Job Title:  Technical Director Clinical Services

Organisation: Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About the Company:

Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous not-for-profit child health and development organisation affiliated to the Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a Network of paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres of Excellence and international program offices in 11 countries across Africa and Eastern Europe.

Job Summary:   The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the overall strategy, planning, and implementation of the project, ensuring that it meets its objectives and delivers high-quality results in a timely manner.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership and strategic direction of the EMPOWER Program, including leading a cross-functional team, ensuring alignment with the project’s objectives, and driving the successful delivery of the project within budget, on time, and meeting all performance goals and deliverables.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the EMPOWER component 1 and 2 strategy.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with the Ministry of Health, National Drug Authority, health professional councils, other sub awardees and other relevant organizations at both the national and sub national levels.
• Ensure compliance with all National regulations, guidelines, and ethical standards working closely with the Ministry of Health, the National Drug Authority (NDA), and any other relevant bodies.
• Spearhead the coordination and collaboration with the commercial distribution partner, consortium partners and collaborators who are integral to the success of the project.
• Support program monitoring and evaluation, and lead program reviews including presenting program updates, to stakeholders, and facilitating strategic discussions to strengthen Program implementation.
• Participate in advocacy activities for family planning and reproductive health issues within the public sector with a focus on the FP method mix.
• Represent the project in all the relevant technical working group meetings at the Ministry of Health, healthcare providers and any other relevant meetings at both the national and sub national levels to promote collaboration and support.
• Ensure efficient and effective financial management, including monitoring project budgets, tracking expenditures and ensuring value for money.

• Master’s Degree in Public Health, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s Degree Medicine, Public Health, Nursing or related field.
• At least 10 years of experience managing large-scale family planning/Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) programs in Uganda.
• Experience working with pharmaceutical supply chains and understanding of the regulatory environment of Uganda’s pharmaceutical sector.