Field Officer

Reports To: Program Manager I - Community Based Health Insurance. Department: Programming. ### Job Summary CRS is seeking to hire three (3) Field Officers for each the field locations of Central, West and East of Uganda for an anticipated five-year health systems strengthening project in Uganda. The project aims to support the sustainability and resilience of faith-based health services through strengthened institutional capacity, improved community health financing mechanisms, enhanced governance, and locally led solutions that contribute to improved health outcomes. As Field Officer , you will assist project implementation by working directly with local partners and community members, coordinating various project activities and events in support of Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work to serve the poor and vulnerable. Your service and community relations skills ensure that the local partners and communities feed into and benefit from the project that consistently applies best practices and continuously works towards improving its impact. Roles and. ### Key Duties & Responsibilities Support the coordination and monitoring of project activities at the field level, ensuring implementation schedules are met as per the detailed activity plan, and that adherence to systems for quality project implementation is strengthened. Coordinate communication and facilitate information sharing among the project team, implementing partners, and project participants at the community level to assist local partners in strengthening the community interest, involvement and support networks. Support the implementation of project activities at community, facility, diocesan, and district levels, including supervising, mentoring, and monitoring of Public Service Providers (PSPs) and other community-level implementers to ensure quality service delivery, compliance with project standards, timely reporting, and achievement of project targets. Liaise with various community stakeholders and mobilize them to ensure full involvement of community leaders, community representatives, and local government representatives in the overall implementation and improvement of project activities. In coordination with the project team, support capacity building events for community representatives. Coordinate, monitor, and report on volunteer activities. Compile data provided at the community level as per project requirements and contribute to the preparation of reports. Contribute to partner capacity strengthening initiatives.