Global Health Corps is a one-year paid fellowship that pairs young professionals with organizations (fellowship placement organizations) that require new thinking and innovative solutions. Global Health Corps is uniting emerging leaders across disciplines and backgrounds to work towards a common goal – health equity for all. We believe real progress in global health will only be achieved with the skills and passion of a diverse community of talented individuals. Join us!
The fellowship begins in July 2015 and extends through August 2016. Fellows engage in professional development training, mentorship and thoughtful community-building, and continue to draw upon their fellowship experience and the GHC alumni network as they build careers of lasting impact.
Applicants can apply for up to 3 different fellowship positions that match their interests and skills, from project management to monitoring and evaluation, supply chain management, logistics, communications and more. We are looking for people from a broad range of sectors and backgrounds.
Global Health Corps believes that great ideas don’t change the world, great PEOPLE do! Fellows are selected based on their ability to fit the job description for the positions they apply to, and their fit with the GHC leadership practices. To learn more about the GHC leadership practices, visit: http://ghcorps.org/apply/
Fellows are placed in organizations in pairs – one international fellow and one local fellow from the placement country – creating a fellowship team that is a central part of the fellowship experience.
About the Fellowship Placement Organization:The Reproductive Health Directorate (RHD) works to coordinate the integration of Reproductive Health (RH) services at all levels, develop RH policies, strategies and guidelines, and guide RH implimentation and monitoring and evaluation of RH services across Malawi. Within this, the Safe Motherhood Program works to strengthen the capacity of individuals, families, communities, civil society organizations and government to improve maternal and neonatal health through the interventions outlined in theRoad Map for Accelerating the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality.In pursuit of it’s objectives, the RHD collaborates closely with government and non-profit organizations.
One of its main partners is the Presidential Initiative on Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood (SMI), a country-wide initiative in the Ministry Of Health that seeks to improve Malawi’s maternal health indicators by investing in infrastructure, expanding the professional health workforce, and mobilizing traditional authorities as agents of change.
Fellowship Position Overview:The Partnership and Program Support Officer has two core functions: (1) Enhancing the RHD’s capacity by providing programmatic, administrative and logistical support to RHD staff, and (2) facilitating collaboration and communication between the RHD and external partners and stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the design, planning, implementation and evaluation of national, district–level and local events organized by the RHD
- Draft proposals and reports for maternal health programs
- Provide administrative support for community based maternal health trainings
- Organize monthly meetings between RHD, SMI, and SMI’s implementing partners
- Manage membership lists, coordinate meeting preparations and correspondence with attending partners, and compile and circulate minutes for quarterly subcommittee meetings
- Assist Safe Motherhood officers on all other programmatic tasks as needed
- Support the adolescent and youth program in reviewing training materials, strategies and policies
- Contribute to community youth SRH programming
- Support the implementation of the youth SRH strategy (which will be finalized by June 2015)
- Provide support and assistance to the implementation of SMI activities when required
Required Skills and Experience:
- Strong interpersonal skills
- The ability to build and nurture relationships in settings of political and cultural complexity
- Prior experience with event planning and logistics management
- Experience drafting external-facing documents, including concept notes, articles/blog posts and correspondence
- Ability to multi-task, manage multiple priorities, and take independent initiative
- Ability to report to several different supervisors/organizations simultaneously
- Experience with policy and program management
- Ability to communicate effectively with high ranking officials
- Ability to work flexibly, including handling an erratic schedule and/or location changes
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Experience designing and delivering training and events
- Experience working with the media
- Experience writing grant proposals and reports
- Experience, knowledge or background in reproductive health or maternal and child health
Fellows receive the following benefits:
- Monthly living stipend
- Housing
- Utilities stipend
- Health insurance
- A professional development grant of $600
- A completion award of $1500
- An advising program that pairs each fellow with an advisor in his/her area of work or interest
- A two-week Training Institute at Yale University in the United States to begin the fellowship
- A five-day End-of-Year retreat in East Africa to finish the fellowship
- Three multi-day trainings during the year
- Travel to and from placement site, all trainings, and retreats
- Professional development and personal support from a dedicated in-country program manager
- Personal development and accompaniment program led by Still Harbor
To see the full job description, please visit:bit.ly/1tUO522
To apply to this position go to: http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/application/
To see the full list of fellowship positions, go to: http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/through-placements/
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