Uganda: Global Health Corps Fellowship: Fundraising and Development Officer - 2015

Organization: Global Health Corps

Country: Uganda

Closing date: 03 Feb 2015

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. 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:Save the Mothers (STM) is an international organization operating in Uganda, but registered in the US, Canada and East Africa. Its vision is “No mother or her child should die of pregnancy complications.” STM is a non-governmental organization equipping professionals in developing countries–who work in a wide array of disciplines–to improve the health of mothers and babies. Multidisciplinary professionals are trained through the Master of Public Health Leadership Program, hosted by Save the Mothers at the Uganda Christian University. Through their specific vocations, graduates of our Master in Public Health Leadership (MPHL) program become influencers for positive societal change, working to overcome preventable maternal death. STM has enrolled over 350 East African professionals in its MPHL Program at UCU, developing change agents that bring change in maternal health to their spheres of influence. In addition, STM is utilizing its graduates to bring measurable and sustainable change to health facilities through its Mother Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (now working in 8 Ugandan hospitals).

Fellowship Position Overview:The GHC fellow will be committed to improving maternal child health in a global community where mothers and babies continue to die from preventable diseases. The GHC fellow will have a vital role in helping to ensure that resources are available to make that a reality. S/he will contribute to fundraising and grant writing with a focus on sources that are primarily from the East African context (and hence more sustainable and regional). This funding will support the leadership training of multidisciplinary East African professionals (through a Master of Public Health Leadership program) and clinical outreach activities (such as the Mother Baby Hospital Friendly Initiative) of Save the Mothers.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a fundraising strategy and plan, in line with the strategic objectives of the organization


• Research funding and partnership opportunities and share them with program teams and STM board/management


• Liaise with management to build local and international strategic partnerships for Save the Mothers


• Participate in Save the Mothers’ resource mobilization initiatives, which include, but are not limited to: concept development, proposal writing, and donor communication


• Assist with capacity building for Save the Mothers’ staff and partners in proposal development and resource mobilization skills


• Develop fundable concept papers and proposals across Save the Mothers programs including the Mother Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and the Master of Public Health Leadership program


• Support, when possible, the fundraising initiatives of the Uganda Christian University (UCU) where Save the Mothers is housed

Required Skills and Experience:

• Prior experience or coursework in Public Health


• Ability to write and organize grants


• Self-starter and commitment to learning


• Excellent collaborator and ability to inspire/mobilize others


• Respectful of the principles of identity and the Code of Conduct at Uganda Christian University, where the program is housed

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Master’s of Public Health


• Experience and commitment to maternal and reproductive health


• Fundraising or resource mobilization experience


• Team player

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 original job description, go to:http://bit.ly/1HrAE0Z

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/

How to apply:

http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/application/