Emergency Medical Services Officer (NGO Careers) at Enabel Uganda

Tasks and Responsibilities

• You develop sustainable plan of action for Emergency Medical staff and services
• You sensitize the community on their role in supporting timely transfer to health facilities.
• You develop a financial sustainability model to finance early referral system at community level
• You establish an emergency referral system from lower-level facilities to higher level facilities, including a sustainable financing mechanism for the ambulance service
• You train health staff in to upgrade their technical skills.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of Masters’ degree in medicine or paramedical profile or Public Health or related degree.
• At least 5 years of experience as a Public Health Expert in the public sector and/or within an international organization
• A minimum of 3 years proven experience and knowledge of Ugandan health systems especially at operational district level

Required Knowledge and Skills

• You have broad and in-depth understanding of the various aspects of international cooperation (context, challenges, strengths, partners, functioning, etc.)
• Understanding of the health sector dynamics, preferably related to access and quality of care and social determinants of health;
• Experiences with emergency care and referral system
•  Knowledge of sexual and reproductive health
• Mastering methods of stakeholder participation
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative M&E methods.
• Competences in change management, learning and knowledge management;
• Clear and concise writing skills for reporting, administrative and technical documents;
• Communication, presentation and facilitation skills;
• Creative thinking and being pro-active i.e., taking initiatives and responsibility at the same time
• Good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, email) and computer applications (e.g., MS Office).
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as a member of a team
• Ability to deal with people with tact and diplomacy
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and to demonstrate gender sensitive and non-discriminatory behavior and attitudes
• Fluent in English, with excellent reporting skills.

You commit to the vision, mission and values of Enabel: https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vision-mission-values.

We offer you

• A fascinating/interesting/varied job in an international environment.
• A contract of 45 months
• You are based in Fort portal
• A salary package that comprises the monthly gross salary, in accordance with our salary scales (class 5)
• The contractual conditions will be established accordingly to the organization’s salary policies
• Following this recruitment procedure, a shortlist of successful applicants may be constituted which may be sourced in the next three years for similar job openings.

Every person who fulfils the conditions listed in our job advertisements may apply. Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, disability status or any other factor other than competence.