Project Officer – EAR Health

Job Details

World Vision Uganda is seeking a Project Officer – EAR Health reporting to the Programme Manager, duty station Minakulu. The role is Full Time and leads planning and implementation of integrated Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)/EAR health interventions aligned to WV Uganda Country Strategy 2026-2030, including ENT service delivery across supported health facilities, referral system strengthening, partnership and advocacy. Advert period: 10 August 2026 to 19 August 2026. Local applicants only. Apply via the World Vision Workday careers portal.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop quality integrated EAR health plans and budgets ensuring strong alignment with WV Uganda Country Strategy 2026-2030
• Ensure intentional targeting and participation of registered children and their households in project interventions where applicable
• Support cluster/AP teams implementing grants and ensure implementation is done in an integrated manner
• Support monitoring of project budgets, expenditures and execution ensuring project is managed as per plan within time and budgets, meeting donor and community accountability
• Effectively roll out and develop strong accountability mechanisms to capture feedback from external partners and District Health Department
• Lead implementation of project activities to ensure timely achievement of planned outputs and outcomes
• Coordinate ENT service delivery interventions across supported health facilities and strengthen the referral system
• Support advocacy and partnership initiatives for project ownership and sustainability, including strengthening partnerships with district health team, sub-regional forums and implementing partners
• Identify and partner with Sub-Regional local organizations for sustainability and prepositioning
• Engage District Health Departments to coordinate different actors for synergy
• Facilitate advocacy engagements with Regional Referral hospitals to create points of referral for EAR health conditions
• Support implementation of technical area specific local advocacy plans with special interest to operations of the CVA working groups
• In close collaboration with MEAL team, track technical model fidelity ensuring partnership standards
• Track and support implementation of recommendations from accountability mechanisms such as reflections, finance and operation audits, project action learning and reviews
• Actively participate in output and outcome monitoring and oversee writing of technical area specific sections of progress reports (semi-annual and annual)
• Review monthly CHW reports and output data and support routine action planning
• Link WVU's outputs to the national Management Information Systems and support documentation of success/impact stories
• Compile progress reports (Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annual and Annual) for management decision making in line with implementation plan and donor requirements
• Promote utilization of data/information from progress reports, baselines, evaluations and assessments through reflection and learning forums
• Document project learning, most significant change stories and best practices from external engagement
• Support Health Facilities to have databases to track beneficiary support from the project
• Develop and administer performance-monitoring tools to track Project indicators within log frame
• Build capacity of partners to accurately monitor and evaluate project outputs, outcomes and indicators through training sessions or field visits
• Identify capacity building needs for external partners and report them for management attention
• Strengthen existing Joint District Health Sector engagements to facilitate adoption and tracking of EAR Health interventions
• Carry out any other duties required by the Programme Managers and Regional Manager

Qualifications, Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in any Health related areas preferably in Nursing or Public Health
• Minimum of 3 years of work experience in managing health related projects or programs; experience in implementation and management of ENT programmes is an added advantage
• Experience in proposal writing and development, grants management, report writing, research, monitoring and evaluation skills
• Prior experience in external partner and stakeholder engagement, networking and coordination
• Highly experienced in data management processes and field research skills
• Ability to work with inter-disciplinary teams and a wide range of program/project activities
• Experience working with grants is an added advantage
• Strong report writing and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Proactive personality, self-driven, confident and strongly motivated; good interpersonal and facilitation skills, team player
• Proven conceptual and analytical skills, ability to take an evidence-based approach to programming
• Spiritual maturity, interfaith knowledge and a biblical worldview – ability to articulate and model Christian identity and mission in an inclusive way
• Knowledge of designing and managing project plans and budgets; experience in designing basic project data tools and ability to coach and train others
• Excellent command of MS Excel and working knowledge of at least two office packages; demonstrated experience in analysing, interpreting and reporting on M&E results