Uganda: Global Health Corps Fellowship: Partnership Development, Fundraising and Communications 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:Set Her Free (SHF) is a non-profit organization working to restore the lives of young girls that were victims of sexual exploitation. We currently run 2 homes in the Kawempe and Nakawa Divisions of Kampala, Uganda. At these homes, we provide food, shelter, formal education, vocational skills training, counselling, and medical care to young women. SHF provides temporary accommodation and resettlement assistance for girls who do not have safe places to go at night, and provides services for the girls at the centre during the day. SHF provides an open and non-judgmental community that supports girls in reaching their full potential.

Fellowship Position Overview:The Fundraising and Communications Officer’s primary role will be to lead Set Her Free’s resource mobilization efforts by identifying potential donors and partners, crafting proposals and letters of interest, and helping to develop strategic organizational growth plans. The Fundraising and Communication Officer’s secondary role will be to create a coherent and attractive communications strategy and represent the organization in external and partner meetings.

Responsibilities:

• Help the Executive Director and the leadership team make strategic growth decisions


• Conduct background research on proposal opportunities to determine SHF’s competitiveness to receive funding


• Lead proposal development processes, taking primary responsibility for proposal design, writing, budgeting, and ensuring timely and efficient submission of competitive proposals


• Help to develop a diverse mix of funding sources


• Maintain donor and proposal tracking spreadsheet, ensuring that it is up-to-date


• Assist board members, donors, sponsors and other guests on field visits and information needs


• Write and edit a variety of internal and external communications


• Design and oversee the implementation of a communications strategy that articulates a coherent identity and raises SHF’s profile


• Consistently update SHF’s social media strategy and presence


• Strengthen communication touch-points with SHF stakeholders to keep them informed about SHF projects and activities; develop and share impact stories


• Liaise with management to build local and international strategic partnerships for SHF


• Support the implementation of a partnership strategy


• Stay informed of news and updates in philanthropy and resource mobilization

Required Skills and Experience:

• Experience raising funds from institutional funders and individual donors


• Experience writing funding proposals for institutional funders and individual donors


• Comfort executing fundraising and development ideas with independence and confidence


• Excellent writing and communication skills in English


• Experience with NGO communications strategies and knowledge of communications trends in international development and global health

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience working with women or for women’s rights

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 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/