School Health Project Officer- Mbale

 The School Health Project Officer will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and evaluating school-based health programs aimed at improving the physical, mental, and social well-being of students in Uganda. He/she will ensure that the key stakeholders are mobilized and health sensitization programs conducted to promote a growing culture of Wellness.

Requirements

• Minimum Academic Qualifications: A Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Education, Social Sciences, SWASA, Mass Communication, Public Relations, Nursing, or a related field, and fully registered / licensed with the relevant professional councils.
  
• Required Experience: Minimum of 4 years of experience in designing and implementing school health programs.
  

• Identify Primary, Secondary and Tertiary institutions in their areas of jurisdiction.
  
• Laise with school management to mobilize for their buy-in into the project.
  
• Mobilize Teachers and Parents through Parents and Teachers Associations (PTAs) and school Board of Governors.
  
• Ensure Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) are signed with each of the identified schools.
  
• Popularize the program through radio talk shows, Television shows, social media platforms.
  
• Generate IEC materials, brochures and fliers for marketing the school health program.
  
• Organize and coordinate the implementation of school health medical camps at the beginning of each campus semester, during visitation days, parent days, sports days, general assembly’s etc.
  
• Work with cultural and religious institutions to organize health sensitization programs for adolescents and youth.
  
• Work with student leadership in schools and guild councils for universities and schools of higher learning to train leaders.
  
• Document key lessons learnt, best and promising practices for dissemination at district, regional and international health meetings and conferences.
  
• Generate abstracts and manuscripts for publication in peer review journals for the school health program.
  
• Generate abstracts from the experiences derived from the school health program.
  
• Generate weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports and disseminate to the key stakeholders.
  
• Organize quarterly feedback and performance review meetings to provide feedback to the key stakeholders and heads of institutions.
  
• Any other duties assigned.