Global Health Corps ,Partnerships and Fundraising Coordinator, Uganda Village Project (G04-USA)

Job description

Partnerships and
Fundraising Coordinator at Uganda Village Project (G04-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 20
16. 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, 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:
Uganda Village Project (UVP) is a nonprofit organization working with the
people of Iganga to promote public health and sustainable development in the
rural communities of this marginalized district in southeast Uganda. UVP
facilitates community health and well-being in rural Uganda through improved
access, education, and prevention. The organization’s flagship effort is the
“Healthy Villages” program; an innovative, grassroots approach where
Uganda Village Project works at a village-by-village level to address the most
pressing healthcare concerns of each community, including malaria, HIV and
STIs, household sanitation and hygiene, and family planning access. UVP also
works with obstetric fistula awareness and repair and provision of clean water
through shallow wells. Uganda Village Project has been working in Iganga
District for 10 years, and we have committed to a recent period of robust
evaluation to ensure our projects are having the intended impact. In 2015, we
will be building off the work done by 2014 GHC fellows and continue evaluation
covering our current priority areas of:

Malaria
HIV/AIDS and STIs
Family planning
Sanitation and hygiene
Obstetric fistula
Community-constructed shallow wells

Fellowship Position
Overview: The fellow
will work to strengthen relationships with organizations and individuals who
support UVP, including grant makers, NGO colleagues, and Ugandan and
international interns. This position will identify and steward institutional
funders; support the UVP grant committee to submit proposals; liaise with NGO
colleagues to form partnerships and strengthen program work; and improve the viability
of the annual summer internship program by overhauling orientation, creating
materials, and supporting interns during their time in Iganga.

Responsibilities:

Create landscape analysis of regional NGOs working in
similar programs to UVP and creating partnership strategies
Identify funding opportunities within Uganda and
internationally, resulting in a strategy and timeline for proposal
submission
Proactively seek out partnership opportunities and build
and strengthen relationships with implementing agencies, local CBOs,
international NGOs, and funders
Promote UVP’s work on social media and blogs
Work with the M&E Officer (GHC Co-Fellow) to create
communication strategies to share UVP’s impact with external audiences
Assist with strengthening the annual internship program
Create materials and documents for the internship
program
Review internship evaluations and feedback to inform
changes to pre-departure systems, orientation, and on-the-ground support
Create orientation outline and content and support staff
to improve orientation delivery
Work closely with UVP’s Managing Director to supervise
interns during the annual internship program (note: This could include an
optional one-month extension with UVP to live near internship sites and do
daily visits to project sites)

Required Skills and
Experience:

Comfort communicating with external audiences
Willingness to be pro-active about building
relationships with partners
Conflict management skills
Understanding of cross-cultural issues and respect for
local staff, partners, and interns
Comfortable working closely with colleagues
Self-starter and self-disciplined

Preferred Skills and
Experience:

Experience with volunteer management
Experience leading trainings and creating training
materials
Grant writing or grant identification skills
Program planning and design and project management
experience

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