About Global Health Corps
Global Health Corps (GHC) is a leadership development organization focused on building the next generation of diverse, disruptive global health leaders. Founded in 2009, we competitively recruit talented professionals (ages 21-30) from a range of sectors and backgrounds and place them in high-impact roles within partner organizations -- including Clinton Health Access Initiative, Partners in Health, Planned Parenthood Global, and Government Ministries in Zambia, Rwanda, and Uganda -- working on the front lines of health equity in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the US, and Zambia.
GHC is seeking fellows from a wide range of backgrounds, geographies, and expertise. Through a one-year paid fellowship program, fellows provide the expertise and leadership potential needed to fill capacity gaps in global health.
About the Placement Organization
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) seeks to prevent pediatric HIV infection and to eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy and prevention, and treatment programs. The Foundation is working to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and to give children and families who live with HIV/AIDS a chance for a healthy future. Before the Foundation’s inception, children affected by HIV and AIDS had no voice – and few medicines and interventions were available specifically for them. Thanks to the courageous efforts of Elizabeth Glaser and those who follow in her footsteps, the Foundation improves life for millions of children and families affected by AIDS each year by funding groundbreaking scientific research, providing lifesaving services, and advocating for children around the globe. The Foundation is currently providing support to 4,500 sites, in 17 countries worldwide. Our organizational values are: innovation, passion, excellent teamwork, accountability and leadership. EGPAF Malawi is a dynamic and vibrant organization in a period of continuous growth and improvement. EGPAF works closely with the Malawian Ministry of Health providing hands on technical support for HIV prevention, care and treatment services in seven districts across the country.
Position Overview
The Evidence to Programs (E2P) Officer will be based in Lilongwe and help the EGPAF Malawi office build evidence and documentation for our work and help put our best practices and lessons learned into action by integrating them into our programs. The E2P Officer will be responsible for provision of technical support services in areas including quality program design, program quality improvement, monitoring and evaluation, research, project reporting, documentation of best practices and learning across the program, and ensuring effective and efficient program delivery. The E2P Officer will also be responsible for identification, documentation and dissemination of best practices, including preparation of abstracts, manuscripts, media briefs and articles.
Responsibilities
Evaluation, Quality Improvement and Research Support (50%)
- Contribute to the evaluation agenda and priorities for identifying evidence for programs
- Participate in program evaluation and/or quantitative and qualitative data analysis to inform program performance
- Provide feedback on data to supported sites and assist site-level staff on how to utilize data for local program planning and quality improvement, including presentations of data dashboards and graphics to illustrate results and trends
- Participate in data quality assessments, feedback and improvement activities of health facilities and/or local community based organizations
- Contribute to data collection, monitoring and analysis
- Support the analysis and reporting of data for Ministry of Health, EGPAF and donor use
- Support and/or lead the presentation of evaluation results to stakeholders Collaborate across the Strategic Information and Evaluation and Programs Teams to translate evaluation and research into programmatic improvements
Documentation/ Communications of Best Practices and Lessons Learned (50%)
- Coordinate, research, write and edit original content for a variety of donor and other relevant stakeholders, including, but not limited to: key messages, newsletters (print and electronic), brochures, impact reports, event collateral, messaging, toolkits, and internal communication
- Participate in the review and/or development of quarterly, semi-annual and annual project reports
- Develop an overall and project-specific documentation plan(s) for documentation and best practices beyond the regular reporting requirements
- Documentation of best practices and lessons learned for internal and external purposes
- Lead and develop blogs on EGPAF Malawi’s work for EGPAF’s external website
- Plan, implement and oversee EGPAF’s communication activities in order to increase access and provision of HIV services in EGPAF supported districts and the country at large
- Propose, coordinate with co-authors, and write article(s) for EGPAF’s technical brief, Haba na Haba
- Participate in proposal development as needed
Required Skills and Experience
- Degree in social sciences, demography, project management/monitoring and evaluation, statistics or related fields, or relevant work experience
- Strong analytical and planning skills, and an understanding of a range of methods for monitoring, evaluation and assessment to promote evidence-based learning
- Creative and innovative thinking, with demonstrated analytical skills and attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to design, commission, and manage assessment methodologies and evaluations
- A strong quantitative background with experience in data collection, analysis, management and presentation
- Ability to work in a team environment, but with self-sufficiency and self-motivation
- Strong interpersonal skills coupled with excellent communication skills: verbal, written, listening, presentation and facilitation
- Ability to multi-task; flexible and capable of working under pressure and tight deadlines with demonstrated ability to prioritize across multiple projects and relationships
- Strong strategic thinking ability in communications and public relations environment
- Exceptional writing and editing ability, including the ability to adapt to a variety of tones, styles and formats required to meet the Foundation’s goals
- Superior organization/problem-solving skills
- Excellent researching, interviewing, fact-checking and proofreading skills
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Master’s degree in public health or related field
- Experience with proposal development and writing technical reports
- Knowledge and experience in using quality improvement methodologies for health, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, communication and learning (knowledge management)
- Research methodology and good knowledge of statistical packages
- Experience writing up lessons learned and best practices
Fellowship Logistics
During the fellowship year, all fellows are provided with:
During the fellowship year, all fellows are provided with:
- A living stipend of $650/month
- Housing and utilities
- Health insurance
- A professional development grant of $600
- An award of $1500 upon successful completion of the fellowship year
- Travel costs covered to and from placement site, training and retreats *Note: The living stipend and the completion award may be paid out in USD or local currency, as determined by the placement organization.
Living and Working in Malawi: Fellows are provided with housing and utilities during the fellowship year. Housing arrangements vary based on the placement organization and location within the country. Fellows at EGPAF will be housed near the EGPAF office in Lilongwe, an urban center and capital of Malawi.
Check out over 160 Global Health Corps Fellowship Positions on our website: http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply-to-be-a-fellow/fellowship-position/
HOW TO APPLY:
Applications will close February 2nd, 2016.
If you have any questions about the application process and the fellowship, refer to our FAQs page athttp://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/faqs/
For specific questions, direct them to applyinfo@ghcorps.org
