Technical Officer job at Jhpiego
Job Description
Job Summary
The Technical Officer – Family Planning & Maternal Newborn and Child Health will support the geography-level implementation of The Challenge Initiative (TCI) in Uganda, with a primary focus on collaboration with local/sub-national governments and partners to strengthen their health programs.
Reporting to the Senior Field Coordinator, the Technical Officer will provide hands-on coaching and technical assistance to regional team and council HMTs and health facilities to improve service quality, and accelerate the adoption and institutionalization of evidence-based FP/MNCH high impact interventions to achieve scale and sustainability. The role emphasizes day-to-day implementation, capacity strengthening, supportive supervision, coaching and routine use of data for decision-making in alignment with TCI’s business unusual model.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Support geographies to operationalize FP/MNCH work plans at local government, facility, and community levels.
- Provide on-site technical support to public and private health facilities to implement evidence-based FP/MNCH service delivery functions including high-impact interventions and best practices.
- Support planning and implementation of training, coaching, and mentorship for health workers on FP/MNCH interventions.
- Facilitate data management practices through regular data review meetings and DQA with local government and facility teams to inform adaptive programming.
- Build capacity of local government teams to use data for planning, performance monitoring, and advocacy.
- Document implementation progress, challenges, and lessons learned for reporting and learning purposes.
- Support geographies to monitor FP commodity availability, identify stock-outs, and strengthen forecasting and quantification practices.
- Collaborate with sub-national and national supply chain actors to address bottlenecks in FP commodity distribution.
- Promote best practices in logistics management information systems (LMIS) and last-mile distribution at facility level.
- Assist local government teams to track FP/MNCH expenditures and advocate for increased domestic financing and release.
- Support local government HMTs and facility leadership teams to strengthen governance, coordination, and accountability mechanisms for FP/AYSRH.
- Support advocacy efforts targeting geography leadership to sustain political and financial commitment to FP/AYSRH.
- Contribute to documentation of best practices, success stories, and lessons learned from geography-level implementation.
- Support peer learning and exchange visits among geographies and facilities and contribute technical inputs to TCI knowledge platforms, including TCI University and Communities of Practice.
- Support preparation of routine program reports, activity summaries, and progress updates.
- Ensure accurate documentation of field activities, results, and expenditures in line with TCI and donor requirements.
Educational Qualifications, Experience, & Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Medicine, Public Health, and Social Sciences, or a related field; a Master’s degree is an added advantage.
- Minimum of 5–7 years of relevant experience implementing FP/AYSRH, MNH, or RMNCAH programs at sub-national or community level.
- Demonstrated experience providing hands-on technical assistance to government health teams and service delivery points.
- Strong understanding of health systems strengthening approaches and geography level health governance in Uganda.
- Experience working with DHIS2, routine health data, and performance monitoring systems.
- Familiarity with national FP/AYSRH guidelines and high-impact practices.
- Willingness to travel frequently to geographies and health facilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; proficiency in other widely spoken local languages is an asset.
