Organisation: Global Health Corps (GHC)
Placement Organisation: Save the Mothers (STM)
Duty Station: Mukono, Uganda
Eligible Citizenship: USA (American)
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 Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.
Save the Mothers (STM) is an
international organization that is operating in Uganda but is registered in the
US, Canada and East Africa. Its vision is that “no mother or her child
should die of pregnancy complications”. It 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, which is 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 eight Ugandan hospitals).
Job Summary: The Fundraising and Development
Coordinator will play a focal role in helping to ensure that resources are
available to make that a reality and 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.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
·
Develop
and implement a fundraising strategy and plan, in line with the strategic
objectives of the organization
·
In
charge of research funding and partnership opportunities and share them with
program teams and STM board/management
·
Work
in liaison with the management to build local and international strategic
partnerships for Save the Mothers
·
Actively
participate in Save the Mothers’ resource mobilization initiatives, which
include, but are not limited to: concept development, proposal writing, and
donor communication
·
Responsible
for 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
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
·
The
ideal candidate for the Communications and Partnership Officer should be an
American who preferably holds a Master of Public Health degree
·
Prior
experience or coursework in public health
·
Proven
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 Code of Conduct at Uganda Christian
University where the program is housed
·
Previous
experience and commitment to maternal and reproductive health
·
Prior
fundraising or resource mobilization experience
·
Good
team player
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 provided at Uganda Christian University, where Save the
Mothers’ offices are located, in Mukono, a peri-urban center in central Uganda.
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.
Deadline: 2nd February, 2016
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