Co-Head Pro Bono Health job at Pro Bono Uganda

Background information about the job or company

Pro Bono Uganda.

The Co-Head of Pro Bono Health is a strategic and operational leader responsible for co-designing, coordinating, and strengthening health-focused interventions under Pro Bono Uganda. Working alongside the Head of Pro Bono Health, the role ensures that health programs are ethically sound, community-driven, evidence-based, and aligned with national and global health standards.

The Co-Head plays a critical role in translating community health needs into structured, impactful programs, supporting volunteer teams, and strengthening partnerships with health institutions, professionals, and development actors.

This role balances leadership, coordination, and accountability, ensuring that Pro Bono Health initiatives deliver real, measurable impact while upholding dignity, inclusion, and sustainability.

Responsibilities or duties

Tasks

1.Program Design & Implementation

• Co-lead the design and rollout of Pro Bono Health initiatives (e.g. medical camps, SRHR education, mental health awareness, maternal and child health support).
• Support the integration of public health principles, safeguarding standards, and ethical practice into all activities.
• Ensure programs respond to identified community needs and align with Pro Bono Uganda’s ImpactNest model.

2.Volunteer Coordination & Capacity Building

• Support recruitment, onboarding, and coordination of health volunteers and allied professionals.
• Mentor volunteer leads and ensure teams are well-prepared for field implementation.
• Promote a culture of professionalism, learning, and accountability among volunteers.

3.Partnerships & Stakeholder Engagement

• Support engagement with hospitals, clinics, NGOs, CSOs, professional associations, and local leaders.
• Assist in building partnerships that strengthen service delivery, referrals, and sustainability.
• Represent Pro Bono Health in selected stakeholder meetings and outreach activities.

4.Monitoring, Learning & Reporting

• Support basic Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) processes for health programs.
• Contribute to documentation of lessons learned, impact stories, and post-activity reports.
• Support data-driven improvement of programs.

5.Governance, Safeguarding & Compliance

• Uphold safeguarding, volunteer ethics, and accountability standards.
• Support risk assessment and ensure safe implementation of health activities.
• Ensure activities align with Uganda’s health policies and Pro Bono Uganda’s values.

Qualifications or requirements

Requirements

• Background or strong interest in public health, nursing, medicine, psychology, social work, or community health.
• Experience in community outreach, health education, or volunteer coordination.
• Strong organizational, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work in diverse, low-resource community settings.
• Commitment to ethical, people-centred health practice.

Any other provided details

Benefits

• Leadership experience in a youth-led, multi-district impact organization.
• Exposure to real-world community health programming.
• Opportunity to influence the design of scalable health interventions.
• Professional growth, networks, and impact documentation for future opportunities

If you are driven by service, integrity, and a belief in community-led health solutions, we would love to hear from you.

Join us in building health interventions that place people, dignity, and impact at the centre.

Company Overview

Pro Bono Uganda is a youth-led volunteer engine that mobilizes skilled young people to deliver essential services in underserved communities, acting as a local distribution partner for impact.

• Co-lead the design and rollout of Pro Bono Health initiatives (e.g. medical camps, SRHR education, mental health awareness, maternal and child health support).
• Support the integration of public health principles, safeguarding standards, and ethical practice into all activities.
• Ensure programs respond to identified community needs and align with Pro Bono Uganda’s ImpactNest model.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and coordination of health volunteers and allied professionals.
• Mentor volunteer leads and ensure teams are well-prepared for field implementation.
• Promote a culture of professionalism, learning, and accountability among volunteers.
• Support engagement with hospitals, clinics, NGOs, CSOs, professional associations, and local leaders.
• Assist in building partnerships that strengthen service delivery, referrals, and sustainability.
• Represent Pro Bono Health in selected stakeholder meetings and outreach activities.
• Support basic Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) processes for health programs.
• Contribute to documentation of lessons learned, impact stories, and post-activity reports.
• Support data-driven improvement of programs.
• Uphold safeguarding, volunteer ethics, and accountability standards.
• Support risk assessment and ensure safe implementation of health activities.
• Ensure activities align with Uganda’s health policies and Pro Bono Uganda’s values.

• Strong organizational skills
• Strong communication skills
• Strong teamwork skills
• Ability to work in diverse, low-resource community settings
• Commitment to ethical, people-centred health practice

• Background or strong interest in public health, nursing, medicine, psychology, social work, or community health.
• Experience in community outreach, health education, or volunteer coordination.