Planning and implementation of project activities

• Develop quarterly work plans and budgets, implement and document project activities in liaison with respective supervisor/s.

• Develop concept note to request funds for activity implementation and ensure timely accountability as per the URCS approved finance policy.

• Produce activity and other periodic reports as per agreed timelines.

• Conduct Project (FORECAST) Research and other URCS intervention themes research

• Work as a member of a team to design and improve processes across URCS research portfolio.

• Support the Project Supervisor to scope, develop and deliver research programmes, including developing timelines; planning and monitoring progress and budgets; coordinating inputs from across the team and the wider organization; and identifying and highlighting risks and potential mitigations.

• Participate in desk-based reviews of past weather events in different parts of Uganda while doing a quality check on the data.

• Participate in analysis of retrospective data to assess associations between malaria and extreme weather events

• Participate in analysis of retrospective data to assess associations between malaria and extreme weather events

• Collect prospective malaria incidence data from selected health facilities or surveillance sites for use in outbreak risk mapping

• Engage communities in research activities to ensure their needs are addressed, their views are incorporated and the outputs are adopted and used support development of an outbreak preparedness and response plan

• Meetings and workshops

• Attend relevant project meetings and where necessary prepare and make presentations on the project as may be required.

• Attend other relevant events, such as seminars, workshops etc at local and national level as may be required.

  
  

Documentation

• Compile relevant research reports and related documentation.

• Support the team in ensuring compliance with General Data Protection Regulations and research ethical guidelines

• Dissemination of URCS malaria and other intervention research work

• Draft presentations summarizing policy issues and original URCS research.

• In liaison with relevant staff, write publications for the URCS website, including fact sheets, issue briefs, data briefs, infographics, and reports, and draft components of abstracts and manuscripts for publications.

• Work with the communications team to help build an external-facing presence for URCS research work both for emergency response and development aspects.

• Performance Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting (PMER)

• Collect, manage and effectively process projects’ data

Prepare and submit high quality reports

• Support PMER related requirements for projects guided by established framework and tools

• Integration of Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Policy

• Understand and comply with all aspects of URCS PSEA Policy.

• Ensure that all stakeholders involved with URCS research work understand and comply with PSEA policy

• Create an organizational culture and foster a working environment which is free from and prevents sexual exploitation and abuse and supports the implementation of this policy.

• Take immediate and appropriate action of reporting upon receipt of any report or complaint about SEA allegations, concerns or suspicions or retaliation related to SEA, as stated in the present policy

• Report SEA incidents as per reporting mechanisms established in 8.4 of the URCS PSEA Policy

Other Duties:

• Support capacity building for staff at national and branch level in research

• Promote URCS visibility and support dissemination efforts to recruit members and volunteers.

• Participate in any other official activities within URCS or externally as may be assigned by the supervisors.