URC Uganda Jobs – Diploma Community Data Clerks

Job Title: Locum Data Clerks (Community) – URC Uganda Jobs

Hours: Regular Full-time, 40 hours per week; Not Eligible for Overtime

Location: Health Facilities in 8 Districts

Salary: Commensurate with the required experience and qualifications

Reports to: Strategic Information Officer- Community

University Research Co., LLC (URC) Profile:

URC is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.

Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical assistance to strengthen health and social systems and service quality by empowering communities and health workers to identify and scale up locally appropriate solutions to critical problems. Internationally, we expand access to and improve the quality of services addressing maternal, newborn, and child health; infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; food and nutrition; and vulnerable children and families. In the US, we focus on improving communication-related to issues like substance abuse, with a particular focus on reaching underserved populations.

Division & Project Overview:

The Quality and Performance Institute (QPI) is a division of URC that has implemented quality improvement and operations research programs in health care since 1981 and continues to be at the cutting edge of health care improvement work in countries around the world.

With the RHITES-N Acholi Project (Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in Northern Uganda – Acholi), USAID will continue its support of the Government of Uganda’s (GOU) efforts to improve access to and use of health services in the country’s post-conflict northern region. RHITES-N Acholi Project activities will build on USAID investments and national advances to increase access to and use of high-quality integrated services that accelerate the ability and capacity to respond to the specific health needs of residents in the Acholi sub-region, leveraging the URC-ASSIST project successes.

Job Profile:

The overall objective of the data clerk is to improve data management and reporting systems at the community and facility level for all prevention interventions. This will include data entry, filing, documentation, online reporting, prevention tools stock status and data/ performance reviews at the health facility and community. He/she will ensure that there’s improved reporting for prevention interventions and timely update of the online data management/reporting systems.

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• • Ensure availability of data management and reporting tools for community and prevention interventions like KP/PP, DREAMS.
  • Manage all aspects of prevention data documentation at the facility and community with a focus on complete and timely documentation in the community and prevention tools including the register.
  • Conduct timely data entry into the online data management and reporting systems like the KP trackers, DREAMS tracker and other online systems.
  • Ensure timely preparation of periodic reports for community and prevention intervention to facilitate activity planning and implementation.
  • Conduct weekly meeting with peer facilitators at both community and facility to track community data.
  • Liaise with District DREAMS focal person and support prevention activities like organize monthly district coordination meetings in DREAMS implementing districts.
  • Strengthen use and adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs) provided by MOH in all data management and reporting processes.
  • Support peer group facilitators to track service layering data at both facility and community
  • Ensure tablets are functional at all time for real-time data entry by peer facilitators in the UDTS
  • Reconcile inconsistencies in weekly data reports sent from project-support staff with data in the hard copies and online systems.
  • Conduct monthly data quality assessments (DQAs) and take part in other prevention as necessary
  • Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum Requirements:

• • A diploma with at least 6 months experience and UACE with 1 year of experience in managing HIV data management.
  • At least three month’s experiences in data management particularly in the Northern region.
  • Experience in data management of health data will be an added advantage.

Please note: Only candidates who are eligible to work in Uganda for an indefinite period without a need for sponsorship will be considered for this position.

How To Apply for URC Uganda Jobs – Diploma Community Data Clerks:

For immediate consideration, please visit URC’s Career Opportunities page at www.urc-chs.com/careers

You must upload your CV/Résumé and your Cover Letter where indicated. Also, please complete your application form and attach a completed USAID Form 1420 Contractor Employee Biographical Data Sheet as well.

Due to the large number of inquiries we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be contacted. No phone calls, please. However, since we are active around the world in the field of public health, we may wish to retain your CV in our database for other/future opportunities, unless you direct us otherwise. Thank you very much for your interest.

URC is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Deadline: Open until filled.