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School Health Project Officer- Mbarara

AIDS Information Centre Uganda

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Healthcare UGX Confidential
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Job Description/Requirements

 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.


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