{"id":44294,"date":"2019-01-16T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T08:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/?p=44294"},"modified":"2019-01-14T14:29:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T12:29:40","slug":"university-research-co-llc-urc-new-job-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/university-research-co-llc-urc-new-job-opportunity.html","title":{"rendered":"University Research Co., LLC (URC) New Job Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

URC is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.<\/p>\n

Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical assistance to strengthen health and social systems and service quality by empowering communities and health workers to identify and scale up locally appropriate solutions to critical problems. Internationally, we expand access to and improve the quality of services addressing maternal, newborn, and child health; infectious diseases, including HIV\/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; food and nutrition; and vulnerable children and families. In the US, we focus on improving communication related to issues like substance abuse, with a particular focus on reaching underserved populations.<\/p>\n

URC\u2019s mission is to provide innovative, evidence-based solutions to health and social challenges worldwide. Please join us in carrying out our mission (http:\/\/www.urc-chs.com\/<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n

Position Title: Contracts Administrator\u00a0<\/strong>
\nType:\u00a0<\/strong>Regular \/ Full Time
\nProject Name:\u00a0<\/strong>VMMC\u00a0lll
\nSalary:\u00a0<\/strong>Commensurate with required experience and qualifications
\nReports to:\u00a0<\/strong>Contracts and Compliance Officer
\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong>Gauteng: Pretoria (Tshwane)<\/p>\n

Project Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The URC Quality & Performance Institute (QPI) is a division of URC which serves as an organizing force to bring together best practices, staff experience, partnerships, and documentation on improving health care at URC. QPI leads URC\u2019s initiatives to improve health delivery and develop country capacity to strengthen health and human service delivery systems.<\/p>\n

QPI\u2019s work focuses on strengthening health systems to develop the capacity to continuously improve and achieve better outcomes. Through QPI, URC has implemented quality improvement and operations research programs in health care since 1981, in addition to our work in the following areas: community health; gender integration; health workforce development; HIV; knowledge management; maternal, newborn and child health\/family planning; nutrition; research and evaluation; and vulnerable children and families.<\/p>\n

QPI leads a consortium of partners to implement the USAID Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Project to scale up VMMC services in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The main objectives of the project are:<\/p>\n