a Project Coordinator at 60% Level of Effort (LoE) for a fixed period of one year to support key project activities related to women’s reproductive health literacy and empowerment project . The Project Coordinator will be based in PATH’s Kampala, Uganda office and will assist in the development of a group-based reproductive health literacy and empowerment program and manage its implementation in the Mayuge district. The Project Coordinator will work closely with United States and Uganda-based PATH technical and management staff, as well as a curriculum development consultant, and will be responsible for the training and supervision of facilitators that lead group discussions, identification and coordination with local stakeholders and NGOs as well as general administration and management of the project.
Responsibilities:
- Support curriculum development consultant through review and providing feedback of curriculum materials.
- Manage project activities and logistics, including administrative and technical support to group facilitators, such as ensuring facilitators have the need materials, creating workplans for individual facilitators, and undertaking monitoring/supervision of facilitated group sessions. .
- Conduct “training of trainers” activities with facilitators who will lead reproductive health safe spaces for local participant groups.
- Supervise local NGO partners in Mayuge district to assure smooth implementation of project activities, such as ensuring the scheduling of biweekly group meetings for empowerment group participants, identifying venues to hold meetings, monitoring, as well as other related tasks are completed.
- Collect monitoring reports from local NGO partners, and communicate progress through verbal and written reports to PATH staff in Uganda and the United States.
- Facilitate the selection and contracting of a local research partner who will undertake baseline and endline evaluation activities, including monitoring of deliverables calendar, input on protocol and data collection tools, introductions to local partners and stakeholders, and administrative support as needed.
- Serve as a point of contact for coordination of communications between facilitators and empowerment group participants and PATH staff in Kampala and in the United States.
- Frequent travel to Mayuge district to supervise facilitators, meet with partners, and address logistical issues.
- Other tasks and activities as required.
Required Experience
- A minimum of five years of experience working in sexual and reproductive health or family planning activities.
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing; public health, or equivalent education and experience.
- Coordination and management of project partners, expenses, and workplans.
- Experience with leading and facilitating group activities.
- A high-level understanding of reproductive health, anatomy and physiology, and hormonal contraceptive methods.
- Demonstrated interest in women’s health, education, or other empowerment activity.
- Superior organizational skills demonstrated in managing scientific development work.
- Proficient in project management tools, such as Microsoft Project and Excel desired.
- Good analytical skills and global vision.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Fluency in English required; fluency in Lusoga preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multisite/multicultural organization and as part of a team.
- Willingness to travel to Mayuge district up to 40 percent.
You must currently have legal authorization to work in Uganda.
PATH is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.
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