Uganda: Knowledge Management, Communications and External Relations Officer
Knowledge Management, Communications & External Relations Officer, Jhpiego (G10-USA)
About the Global Health Corps Fellowship: 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. We believe that great ideas don't change the world, great PEOPLE do! 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, such as the one described below. To see the full list of fellowship positions, go to:http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/through-placements/.
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:
Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. For 40 years and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families. Jhpiego works with health experts, governments and community leaders to provide high-quality health care for their people. Jhpiego develops strategies to help countries care for themselves by training competent health care workers, strengthening health systems and improving delivery of care.
Jhpiego designs innovative, effective and low-cost health care solutions to ensure a level of care for women and their families. These practical, evidence-based interventions are breaking down barriers to high-quality health care for the world's most vulnerable populations. Jhpiego has worked off and on in Uganda for nearly 30 years. In 2011, Jhpiego made a strategic decision based on country needs and interests from key stakeholders to establish a country office, with the goal of strengthening Jhpiego's support to Uganda's Ministry of Health. The fellows will actively participate in developing this exciting endeavor.
Fellowship Position Overview: The Knowledge Management, Communication and External Relations fellows will work closely with the Country Director and individual program managers to ensure that the Jhpiego-Uganda program is capturing and communicating program information effectively, using as many means as possible, to a wide range of external audiences in Uganda. The fellows will work with the Country Director to ensure regular and effective interpersonal engagements with key partners and stakeholders; and active external relations efforts that target many different groups, including partners at the community/district levels, decision makers in Kampala, and interested international audiences. Finally, these fellows will work with the Country Director to devise systems by which the external policy and programmatic environment is being monitored, and findings from this "environmental scanning" process are being incorporated into program planning and implementation. As core members of a small team, these fellows will be fully engaged in many aspects of program activity, and will have the opportunity to contribute their ideas on how to improve programs to better respond to the needs and interests of the external environment.
Responsibilities: *
Strategy Development:*
Increasing Program Sharing and Visibility in Uganda:
Lead implementation of all of the strategies aboveWork with individual program managers to generate, document and share lessons learned from program activitiesDevelop a packet of compelling program information (and a system for ensuring that it is regularly updated), with an emphasis on presenting results of interventions and innovations, and lessons learned in the implementation processEnsure that all information/communication coming out of the program is presented in such a way that it gives a clear and compelling presentation, and reflects the innovation and effectiveness of the Jhpiego-Uganda programLead efforts to regularly share program information through multiple outlets (presentations, one-on-one meetings, comments at large meetings, written briefings, etc.)Work with the Country Director and program managers to ensure that Jhpiego-Uganda is regularly engaging with and providing the necessary program information to key partners and stakeholders through one-on-one interactions, and also through regular presence at meetings and other group forumsContributing to Jhpiego's Global External Relations and Communications Efforts:
Coordinate and share in-country communications with Jhpiego's global External Relations and Communications officeLead on ensuring that Jhpiego-Uganda is contributing fully to Jhpiego's global efforts to tell the story of its great workLead the process of writing success stories and defining high level program highlights that can be widely disseminated in Uganda and globally through the External Relations and Communications (ERCO) team; submit photos, Facebook posts and short updates to ERCO for global disseminationKeep the Uganda portion of the Jhpiego website up-to-dateRequired Skills and Experience:
Knowledge of the field of public health (either a degree that is related to public health, or experience working in a public health program)Ability to quickly understand both the theory and the practice of public health programming in a developing country is essentialOutstanding interpersonal skills; the ability to relate to a wide range of individuals, and to instill confidence and trustExcellent written and verbal communication skillsOutstanding presentation skillsThe ability to quickly learn and to write and talk knowledgeably about new subjectsPreferred Skills and Experience:
One of the fellows should ideally have experience with behavior change communication and community engagementOne of the fellows should ideally have experience in communication for policy makers, donors and other implementing partnersFellows receive the following benefits:
Monthly living stipendHousingUtilities stipendHealth insuranceA professional development grant of $600A completion award of $1500An advising program that pairs each fellow with an advisor in his/her area of work or interestA two-week Training Institute at Yale University in the United States to begin the fellowshipA five-day End-of-Year retreat in East Africa to finish the fellowshipThree multi-day trainings during the yearTravel to and from placement site, all trainings, and retreatsProfessional development and personal support from a dedicated in-country program managerPersonal development and accompaniment program led by Still HarborApply at ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/
Applications will close February 3, 2015.
*We appreciate EARLY APPLICANTS and are able to spend more time with their applications
If you have any questions about the application process and the fellowship, refer to our FAQs page at http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/faqs/.
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