Program Officer

What You Bring: Medical Degree, 6 years of experience in Maternal/child health of which should be donor-funded project work within the district health system. Experience in Public Health programming in donor-funded projects within district health systems. The candidate must possess a Class A Driving Permit and be able to ride a motorcycle. Language preference for the Karamoja Region is a requirement; therefore, residents of the area are strongly encouraged to apply. Excellent understanding of the national and district health systems. Demonstrable collaborative approach, including working with Government officials with good negotiation skills, diplomacy and tact. Strong coordination, teamwork, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills. DHT Cluster Coordination & Governance Coordinate all programme-supported health systems strengthening activities in the assigned district/cluster. Serve as the primary liaison between the programme and District Health Teams to ensure alignment with district priorities, annual operational plans, and national policies. Support joint district planning, review meetings, and performance assessment processes. Health Systems Strengthening & Programme Implementation Develop work plans to guide institutional capacity strengthening and sustainable systems improvement within the district/cluster. Support the institutionalization of supportive supervision, structured mentorship, and continuous quality improvement (CQI) approaches. Strengthen district and facility-level capacity in planning, management, and performance monitoring. Health Supply Chain Systems Strengthening In collaboration with the Supply Chain Advisor and Regional Coordinator, strengthen district and facility-level systems for forecasting, reporting, stock monitoring, and redistribution. Build capacity of district and facility staff in logistics management information systems (LMIS) and data use for commodity decision-making Support routine review of stock status data to minimize stockouts and expiries, and to promote institutionalization of supply chain best practices within district health systems. Programme Monitoring Evaluation, Learning and Reporting With guidance from the Regional Coordinator, work alongside the MEL Advisor/ Director to support timely and accurate compilation, reporting, and quality assurance of data for decision making Closely follow up to ensure the collection of equity indicators

• such as relating to adolescents and youth, refugees, people with disabilities, gender, etc. Financial Stewardship & Compliance Support district/cluster budgeting processes aligned with approved workplans. Monitor expenditures against budget and provide regular expenditure and payment tracking reports to the Regional Coordinator, while ensuring compliance with donor and organizational financial and administrative guidelines.