Job Title: G11-Int: Program Officer
Organisation: Global Health Corps (GHC)
Placement Organisation: Foundation for Community Development and Empowerment
(FCDE)
(FCDE)
Duty Station: Kasese, Uganda
Salary:
Monthly Stipend of 550 dollars per month
Monthly Stipend of 550 dollars per month
About GHC:
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.
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.
About FCDE:
Foundation for Community Development and
Empowerment (FCDE) collaborates with established community-based organizations
to increase their institutional capacity. Acting as a catalyst, FCDE provides
direct support to strengthen each partner organization’s efficacy in the
community and ensures that local voices direct development. Some of our
capacity building approaches include: conducting skill building workshops,
providing one-on-one support, placing interns with organizations, helping
conduct institutional self-assessments, grant making, assisting organizations
with identifying funding opportunities, and providing a localized resource
center for the community.
Empowerment (FCDE) collaborates with established community-based organizations
to increase their institutional capacity. Acting as a catalyst, FCDE provides
direct support to strengthen each partner organization’s efficacy in the
community and ensures that local voices direct development. Some of our
capacity building approaches include: conducting skill building workshops,
providing one-on-one support, placing interns with organizations, helping
conduct institutional self-assessments, grant making, assisting organizations
with identifying funding opportunities, and providing a localized resource
center for the community.
Job Summary: The Program Officer will support the development,
improvement, and expansion of the organization’s positive impact on underserved
communities by increasing the efficacy of the health programs of FCDE’s
community partners in Uganda. The Program Officer will be responsible for
technically supporting local organizations to deliver quality services through
planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs and projects
focusing on health and HIV/AIDS programs.
improvement, and expansion of the organization’s positive impact on underserved
communities by increasing the efficacy of the health programs of FCDE’s
community partners in Uganda. The Program Officer will be responsible for
technically supporting local organizations to deliver quality services through
planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs and projects
focusing on health and HIV/AIDS programs.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Carry out
assessments of partner organizations to identify gaps in programmatic
design and management of innovative programs/projects focused on health
and HIV/AIDS - Research and
disseminate information to partners on new trends of health and HIV/AIDS
issues; - Be an advocate
for creative solutions and new ideas in the field - Provide training
and mentorship to partner organizations in the areas of designing,
implementing, monitoring, and evaluating health programs/projects in
relation to new trends; - This includes
developing project log frames, setting realistic goals, objectives and
indicators, designing tools for data collection, data analysis, and
interpretation and generating reports from the analyzed data - Actively support
partner organization’s fundraising efforts through identification of
potential funders, writing quality proposals, and marketing their stories
Key Performance Indicators:
- Design
and Implementation- Work with FCDE partner
organizations to design and implement innovative health and HIV/AIDS
programs and projects in line with new trends in the field - Monitoring
and Evaluation – Help partners design and
implement monitoring and evaluation frameworks (including reporting and
delivery) to track impact of set goals, objectives and indicators for
programs and projects - Fund
Mobilization
– Assist partner organizations to increase their capacity for fundraising
through grant writing, marketing, and sustainability planning
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The GHC fellow
should have significant experience with advocacy - Additional
training and facilitation skills; comfort public speaking - Past experience
in partnership development - The ability to
get things done and come in with an open mind, new ideas, and a passion
for global health - Keen interest in
organizational capacity building, especially in rural communities - Working
knowledge of new trends in health and HIV/AIDS issues, or strong interest
in learning about them - Possess the
ability to work in a team environment with self-sufficiency and
self-motivation - Experience with
project planning and management, including monitoring and evaluation - Experience with
proposal writing - Ability to
undertake regular field visits to rural communities
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 Kasese.
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 Kasese.
Note: The
living stipend and completion award may be paid out in USD or local currency,
as determined by the placement organization.
living stipend and completion award may be paid out in USD or local currency,
as determined by the placement organization.
How to Apply:
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.
Global Health Corps in the aforementioned organization should express interest
by clearly following the instructions at the web page below.
Deadline: 3rd February, 2015