Job description
E-Learning Fellow at
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation (G08-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, m
entorship 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:
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.
Mission: 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
Fellowship Position
Overview: The
E-Learning Fellow will develop and monitor the functionality of Baylor-Uganda’s
e-learning system for staff development and learning objectives and provide
e-learning support services to Baylor-Uganda staff.
Responsibilities:
- Develop an e-learning platform to provide in-house
training activities across the various units of the organization - Maintain content on e-learning system and disseminate to
staff to promote staff learning - Create a database of e-learning trainers and
institutions both locally and according to the different professions and
training needs within the organization - Maintain integrated talent development management system
running on the Baylor-Uganda HRIS platform - Monitor the implementation of a mentorship and coaching
program between supervisors and staff - Develop course and impact evaluations and process
resulting data - Develop an e-library management system that will allow
staff to borrow books online and link the library to other e-libraries to
broaden the scoop of readily available articles, journals and books - Develop work plans, budgets and reports for human
resources information system (HRIS) staff across all Baylor-Uganda regions
- Conduct HRIS usage audit to establish compliance with
HRIS usage guidelines - Prepare system-generated awards to all learners at end
of course
Required Skills and
Experience:
- Analytical and decision making skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Proficiency in MS office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint),
data collection, validation and analysis - Demonstrable skills in programming
- Experience in system installation and management
- Experience and/or understanding of network design,
management and security, and monitoring - Skills in documentation and information management
Preferred Skills and
Experience:
- Degree in Computer Science, IT, or Library Science
majoring in Programming or Business Computing - Professional qualifications in CCNA, Microsoft MCSE
2000, MCP, MCSA, MCDBA, CWNA, and CCIP or other relevant qualifications - 2 years of work experience in IT and HRIS management
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
How to apply
Apply at http:ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/.
Applications will close
February 3, 2015.
If you have any questions about
the application process and the fellowship, refer to our FAQs page at http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/faqs/.
For specific questions, direct
them to applyinfo@ghcorps.org.
