Job Description

Summary
The Field Coordinator will work with HAC staff and partners to conduct community organizing activities, expand work to new villages, collect relevant data, and network with relevant officials.

Background
The mission of Health Access Connect is to link remote communities to healthcare. HAC currently pursues this mission through four programs:
• Medicycles: We help remote communities to bring government health workers and their medicines to their villages on a monthly basis. In these outreach clinics health workers give HIV testing, anti-retroviral treatment, immunizations, perinatal services, family planning, and many other services available in rural health centres.

Technical Advising: We collaborate with Africa Resource Centre (ARC) and the Uganda Ministry of Health to teach and empower PEPFAR implementing partner (IP) organizations to implement alternative drug distribution point models in an effort to a) improve a) antiretroviral therapy (ART) and general treatment health service provision and b) decongest health facilities.

Treat & Teach: We improve access to family planning in the communities of Masaka and Kalangala districts by a) providing low-density high-frequency certificate training to health workers, b) setting up outreach clinics in remote communities, c) generating demand by collaborating with community health workers (VHTs), and d) reducing commodity stock outs by providing buffer stocks and improving commodity tracking at partner health facilities.

Digitalisation of the Health Commodities Supply Chain: In partnership with
• Signalytic, we are improving the stock visibility in selected Health Facilities in Masaka District Local Government and City. This is a push from the Ministry of Health that will see a move to paperless ordering of Health Facility commodities over time.

Essential duties and responsibilities
The Field Coordinator will:
• Setting up monitoring procedures for field work and activities
• Reviewing and analyzing field reports from Field Officers and clinic reporting data from health facilities
• Compiling findings into reports to submit to the Program Director and Executive
• Director and recommending actions based on those findings
• Implementing an expansion plan in cooperation with Field Officers
• Keeping the schedule of when outreaches/clinics will be conducted
• Keeping track of the progress of Field Officers in target communities
• Assessing and finding solutions to challenges with health facilities and communities
• Helping to conduct staff evaluations
• Attending our Board of Directors Programs Committee meetings
• Interviewing beneficiaries and health workers to understand their needs
• Helping to adjust HAC programs to respond to challenges
• Using Salesforce, Asana, Google Drive, Odoo, Power BI, and other tools to monitor and prepare reports on project activities
• Attend any online or in-person training as requested by the Directors.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor(s).

Background and Qualifications
Required
• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health or Social Sciences related field.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities and/or at least three years of working experience in program/project administration or overseeing staff members or volunteers.
• Strong writing skills in English
• Strong reporting skills
• Verbal proficiency in Luganda, Lunyankole and Lusoga
• Computer skills: proficiency in Microsoft Word and email and some experience using Excel
• Demonstrated experience drafting or implementing organizational procedures
• Experience working with the public health sector
• Experience using google drive, Kobotool box, and Power bi

Additional Qualities
• Experience or willingness to travel and work in remote, rural locations
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with others
• Self-driven and able to work in new, unstructured environments
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Highly organized
• Attention to detail

Compensation
This position is designed as a full-time (40 hours/week) position. Compensation is UGX 1,800,000 per month before taxes. Field travel expenses will be paid for by Health Access Connect.