Category: Fellowships
GHFP Fellowship in the Service Delivery Improvement Division of the Population and Reproductive Health Communications Intern Office of Population and Reproductive Health
Global Health Fellows Program II
Service Delivery Improvement Division, Population and Reproductive Health Communications Intern Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development
Anticipated timeframe: May 2014 – August 2014: Compensated 12 week internship
Location: Washington, DC
INT-P3-043
The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with Global Health Corps, GlobeMed, Management Systems International and PYXERA Global. 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 addressing the Agency’s immediate and emerging human capacity needs. The program seeks to accomplish this goal first through the recruitment, placement and support of diverse health professionals at the junior, mid and senior levels. These program participants include fellows, interns, corporate volunteers and Foreign Service National professionals. The program then provides substantial performance management and career development support to participants, including annual working planning assistance, and ensures that professional development opportunities are available.
Looking to the future, GHFP-II also seeks to establish a pool of highly-qualified global health professionals that will ensure the Agency’s ongoing technical leadership and effectiveness. This objective is supported by an extensive outreach program that brings global health opportunities and specialized career advice to a diverse range of interested individuals, with a particular focus on those underrepresented in the field of global health.
BACKGROUND:
The Service Delivery Improvement Division (SDI) under the Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) in the Bureau for Global Health (GH)develops and applies innovative strategies that improve the performance of individuals, organizations, and systems for the sustainable delivery of quality family planning services. PRH provides technical leadership, strategic direction, and implementation oversight, support to field missions, partner coordination, and performance tracking for the family planning component of the United States Government (USG)’s Global Health Initiative. A technical priority for the Office is meeting the reproductive health and family planning needs of adolescents and youth by integrating youth into global projects as well as building the capacity of staff and partners to implement effective youth programming approaches.
INTRODUCTION:
The Private Sector Intern will provide research assistance to PRH/SDI staff to understand programmatic, research and policy impact of the private sector (commercial, NGO, and civil society) outside of USAID programming across different interventions (priority areas of family planning, HIV and AIDS, child health/diarrheal management). S/he will work closely with a Private Sector Technical Advisor as his/her onsite manager.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Develop an understanding of private sector programming that strives to achieve health-related impact worldwide for its beneficiaries.
- Gain a greater understanding of how USAID works with its many partners in the private sector sphere.
- Gain experience with Geographic Information System (GIS) utilization within USAID.
- Develop skills in collaboration and coordination within a complex organizational and implementation structure.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and present research analysis summary findings and suggest recommendations on GIS mapping activities.
- Develop research analysis summary through conducting literature searches and interviews, researching, documenting, and analyzing non-USAID organizations (such as the private sector, other bilateral/multilateral/private donors, and other research-related organizations), programs and projects that have achieved health-related outcomes. Related activities include:
- Compiling literature search results utilizing USAID library resources in addition to other available resources.
- Compiling an interview list of staff from different organizations (i.e., key USAID staff, cooperating agencies, other donors, non-profit/NGOs, and commercial organizations) and providing administrative support to schedule all necessary interviews to complete the analysis. Conducting selected interviews to shape analysis of the literature findings.
- Qualitatively and quantitatively analyzing desk reviews and interview results.
- Assist the Private Sector Advisor in initiating GIS activities involving categorizing private sector project mapping across USAID.
- Other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned based on organizational and programming need and/or the Intern’s own interests.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Currently enrolled master’s or other post-bachelor’s degree candidate in a program related to business management, public health, public policy, public administration, international development, or other related fields; or, completion of such within past 12 months.
- Experience with conducting interviews and web based research.
- Demonstrated interest and/or work experience in global health and/or international development. Familiarity with family planning and reproductive health, HIV and AIDS, and child health interventions or health systems strengthening is preferred.
- Ability to research a broad array of private sector topics, projects, and programs and rapidly analyze and convey health-related impact.
- Ability to understand the varying degrees of scientific rigor built within program and evaluation design. Demonstrated interest and experience in implementation of technology applications such as GIS.
- Strong interpersonal, analytical, oral and written communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
- US Citizenship or US permanent residency required.
COMPENSATION:
$1,680 bi-weekly (exempt, salaried position).
TO APPLY:
Detailed information, including an online application and instructions, is available on our website at www.ghfp.net. All applications must be submitted by April 24, 2014 at 5:00 pm eastern time.
Directed study available for students familiar with “R” computer statistical language
Are you a student (second or third semester) who knows "R" computer statistical language? Two Global Health faculty, Veronika Wirtz and Warren Kaplan, are looking for help on a late spring/summer project related to diabetes and access to insulin. This project could be used as directed study.
If interested please contact Veronika Wirtz at vwirtz@bu.edu or Warren Kaplan at wak@bu.edu.
Global Health grads help run Boston hospitals too-learn more at the fellowship career panel this Thursday, April 17th!
The Career Center is hosting a fellowship panel Thursday, April 17th from 5-5:50pm in CT460A. There will be four panelists (listed below) with Dr. Vicky Parker from the Department of Health Policy & Management as moderator:
Kristen Apa, Boston Medical Center (an IH alum)
Aaron Fishman, Mass General Hospital
Priscilla Lueras, Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Mary Tyson, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
will share what it's been like to be an Administrative Fellow at their hospital, and share tips for preparing for the application and interview process. Please RSVP via the SPH CareerLink!
Looking for more consultancy-based course experiences?
Then you should take SB821 this summer!
Offered during Summer 1 (Mondays/Wednesdays from 2:00 – 4:45 p.m. and on Saturday, June 21 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.), the summer SB821 course focuses on the development of an intervention, implementation, and sustainability plan. Students will consult with a local public health agency that has identified some priority areas of interest. Through class assignments and consultations with the local public health agency, students will develop proposals for consideration by the public agency. This will allow students to apply the concepts learned in this classroom to a real- life situation, and produce products that may be used by the client (i.e., the public health agency).
If you are interested in maximizing your social and behavioral sciences portfolio and skills, we encourage you to consider a summer registration. If you are concerned about paying for a summer course, you can receive financial aid with only 6 credits of classes. The additional 2 credits may be developed through a 2-credit course, 2- credit practicum or independent study.
SB Concentrators, SB821 satisfies your required Intervention Selective.
MCH concentrators, SB821 is a required course option needed to satisfy your degree requirements (SB820 is the other option).
How to Register
Access the online registration system on the Student Link.
· Select the brown “Academics” tab.
· Select registration
· Scroll down to the appropriate semester (Summer 2014)
· Select Reg Options>Register for Class
· If you have planned your courses on the “Planner,” choose “Search by: Planner” to register for all of your courses at once.
Questions?
Visit the Registrar’s webpage, email the registrar, contact your advisor, or email Dallas and/or Joanne.
INCD fourth IH Currents Events Club Thursday, April 10th. All students welcome!
Come to the fourth meeting of the IH Current Events club, under the Infectious and Non-Communicable Diseases emphasis area. We’ll talk about recent developments in international health and infectious disease, as well as where these developments fit in the bigger picture. Bring in any stories you think your fellow students should know about! All concentrations are welcome.
Thursday, April 10th
12-1pm in CT374
Pizza provided!
Global Health Fellows Program II Technical Advisor II: Nutrition Advisor, apply by April 22nd
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Global Health Fellows Program II Technical Advisor II: Nutrition Advisor Nutrition 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-P3-107
The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with Global Health Corps, GlobeMed, Management Systems International and PYXERA Global. 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 addressing the Agency's immediate and emerging human capacity needs. The program seeks to accomplish this goal first through the recruitment, placement and support of diverse health professionals at the junior, mid and senior levels. These program participants include fellows, interns, corporate volunteers and Foreign Service National professionals. The program then provides substantial performance management and career development support to participants, including annual working planning assistance, and ensures that professional development opportunities are available.
Looking to the future, GHFP-II also seeks to establish a pool of highly-qualified global health professionals that will ensure the Agency's ongoing technical leadership and effectiveness. This objective is supported by an extensive outreach program that brings global health opportunities and specialized career advice to a diverse range of interested individuals, with a particular focus on those underrepresented in the field of global health.
BACKGROUND: The Nutrition Division, located within the Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition in the Bureau for Global Health (GH), provides global technical leadership to USAID Missions, host governments, partners and stakeholders to improve strategies, policies and programming on nutrition and food security. The Division works with various USAID operating units and partners in the implementation of nutrition and food security programs; including the Feed the Future Presidential Initiative; the Global Health Initiative; Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths; Title II Cooperating Sponsors/Private Voluntary Organizations; the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief partners; and Child Survival and Health Grant Program partners.
INTRODUCTION The Nutrition Division seeks a Nutrition Advisor who is going to provide broad expertise in public health nutrition toward achieving the overall operational objectives of USAID, specifically in two main areas of application: (a) nutrition assessment, designing, programming, monitoring and evaluation, focusing on specific-nutrition interventions, mainly maternal nutrition and care, breastfeeding, infant and young child feeding, and analysis and interpretation of nutritional indicators including biomarkers; and (b) food security, food and nutrient intake assessment, cross-support with agriculture, food processing and technology, food safety, water and sanitation, and private sector roles in support of nutrition programs
Under the programmatic direction of the Nutrition Team Leader and the technical guidance of the Senior Nutrition Scientist, the Nutrition Advisor is going to contribute significantly to the implementation of USAID's strategies, policies, and programming as they relate to nutrition and food security. The Advisor will be responsible for technical management and guidance to centrally-funded projects, and provide USAID technical leadership to various activities related to the reduction and treatment of acute undernutrition and stunting, prevention of overweight and obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases, nutritional anemias, iodine deficiency disorders, and other micronutrient deficiencies. S/he will support actions on the Scaling-Up Global Nutrition movement, and the USAID Global Health and Feed the Future initiatives. The Advisor will contribute to providing the human nutrition support to nutrition and food security projects, humanitarian assistance, and national surveys and research on nutrition and food security.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The primary responsibilities of the Nutrition Advisor include:
Training and Professional Development
REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
SALARY AND BENEFITS: Salary based on commensurate experience and earnings history. The Public Health Institute offers a comprehensive benefits package including professional development programs.
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 April 22, 2014.
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The Archimedes Project is looking for Fellows
The Archimedes Project is looking for Fellows!
The Archimedes Project is searching for highly-qualified Fellows interested in social enterprise to support the launch of its pilot clean water enterprise, Community Chlorinators, in Haiti this summer. Fellows will have the opportunity to help establish a community based enterprise, support the training of local entrepreneurs and assist with our monitoring and evaluation efforts.
On the ground, Fellows will join the dedicated Community Chlorinators team and work with our partners to train micro-entrepreneurs from the community, assist in collecting baseline and follow-up data from individual households, and host events within the community to raise awareness about the importance of clean water and Community Chlorinators’ solution.
Fellows will join in the Archimedes Project launch team in Haiti from mid-June to late-August. Prior to traveling to Haiti, each Fellow must work with the team to raise the $3,000 fellowship fee which will cover all of their travel and in-country expenses throughout the summer. The Archimedes Project is looking for Fellows with an interest in health, international development and social enterprise, prior travel and/or work experience in developing countries, and Haitian Creole or French language skills.
To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter stating why you want to participate in the Community Chlorinators pilot launch and what you would bring to the team to faith@archimedesproject.com
