Vacancy title: Consultant Finance and Multisectioral Collabolation

Type: FULL TIME 

 Category: Accounting & Finance 

Jobs at: World Health Organization

Deadline of this Job: 13 March 2020  

Duty Station: Within Uganda , Kampala , East Africa

JOB DETAILS:
The World Health Organization, Uganda Country Office is looking for a qualified and competent Ugandan national to fill the following vacant position: A. FUNCTION AT THE MALARIA PROGRAMME The Malaria Control Programme delivers a package of interventions from the national level through the district up to the community level aimed at prevention, control and eventual elimination of the disease. In the High Burden High Impact approach of accelerating for impact, the role of a strong programme using strategic information to inform decision has become paramount. Under the overall guidance of Director General of Health Services, through the Director Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner/(National Malaria Control Programme) (NMCP) Programme Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for ensuring a coordinated availability and use of strategic information including functionality of the Health Management Information System (HMIS), data repositories, routine surveillance, monitoring, evaluation and research. .

FUNCTIONS
The Malaria Control Programme delivers a package of interventions from the national level through the district up to the community level aimed at prevention, control and eventual elimination of the disease. In order to deliver these interventions effectively, a strong programme is paramount. One of the critical roles of the programme is advocacy and dialogue with stakeholders, resource mobilization, monitoring and reporting on grants implementation, coordination of partners through a multisectoral action. Under the overall guidance of Director General of Health Services, through the Director Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner/ Malaria Programme Manager, the incumbent will provide hands-on technical support to the Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health in advocacy and resource mobilization, grants management and implementation, partnership coordination/multi-sectoral collaboration.
Advocacy and Resource mobilization
• Support advocacy and dialogue sessions with different levels of stakeholders for innovative internal /domestic resource mobilization.
• Ensure presence of the resource mobilization strategy and plan to effectively finance the malaria strategic plans. Support the implementation of the resource mobilization plan including its monitoring and regular review.

• Ensure compliance of NMCD with Ministry of Finance’s/donor policies, procedures, systems and practices.
Partner Coordination and Multisectoral Collaboration

• Support the RBM partnership Forum and Coordinate all partners working in malaria control/elimination to follow one national strategic plan, one coordination mechanism and one Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).
• Support all districts to have similar Roll Back Malaria (RBM) arrangements at that level to ensure coordinated response to malaria control.

• Ensure regular country stakeholder mapping to show what each partners does, geographic coverage, funding source and duration of their respective projects.
• Ensure partnership coordination meetings take place regularly to review progress, plan together in order to avoid unnecessary duplication.
• Promote multi sectoral engagement to ensure malaria becomes every body’s business through the Mass Action Against of Malaria (MAAM) and High Burden High Impact (HBHI) approaches of the malaria strategic plan.
Donor and other grants management
• Keep a tab on all donor grants to National Malaria Control Division/ National Malaria Control Programme (NMCD/NMCP) and ensure adequate monitoring of implementation, expenditures and absorption.
• Prepare activity and donor reports timely.
• Ensure that all fund management and disbursement functions are in line with Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MOFPED) and donor financial policies and procedures.
Training and Technical Assistance
• Periodically visit implementing partners to provide training and Technical Assistance in the areas of Finance and Grant Management.
• Ensure the implementing partners have a clear work plan and budgets.

• Ensures that all NMCD staff are trained on grant compliance issues to ensure compliance. • Guide and support sub recipients to ensure financial management standards are upheld. Arranges additional training/capacity building for implementing partners as required).
• Support grants team to analyze monthly expenditure, raising alarms when overspends/underspends are recognized. el Perform other duties assigned by the ACHS.

Skills
• Excellent writing and oral communication and presentation skills;
• Leadership skills and a participatory coaching management style;
• Ability to oversee complex issues and identify priorities;
• Language: Fluent in English
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint • Demonstration of Team work
• Demonstration of ability to communicate effectively

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Essential: A basic University Degree with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration or Human Resource management, or Public Health
• Desirable/added advantage: certificate training in resource mobilization, social mobilization and advocacy, and professional qualifications like ACCA, CPA.
• Experience Essential: At least ten (10) years of professional experience in health services program management, health system strengthening activities
• Experience in resource mobilization, dialogue, multispectial engagements, monitoring and evaluation,

Job Education: Not Specified

Job Experience: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
Applications accompanied by detailed Curriculum Vitae and copies of certificates, diplomas and testimonials should be addressed to: The WHO Representative 60 Prince Charles Drive P.O. Box 24578, Kampala N.B. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.