VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

DatePositionDownload the AdvertDeadline
4th October 2024Private Sector Engagement LeadDownload Advert18th October 2024

Position Title: Private Sector Engagement Lead
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Type: Full-time
Reports to: TBD

Position Summary:

We seek a dedicated and knowledgeable Private Sector Engagement Lead to play a crucial role in advancing our objectives to improve health financing, enhance community-based health insurance (CBHI) coverage, and foster public-private partnerships in health. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in health policy, insurance systems, and innovative financing mechanisms, and be knowledgeable about broader health sustainability efforts.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Legislative Support:
    • Assist in the passage of the National Health Insurance Bill.
    • Collaborate with stakeholders to align policy initiatives with the national sustainability plan for HIV/AIDS.
  2. Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI):
    • Develop and implement strategies to expand CBHI coverage and membership.
    • Support issuing  sub-awards to local organisations to enhance the functioning of CBHI systems.
    • Explore and propose innovative financial support models for community health promotion services and disease prevention.
  3. Capacity Building of Health Workforce:
  4. Assist in identifying workforce competency gaps and develop transformative training programs for educators and mentors to enhance the effectiveness of developing competent health professionals.
  5. Contribute to the  reviewing of digital learning centres, and facilitate contextualized e-learning for continuing professional development.
  6. Support capacity-building in e-learning for the ICT technical advisors placed/assigned at MOH’s HRH development institute.
  7. Collaborate with professional councils to codesign e-learning modules on ethics and professionalism for continuing professional development.
  8. Participate in finalizing and operationalizing of the emergency medicine and critical care nursing curricula still under development and designing, and implementing a scholarship scheme for short-term training programs.
  9. Public-Private Partnerships:
    • Work with the Public-Sector Engagement Advisor to strengthen the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) capacity for contracting with the private sector.
  1. Facilitate regular coordination meetings with public-private partnership stakeholders to ensure alignment and progress on health initiatives.
  2. Digital Health Transformation:
    • Support the transition to digital reporting by promoting the use of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) and addressing readiness gaps.
    • Conduct digital readiness assessments to identify necessary upgrades for IT infrastructure and training needs.
    • Collaborate with the Data Protection Office to develop a comprehensive data governance strategy that integrates private-sector data management.
  3. Data Utilization and Analysis:
    • Use Lean Management Approach (LMA) methodologies to cultivate a culture of data-driven decision-making within health programs.
    • Develop demand-driven visual tools for performance monitoring, planning, and disease-specific analyses.

Qualifications:

  • Education: Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Policy, Health Administration, or a related field.
  • Experience:
    • Minimum 8 years of experience in health insurance, public health policy, or related fields, with a focus on HIV/AIDS and health financing.
    • Proven track record of working with government agencies and private-sector partners.
    • Demonstrable experience in building the capacity of HRH in Health.
  • Skills:
    • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
    • Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-stakeholder environment.
    • Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with a wide range of partners; private sector, government, and civil society
    • Knowledge and experience on public-private partnerships in health care in Uganda’s context.
    • Proven skills in networking, assessing information needs, and developing appropriate tools.
    • Proficiency in data analysis tools and familiarity with EMR systems.

Additional Information:

  • This position may involve occasional travel to partner organizations and project sites.
  • Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience and organizational guidelines.

Interested individuals who meet the above criteria should send their soft copy application and Curriculum Vitae limited to 5 pages to info@uhfug.com before the 18th October 2024 by 5:00 pm. Only the successful applicant will be contacted for further discussions.

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

DatePositionDownload the AdvertDeadline
15th April 2024Private Sector Engagment AdvisorDownload Advert27th April 2024

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

  1. Job Title:     Office Administrator

Organisation:  Uganda Healthcare Federation

Duty Station:  Kampala.

Issued date: 8th February 2022

About Uganda Healthcare Federation (UHF):

Uganda Healthcare Federation is an umbrella organization affiliated to the East Africa Healthcare Federation and as such represents the interests of non-state health players in Uganda. UHF was formed in 2010 borne from the need to have an umbrella body, which unites and represents all players in the private health sector in Uganda. UHF has been successful in attracting a broad membership of 56 associations and corporate organizations within its first year and hosted the 2012 EAHF inauguration Conference in Kampala. 

UHF is a nonprofit professional association representing the private health sector in Uganda.  The Federation’s purpose includes advocating and supporting its members in policy and other decision making forums, representing its members at both the national and country levels, providing networking and training opportunities to improve quality of health services delivered, strengthen business skills and enhance market opportunities in healthcare, and provide an annual conference for the education of its members and exchange of information on issues essential to the quality and business of healthcare in Uganda.

Program / Department Summary

UHF has been growing its membership strategically to ensure inclusion of all non-state health sector players with a common interest in complementing government policies and programs while advocating and lobbying for the interests of UHF members.

UHF programs center on developing capacity of the private health sector to deliver quality and affordable health services in Uganda. Programs are supported by health development partners designed to support the growth and development of the UHF members and to supplement their internal activities. UHF executes its programs through its membership base. Common themes include community engagement, quality assurance, inclusive development, gender, and working in partnership with local government, the various ministries and civil society actors.

This position’s responsibilities are highly cross-functional and will support all result areas 

General Skills

  • Demonstrated experience with finance and administration oversight
  • Ability to work with minimum supervision, and to meet deadlines, time management is critical
  • Strong English verbal and written communication and presentation skills required
  • Strong interpersonal, negotiation, marketing and communication skills 
  • Ability to communicate with financial institutions, private sector, civil society partners and government representatives
  • Demonstrated flexibility, creativity and enthusiasm as well as a willingness to learn and to be continually adaptive within a dynamic and often self-directed working environment
  • Demonstrated capacity to generate and to translate innovative ideas into practical development approaches 
  • A friendly, flexible and professional demeanor
  • Self-starter, with strong capacity for critical thinking and problem solving

Duties / Functions

Administrative Duties:

  • Manage the company’s phone and front desk area.
  • Monitoring health news in the media and sharing with internal and external parties o Manage information; receive and distribute communications; collect and mail correspondence. o Provide HR assistance by ensuring office policies and procedures are maintained. o Ensuring that staff list, forms for completion always up to date and available for reference at all time. o Conduct pick-ups and deliveries as required.
  • Coordinate casual workers and keep records of days worked to ensure deliver quality services.  
  • Assist staff with assignments as required, including word processing, data entry, paper work processing and internet research tasks.
  • Take minutes for meetings and support in writing material for newsletter, website, social media and reports as required.
  • Maintain office filing system and perform other general administrative duties.

Finance and Procurement Duties:

  • Oversee, monitor and coordinate private sector credit applications. o Support business and finance self-assessments by private sector credit applicant and submit to Finance for verification. 
  • Provide regular reports on the performance of the private sector credit facility. o Spearhead marketing and growth of the private sector credit facility to UHF clients and private sector stakeholders. 
  • Coordinate addressing procurement requests for goods/services and ensuring that request for procurements (RFP) are authorized before sending out request for quotations (RFQ).
  • Ensuring that the necessary quotations are received for procurement committee evaluation, analysis and selection of the supplier(s). Oversee bid analysis for regular micro procurements to be submitted for review by Finance.  o Tracking all deliveries e.g. newspapers, flyers and brochures to ensure that invoiced amount matched delivery record.  
  • Ensure that store records are well kept and office supplies are adequately monitored. o Availing staff with timesheet templates at the beginning of each month and collecting the printed signed copies for submission to finance by end of every month. 
  • Responsible for petty cash summary, reconciliation and ensuring that replenishment request is place on a timely manner.  o Photocopying of financial report documents and arranging them for delivery to the donors as and when required.
  • Support Finance in filing and maintenance of finance records. o Monitor and coordinate payments requisitioning and ensuring that all the supporting documentations are in place before submission to finance for processing. 
  • Tracking the location and custody of all movable assets ensuring items are periodically checked and their condition reported to finance regularly. 
  • Scheduling and ensuring that periodic maintenance and servicing of office computers, printers, photocopiers and lighting systems are done. 
  • Any other duty that shall be assigned as and when required.  

Experience Requirements

i) Atleast 2 years work experience in finance or administration preferably in the health sector or financial institutions with skills in planning, budgeting, resource mobilization and stock management.

ii) Experience working with development partner programming will be an advantage. Demonstrated innovative and creative thinking with business acumen will be an advantage. iii) Experience in multi-tasking working as part of a diverse team will be an advantage.

Education Requirements

  • Qualification in Business Administration, B. Com, Finance, Procurement and logistics management or any related qualification
  • Post graduate qualification in finance/credit management/procurement/administration or social sector planning and development will be added advantage. 

Interested qualified candidates should send a one-page cover letter, with a curriculum vitae (CV) no longer than two pages as one document, by email to E: info@uhfug.com by 18th February 2022 by 5.pm (EAST). 

Your application should include three contactable referees with at least two from a previous employer one of the two must have supervised you directly at work. Please ensure that any contact numbers in your CV are reachable during working hours. Only successful candidates will be contacted within two week after the closing date.

2. PROJECT INTERN NEEDED

Assignment: Provide support to membership activities and programs
Project Title: Membership
Date issued: 14 January 2022
Date Due: 21 January 2022
Details for Submission: info@uhfug.com

1.0 Organizational Background

Uganda Healthcare Federation (UHF) is a non-profit umbrella organization affiliated to the East Africa Healthcare Federation. The organization is a professional association representing the private health sector in Uganda. The Federation’s purpose includes advocating and supporting its members in policy and other decision making forums, representing its members at both the national and country levels, providing networking and training opportunities to improve quality of health services delivered, strengthen business skills and enhance market opportunities in healthcare, and provide an annual conference for the education of its members and exchange of information on issues essential to the quality and business of healthcare in Uganda.

2.0 Membership Summary

Uganda Healthcare Federation has a membership of over 60 non-state health related recognized associations and organizations in Uganda including; medical service providers, medical insurers, health professional associations, human resources in health, health training institutions, health facilities, ICT companies in health, manufacturers of health related products as well as health civil society partners and social franchises.  UHF members are offered a unique connection with both local and international health sector influencers at exclusive events such as the East Africa Healthcare Federation annual conference.

UHF is a member based organization with four membership categories including; Corporate membership, professional associations, institutional associations, National level partnership organizations and PNFPs. The current membership is further grouped into sub sectors based on the Health Systems Strengthening 6 pillars of WHO including; Health professional and capacity building; Service delivery and healthcare access and finance; Manufacturing and industry; ICT innovation and other technology; Social marketing and social franchising; Traditional and complementary medicine.

3. Purpose of the position

The overall purpose of the Private Sector Engagement Intern is to provide administrative support to the Private Sector Coordinator (PSC) on membership related programs and activities from time to time for the six months of this agreement.

4. Roles and responsibilities

  • The Private Sector Engagement intern shall support the Private Sector Coordinator (PSC) in recruiting and retaining UHF members.
  • Support the Private Sector Coordinator in organizing member related meetings including; monthly private health sector platform meetings, quarterly RMNCAH platform meetings, private sector conventions, conferences and networking events.
  • Support the secretariat in organizing and executing the EAHF conference.
  • Support the PSC in organizing an Annual General Meeting and Board meetings.
  • Support arrangements for meetings, presentations, seminars and trainings organized for members. 
  • Participate in mobilization of stakeholders (including private health providers, KCCA, civil
  • society organizations, government representatives, etc.) to participate in UHF programs and activities.
  • Write minutes and reports from the various member meetings and events including minutes of the various MOH Technical Working Group meetings.
  • Attend UHF members’ meetings and events representing the Federation.  
  • Participate in data collection and information gathering assignments aimed at improving member benefits and services.
  • Support the PSC in coming up with short write ups and briefs for the UHF E-newsletter, bulletins, website and social media.
  • Regularly update the UHF membership database and membership status.
  • Keep records of all information related to the membership for documentation, clarification and presentation to management.
  • Other duties as assigned.

5. Supervision

The Private Sector Engagement Intern will be directly supervised by the Private Sector Coordinator at UHF.

6. Required Competencies Project Intern  

  • Relevant qualifications in any one of these academic disciplines; Communications, Marketing and Social Work and administration, Journalism.
  • At least 2 years of experience in conducting similar activities in an organization of a similar nature.
  • Experience in activity programing with an excellent track record of completion of tasks in a timely manner.
  • A proven track record of professionalism and ethical conduct.
  • Excellent communication skills, especially ability to write very good English.
  • Knowledge of maternal, neonatal, child health and nutrition would be an advantage.
  • Ability to work with minimum supervision.

7.0 Details for Submission

Interested individuals who meet the above criteria should send their combined applications, and CV to admin@uhfug.com. Soft copies are preferred at submission and the deadline is 21 January 2022. Only the successful applicant will be contacted for further engagement.

2. Project Intern needed

Assignment:  Provide support to the USAID MCHN project activities 
Project Title: USAID Maternal Neonatal Child Health & Nutrition Activity 
Date issued: 18th Nov 2021
Date Due: 26th Nov 2021
Details for Submission: info@uhfug.com copy to: finance@uhfug.com  

1.0 Organizational Background 

Uganda Healthcare Federation (UHF) is a non-profit umbrella organization affiliated to the East Africa Healthcare Federation. The organization is a professional association representing the private health sector in Uganda. The Federation’s purpose includes advocating and supporting its members in policy and other decision making forums, representing its members at both the national and country levels, providing networking and training opportunities to improve quality of health services delivered, strengthen business skills and enhance market opportunities in healthcare, and provide an annual conference for the education of its members and exchange of information on issues essential to the quality and business of healthcare in Uganda. 

2.0 Project Summary 

Together with FHI360, Save the Children, EnCompass LLC and Makerere University School of Public Health, UHF is participating in the implementation of USAID’s Maternal Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Activity. The intervention is a five-year program designed and funded by USAID/Uganda to improve maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition outcomes in Uganda through strengthening leadership and governance, the rollout of national strategies and programs, coordination and cooperation across stakeholders. The MCHN Activity seeks to enhance learning and sharing of lessons and best practices, facilitate improvements to governance and cooperation processes and structures, build leadership capacity, and enhance private sector engagement. The Activity will advance new models for MCHN services and systems for urban settings, particularly Kampala. The MCHN Activity will collaborate closely with the Government of Uganda (GoU), Ugandan private sector entities, other USAID-supported activities, and other development partners to support and leverage their efforts to improve MCHN outcomes in Uganda. 

UHF is representative of the private health sector on the MCHN program and we are currently seeking services of a qualified graduate to serve as a Project Intern with responsibilities as follows: 

1.1 Purpose of the position 

The overall purpose of the Project Intern is to provide administrative support to the USAID MCHN Activity through participating in designated project activities from time to time for the six months of this agreement. 

1.2 Roles and responsibilities 

  1. The project intern shall support the collaboration with other USAID programs as assigned to support outcomes key to the MCHN Activity.
  2. Attend project meetings and note key issues of interest to guide improvement in status of MCH and Nutrition service delivery at private health facilities.   
  3. Support arrangements for meetings, presentations, seminars and trainings being organized under the MCHN Activity.  
  4. Participate in data collection and information gathering assignments aimed at enriching planning of MCHN project activities.  
  5. Participate in mobilization of stakeholders (including private health providers, KCCA, civil society organizations, government representatives) to participate in designated MCHN activities targeting the private sector.  
  6. Support the UHF MCHN team with document write-up including concept papers and project proposals, activity reports with guidance from the assigned supervisor. 
  7. Keep records of all information related to the MCHN Activity for documentation, clarification and presentation to management.
  8. Other duties as assigned.

3.0 Work Station

  1. The Project Intern will mainly operate within Kampala in the 5 KCCA Divisions basing from the UHF headquarters in Kamwokya.   
  2. Based on the nature of activity, the Project Intern will engage in MCHN field activities as and when they arise.  

4.0 Expected Deliverables

  1. Monthly activity report at end of each month detailing the activities in which the intern participated as well as achievements in the month, challenges and proposals for improvement. 
  2. Activity reports of individual MCHN project activities that targeted the private sector. 

5.0 Supervision 

The Project Intern will be directly supervised by the Programs Manager at UHF. 

6.0 Required Competencies Project Intern  

  • Relevant qualifications in any one of these academic disciplines; Public health, Social Sciences, Development Studies. 
  • At least 2 years of experience in conducting similar activities in an organization of similar nature. 
  • Experience in activity programing with excellent track record of completion of tasks in a timely manner.
  • A proven track record of professionalism and ethical conduct. 
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to write very good English. 
  • Knowledge of maternal, neonatal, child health and nutrition would be an advantage.
  • Ability to work with minimum supervision. 

7.0 Details for Submission 

Interested individuals who meet the above criteria should send their applications and Curriculum Vitae in one document to info@uhfug.com Soft copies are preferred at submission and the deadline is 26th November 2021. Only the successful applicant will be contacted for further discussions. 

3. Job Title: Capacity Building Coordinator 

Organisation: Uganda Healthcare Federation

Duty Station: Kampala.

Closing date: 5th November 2021

About Uganda Healthcare Federation (UHF):

Uganda Healthcare Federation is an umbrella organization affiliated to the East Africa Healthcare Federation and as such represents the interests of non-state health players in Uganda. UHF was formed in 2010 borne from the need to have an umbrella body, which unites and represents all players in the private health sector in Uganda. UHF has been successful in attracting a broad membership of 56 associations and corporate organizations within its first year and hosted the 2012 EAHF inauguration Conference in Kampala. 

UHF is a nonprofit professional association representing the private health sector in Uganda.  The Federation’s purpose includes advocating and supporting its members in policy and other decision making forums, representing its members at both the national and country levels, providing networking and training opportunities to improve quality of health services delivered, strengthen business skills and enhance market opportunities in healthcare, and provide an annual conference for the education of its members and exchange of information on issues essential to the quality and business of healthcare in Uganda.

Program / Department Summary

UHF has been growing its membership strategically to ensure inclusion of all non-state health sector players with a common interest in complementing government policies and programs while advocating and lobbying for the interests of UHF members. UHF programs center on developing capacity of the private health sector to deliver quality and affordable health services in Uganda. Programs are supported by health development partners designed to support the growth and development of the UHF members and to supplement their internal activities. UHF executes its programs through its membership base. Common themes include community engagement, quality assurance, inclusive development, gender, and working in partnership with local government, the various ministries and civil society actors.

UHF is implementing the USAID funded Uganda Strengthening Supply Chain Systems (SSCS) Activity in partnership with Management Sciences for Health and ACODE. Through this Activity, UHF supports self-sustaining, responsive, uninterrupted, accountable delivery of quality-assured medicines and supplies to public and Private Not for Profit health facilities.

UHF seeks to employ a Capacity Building Coordinator to spearhead the implementation of the training and capacity building components of the program. This position’s responsibilities are highly cross-functional and will support all result areas. 

General Skills

  • Independent, confident creative thinker, with ability to work with minimum supervision, to deadlines; with strong time management critical
  • Ability to liaise with various partners and engage stakeholders
  • Superb English verbal and written communication and presentation skills required;
  • Strong proposal, training material, report writing and presentation skills
  • Demonstrated understanding of key Uganda Health system supply chain
  • Strong interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills are mandatory
  • A polite, flexible and professional demeanor with good attention to detail
  • Strong understanding of data analysis;
  • Ability to communicate with donors, private sector and civil society partners and government representatives;
  • Demonstrated flexibility, creativity and enthusiasm as well as a willingness to learn and to be continually adaptive within a dynamic and often self-directed working environment is mandatory;
  • Self-starter, with strong capacity for critical thinking and problem solving;
  • Demonstrated capacity to generate and to translate innovative ideas into practical development approaches as well as program development proposals.

Experience Requirements

  • At least 7 years work experience in the social sector particularly the health sector. 
  • A good appreciation and understanding of the health sector supply chain management, social sector planning, budgeting, resource mobilization and related capacity building
  • Experience working with private sector stakeholders (government and non-government) will be an advantage.
  • Experience working with USAID or internationally funded programming will be an advantage.
  • Experience in working with supply chain programming or national level medical store will be an advantage. 

Knowledge and skills required: 

  • Experience conceptualizing capacity building strategies and translating them into implementation plan 
  • Experience and track records of designing and implementing novel capacity building approaches and tools 
  • Experience in assessing impact of capacity building in enhancing beneficiary knowledge and performance
  • Specific experience with digital technologies for capacity building strongly desired
  • Hands on experience building capacity of professionals  

Education Requirements

  • Medical, Pharmacy, Public Health, Social work or any supply chain/ medical related qualification
  • Special training in public health, education and or pharmaceutical policy, adult literacy and post graduate qualification in relevant field or social sector planning and development

Interested qualified candidates should send a one-page cover letter, with a curriculum vitae (CV) no longer than two pages, by email to info@uhfug.com by 5th November 2021.

Your application should include three contactable referees with at least two from a previous employer one of the two must have supervised you directly at work. Please ensure that any contact numbers in your CV are reachable during working hours. Only successful candidates will be contacted by 5th November 2021.