Researcher/writer position with the Journal of Palestine Studies
The Journal of Palestine Studies, a quarterly scholarly journal based in Washington, is seeking a researcher/writer to compile its detailed, day-by-day Chronology and its Quarterly Update section. Learn more about the postion and how to apply here: http://www.palestine-studies.org/files/pdf/jq/11416.pdf.
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GHFP Two year fellowship as Neglected Tropical Diseases Technical Advisor, based in DC. Apply by 9/24
Global Health Fellows Program II
Technical Advisor II: Neglected Tropical Diseases Technical Advisor
Infectious Diseases Division, Office of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development
Location: Washington, DC
Assignment: Two year fellowship
GHFP II-P1-054
The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with CDC Development Solutions and Management Systems International. GHFP-II is supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
GHFP-II's goal is to improve the effectiveness of USAID health programs by developing and increasing the capacity of health professionals with tailored development opportunities. This is accomplished through the recruitment, placement and support of diverse health professionals at the junior, mid and senior levels, and performance management and professional development activities aimed to enhance the technical and leadership skills of fellows.
INTRODUCTION
The Infectious Diseases Division of the Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition in USAID's Bureau for Global Health is charged with the technical leadership for, and management of, programs in infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases; maternal and child health; nutrition; and health systems strengthening. The Neglected Tropical Diseases Technical Advisor (Technical Advisor) will serve within the Infectious Diseases Division and will support the technical management and coordination of USAID-funded Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) programs. The Technical Advisor will receive day-to-day guidance from the Chief of the Infectious Diseases Division, and will serve as a member of the NTD team, working closely with Division technical advisors and health staff in USAID regional bureaus and missions. S/he will support the technical excellence of USAID programs, coordinating appropriate technical assistance to country level programs and ensuring cross-learning between countries. The Technical Advisor will engage with USAID country Missions, regional offices, other United States Government agencies and implementing partners to ensure appropriate collaboration. S/he will also assist with monitoring any constraints to implementation and identifying solutions, as well as participating in international working groups related to NTDs and supporting the development of policy and normative guidelines.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The primary responsibilities of the Neglected Tropical Diseases Technical Advisor include:
- Provide appropriate technical inputs and assistance to USAID/Washington and field based programs for the review of grant applications, country-level work plans, and in support of NTD program implementation in all USAID-supported countries
- Liaise with USAID missions and partner agencies/organizations implementing NTD activities
- Monitor ongoing country-level activities, including francophone countries, under the NTD portfolio, including travel to visit field activities
- Assist in the technical management of the grants or cooperative agreements under the NTD portfolio
- Provide assistance in the planning, budgeting, and reporting of results for the NTD portfolio
- Work with the USAID NTD team in preparing, presenting, and disseminating materials, briefings and reports for colleagues, Bureau and Agency leadership, and other partners
- Provide assistance to USAID regional bureaus and missions involved in NTD efforts as well as other health programs
- Participate in periodic job-related international working groups and professionals meetings
- Participate in professional continuing education, skills training and USAID training activities, as appropriate
Other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned based on (a) organizational and programming need and/or (b) the Technical Advisor's own interest.
REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE
- Master's degree in public health, health sciences, or other relevant disciplines
- 5-12 years' experience in public health in designing, implementing, and/or evaluating public health activities/programs with at least 2 years' experience working in an international or resource challenged setting
- Experience with developing program strategies, program evaluation and implementation
- Experience with NTDs desirable
- Demonstrated flexibility and openness in responding to changing work priorities and environment
- Demonstrated organizational skills
- Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communications skills
- Strong team and networking skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability and willingness to travel internationally up to 20%
- Proficiency in French required
- US Citizenship or US permanent Residency required
SALARY AND BENEFITS:
Salary based on commensurate experience and earnings history. The Public Health Institute offers a comprehensive benefits package including professional development programs http://www.ghfp.net/docs/2012_Benefits_Booklet_GHFP.pdf
TO APPLY
All applicants are required to apply for this position through GHFP-II's online recruitment system at https://www.ghfp.net/recruitment/, which allows you to store your CV, profile and bio data form in our database. A separate cover letter describing your qualifications and experience, interest and familiarity with issues relating to this position, and how this position relates to your career goals is required for each application. All applications must be submitted by 5:00 pm Eastern Time on September 24, 2012.
MSH Project Associate for TB Projects based in Arlington, VA or Cambridge, MA
MSH seeks a dynamic individual, who is proficient (written and oral) in French or Spanish, for the Project Associate for TB Projects position based in Arlington, VA or Cambridge, MA
Integrity • Excellence • Vitality • Collaboration • Empowerment
These are the shared values on which MSH culture thrives. These values unite us as a global community dedicated to our mission. In this rich soil, enduring relationships flourish—with each other and with our clients and partners. We hold ourselves accountable to live up to these values in our daily work.
MSH is seeking candidates for the Project Associate position for TB Projects, to be based in Arlington, VA or Cambridge, MA. The Project Associate for TB Projects is responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of technical efforts, programs, and activities by coordinating programmatic information and providing logistical support for activities within the TB projects. He/She works closely with members of the Operations Office to ensure close coordination on country-level activities. The Project Associate is responsible for working with other staff to coordinate technical assistance and to keep staff informed of the status of specific project activities. This person will work closely with the CHS/TB Project Director, Senior Project Officer (SPO), and Project Specialist to ensure that TB projects and activities receive the assistance required as outlined below.
If you or anyone you know would like to be considered for the position, please apply via the Web link below.
Project Associate for TB Projects (Job ID: 13-5459) https://jobs-msh.icims.com/jobs/5459/project-associate%2c-tb/job
What is the “Happiness” in Gross National Happiness? A Paradigm to Sustainable Human Existence: A talk by Gampo Dorji
A Talk by Gampo Dorji, MPH, MBBS
Monday, September 10, 12-1:20 PM
Crosstown Center Building, Room #305
Bhutan is a country unknown to many; it can be an arduous test of one’s high school geography to locate it on the globe. Nested between the world’s two most populous nations, India in the south and China in the north, this tiny Himalayan nation has received recent global press for having a high Gross National Happiness or GNH.
Bhutan’s GNH index is a multi-dimensional measure comprised of 9 domains: psychological wellbeing, time use, community vitality, cultural diversity, ecological resilience, living standard, health, education and good governance. Unlike certain concepts of happiness featured in current western literature, happiness is not just a measurement of subjective feeling of emotions nor is it narrowly focused on happiness for and with oneself.
In early 2012, the United Nations High Level Meeting addressing “Happiness and Well-being: Defining a New Economic Paradigm,” convened by Bhutan, emphasized building a “guiding vision for sustainability and our future, one that will bring a more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach that will promote sustainability, eradicate poverty and enhance well-being and happiness.” The UN General Assembly recently adopted March 20th as the “the International Day of Happiness” to explore various ways to measure prosperity that go beyond material wealth initiated and championed by Bhutan.
Dr. Gampo Dorji is a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) student in International Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. He holds a MBBS degree from India and MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He worked as a primary care physician, district medical officer and later directed a cluster of national public health programs in the Ministry of Health in Bhutan. He is a current member of the IRB in Bhutan and serves as a technical expert to the South Asian Association Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Tuberculosis Center in Kathmandu. He has extensively worked in the area of HIV/AIDS and Non-Communicable Diseases in Bhutan. Currently he works as an intern at MSH supporting the Fragile States Initiative.
Events Manager Full-time position with Vitamin Angels
Full-time position with Vitamin Angels Learn more about the position here: Events Manager Position Description
Learn about the organization here: http://www.vitaminangels.org.
Please send resume and cover letter to info@vitaminangels.org.
Chance to work with Malcolm Bryant on his Ethiopia project!
Malcolm Bryant is looking for a student who would be interested in volunteering for a few hours a week to assist with data entry for his Ethiopia project in September and October. Times are negotiable.
Interested? Contact Malcolm Bryant, Clinical Associate Professor at bryantm@bu.edu!
2012 William J. Bicknell Lectureship in Public Health: Pain, Percocets and the Public’s Health: Balancing Patient Care and Drug Controls in the US and Abroad.
Keynote Speaker: Noreen M. Clark, PhD
Director, Center for Managing Chronic Disease, University of Michigan
Panelists:
Madeleine Biondolillo, MD
Director, Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Barbara Herbert, MD
Chief, Division of Addiction Medicine, St Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Richard Laing, MD
Medical Officer, Department of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies,
World Health Organization
Date: Friday, September 21
Time: 8:30 a.m.–noon
Location: 670 Albany Street
A complimentary luncheon will follow the panel discussion.
Special Luncheon Guest: Olympic Bronze Medalist Natalie Dell, SPH '08
A warm welcome to our new social entrepeneur resident: Indrid De Beer, manager of Pharmaccess Namibia
This fall, the Department of International Health is fortunate to have a successful social entrepreneur resident with us here in Boston. She is Ingrid De Beer, the manager of Pharmaccess Namibia for the past eight years. She has helped to develop and evaluate innovative public health programs including low cost health insurance plans that include AIDS treatment, mobile workplace testing programs for HIV and other chronic diseases, and mobile primary care clinics that bring care to the most isolated areas of the country.
Ingrid helped to found Pharmaccess, which is associated with a Dutch NGO, and has been very effective in developing and evaluating these programs, all of which have an element of public private partnership. Several of the management problems confronted by Pharmaccess Namibia will be addressed by students in IH 743 (Program Implementation). In the last two years, Pharmaccess Namibia has hosted practica for two DIH students.
We invited Ingrid to join DIH this term to share what she has learned about the difficulties of starting and running a public health NGO in a developing country. Students interested in such work can meet with Ingrid and discuss their interests and her experience. She will be making a presentation on Pharmaccess Namibia early in the semester, and students can follow up and arrange to meet with her in her office, CT 363 (email: ingriddb@namibia.pharmaccess.org).
