Project Manager – in the field of the Healthcare Management Enabel

Location: Kampala, 465142
Reference: 20017
Final date for application: 18/12/2022
Project Manager – in the field of the Healthcare Management (m/f/x) – Uganda
Overview
Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also works for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad, Enabel offers solutions to address pressing global challenges – Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality – and to promote Global Citizenship. With 2,000 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.

Background
Enabel in Uganda will be implementing a new Country strategy 2023-2027. The overall objective is that “Young people and women in Uganda develop into active, economically independent citizens in a sustainable society that respects human rights and ensures quality basic services’’.
The WeCare project will provide multidisciplinary support to communities and schools to make informed decisions about their health, to work towards healthy lifestyles and to advocate around health issues and defending health rights. Secondly, the quality of health care and the chain of emergency referral will be strengthened from community up to regional level. This will be realized through direct support to the referral services of different health institutions (selected Health Center III and Health Center IV) to the regional hospital. It will address challenges of quality of care due to lack of essential medicines, supplies, equipment, and infrastructure. Thirdly, the capacities of the district health office, health managers and local authorities will be reinforced through stewardship, participative leadership, coaching and supervision. Lastly, community engagement in the local health system will be reinforced by boosting the organisation and initiatives of existing community platforms and interfaces.

Within this this context, Enabel is seeking to recruit 1 (ONE) Project Manager with expertise in Healthcare Management to manage the domains of the WeCare project, coordinate the different aspects of project implementation as well as to lead a team in the implementation of the project
Job description
Joining Enabel as a Project Manager for the WeCare project, you will be directly reporting to the Portfolio Manager and you will oversee the team linked to your project.

Responsibilities:
• You work at Enabel as the Project Manager;
• You are responsible for the good execution of the project (content, planning, budget, quality);
• You coordinate the realisation of the activities with a view of achieving the project objectives;
You support the persons indicated to lead the change process;
You contribute to capacity development of partner organisations;
• You coordinate the learning process on how an intervention contributes to the development of the sector;
• You lead the team placed under your hierarchical responsibility;
• You ensure that relevant results information is available for monitoring and evaluation in order to allow monitoring of performance, decision-making, learning and reporting.
Your profile

Required qualifications
• A Master’s degree in Public Health, Healthcare Management or other relevant field related to the area of expertise.

Required experience
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in steering international development projects;
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Healthcare and Public Health in the Public Sector, Health Care promotion including Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR);
• An experience as team manager;
• Experience in several projects is an asset.

Required skills and knowledge
• In-depth knowledge of project management methodologies;
• Thorough knowledge within the fields of quality health services, health promotion and guidelines, SRHR, Gender Based Violence (GBV), gender equality, strengthening community emergency medical services and referral services;
• Monitoring and evaluation competences;
• You are result oriented;
• Considering the working language of Uganda and the international environment in which you work, excellent knowledge of English is required.

Applicants are also required to 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 48 months. You are based in Kampala.
A salary package that comprises the monthly gross salary, in accordance with our salary scales (class 6).
• The contractual conditions will be established according to the organisation’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, sexual orientation, disability status or any other factor other than competence.