Organisation: Global
Health Corps (GHC)
Placement Organisation: Baylor
College of Medicine Children’s Foundation
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Salary: Monthly Stipend
of 550 dollars per month
Global Health Corps pairs
intelligent and passionate fellows with organizations that require new thinking
and innovative solutions. We provide these young leaders with the tools to
remain connected after their fellowship year finishes, deepening their ability
to enact change through heightened skills and strong partnerships. We currently
place fellows in Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the United States, and
Zambia.
Baylor College of Medicine
Children’s Foundation Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is a national non-profit child
health and development organization providing family centered pediatric
HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment service as well as health professional
training and clinical research in Uganda. Baylor-Uganda is committed to
providing high quality, high impact and highly ethical pediatric and family
centered health care, health professional training and clinical research,
focused on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, malnutrition and other conditions
impacting the health and well-being of children and families worldwide. Baylor-Uganda’s
current priority areas include:
- HIV/AIDS
prevention - Care
and treatment services - Health
professional training and capacity building - Clinical
research - Maternal
and child illnesses
Job Summary: The Gender
Mainstreaming Fellow will work closely with relevant Ministries of Health and
District Health Teams (DHT) to strengthen institutional, policy, legal and
other mechanisms that can provide a supportive environment for combatting
sexual and gender based violence related to HIV/AIDS. The Fellow will develop and monitor the implementation
of strategies at the community level to strengthen activities that raise
awareness of and build capacity to change negative gender norms and practices
regarding reproductive health and the demand for HIV prevention and care
services. The Fellow will monitor the implementation of gender mainstreaming
strategies into district operating procedures, care policies, and work-plans.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- In
order to develop a multi-sector approach to gender mainstreaming in
HIV/AIDS services, build, grow and develop strategic partnerships with key
stakeholders in relevant government committees at the district and
community levels; - Working
with these committee members, advocate for comprehensive interventions to
enhance gender mainstreaming, and periodic performance review of these
interventions - Develop
an operational work plan, procurement plan, and budget for implementation
of gender mainstreaming activities in HIV/AIDS prevention and care
services - Work
closely with districts to integrate these activities into the district work
plans and budgets - Actively
monitor the implementation of strategies for promoting male involvement in
reproductive health programs and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment
services - Offer
technical support in developing and implementing a monitoring and evaluation
framework, as well as data collection tools, to evaluate gender
mainstreaming activities in HIV/AIDS services - Monitor
reporting on gender inequalities and gender-related barriers that affect
access to and utilization of HIV services at district and community levels - Carry
out research and present best practices related to gender mainstreaming in
HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services - Implement
quality improvement projects for gender mainstreaming activities - Enhance
the capacity of district health workers and Baylor-Uganda staff to
implement gender mainstreaming activities through training, mentorship,
and supervision - Prepare
funding proposals related to gender mainstreaming in HIV/AIDS prevention
and care
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
GHC fellow should hold a Master’s degree in Gender and Development Studies
or Public Health - Significant
experience in gender or women’s rights programming, especially in the
context of HIV/AIDS issues in a Non-Governmental Organizations, with at
least two (2) years’ experience influencing the policy environment related
to gender and HIV/AIDS - Past
experience developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks and tools - Past
experience in program design, strategic planning, program management and
implementation, especially within a developing country context - Excellent
analytical & decision making skills - Possess
the ability to work under pressure - Excellent
communication, analytical, networking, and partnership skills
Job Terms and Conditions:
Fellows will be provided with housing, health insurance and a living stipend of
$550/month. Additionally, fellows will receive an award of $1500 upon
successful completion of the fellowship year. Flights to and from the placement
site and all other costs associated with GHC programming are included,
including $600 in professional development funds. Housing will be arranged in Kampala.
Note: The living stipend
and completion award may be paid out in USD or local currency, as determined by
the placement organization.
All applicants who desire to be
placed by the Global Health Corps in the aforementioned organization should
express interest by clearly following the instructions at the web page below.
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