Reference: 20064

Final date for application: Emergency Medical Services Officer

M/F

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 as well as promotes Global Citizenship. With over 2,000 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.

Background

Enabel in Uganda is looking for passionate, dynamic individuals to fill a vacancy for Emergency Medical Services Officer.

The Emergency Medical Services Officer will develop & implement a model (based on the Mama Rescue model) of a comprehensive and timely community health referral system, Strengthen the capacity of the regional and district coordination of emergency referrals while ensuring functional and qualitative emergency units 24/7 at regional and district referral hospitals.

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.