Earn 550 US Dollars monthly as Fundraising and Development Officer at Save the Mothers

Organisation: Global Health
Corps (GHC)
Placement Organisation: Save
the Mothers
Duty Station: Mukono, Uganda
Eligible Citizenship:
Ugandan
Salary: 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 Malawi, Rwanda,
Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.
About Save the Mothers:
Save the Mothers (STM) is an international organization operating in
Uganda, but registered in the United States, Canada, and East Africa. Its
vision is “No mother or her child should die of pregnancy
complications.” STM is a non-governmental organization equipping
professionals in developing countries—who work in a wide array of
disciplines—to improve the health of mothers and babies. Multidisciplinary
professionals are trained through the Master of Public Health Leadership (MPHL)
program, hosted by Save the Mothers at the Uganda Christian University (UCU).
Through their specific vocations, graduates of our MPHL program become
influencers for positive societal change, working to overcome preventable
maternal death. STM has enrolled over 350 East African professionals in its
MPHL Program at UCU, developing change agents that bring change in maternal
health to their spheres of influence. In addition, STM is utilizing its
graduates to bring measurable and sustainable change to health facilities
through its Mother Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (now working in eight
Ugandan hospitals).
Job Summary: The Fundraising
and Development Officer will be committed to improving maternal and child
health in a global community where mothers and babies continue to die from
preventable diseases. The fellow’s primary task will be to ensure that
resources are available to make STM’s vision a reality. The fellow will
contribute to fundraising and grant writing, with a focus on sources that are
primarily from the East African context—and hence more sustainable and regional.
This funding will support the leadership training of multidisciplinary East
African professionals through a Master of Public Health Leadership program, and
clinical outreach activities, such as the Mother Baby Hospital Friendly
Initiative of Save the Mothers.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Formulate and implement a fundraising
    strategy and plan, in line with the strategic objectives of the
    organization
  • Work closely with management to build
    local and international strategic partnerships for Save the Mothers
  • Research funding and partnership
    opportunities and share them with program teams and STM board/management
  • Develop fundable concept papers and
    proposals across Save the Mothers programs including the Mother Baby
    Friendly Hospital Initiative and the Master of Public Health Leadership
    program
  • Actively participate in Save the Mothers’
    resource mobilization initiatives, which include, but are not limited to:
    concept development, proposal writing, and donor communication
  • Direct capacity building for Save the
    Mothers’ staff and partners in proposal development and resource
    mobilization skills
  • Support, when possible, the fundraising
    initiatives of the Uganda Christian University (UCU), where Save the
    Mothers is housed
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the Global Health
    Corps Fundraising and Development Officer job placement should hold a
    Bachelor’s degree. Applicants with Master’s degree in public health or
    related field will have an added advantage
  • Passion for public health
  • Ability to write and organize grants
  • Self-starter with a commitment to learning
  • Excellent collaborator; ability to inspire
    and mobilize others
  • Respectful of the Principles of Identity
    and Code of Conduct at Uganda Christian University
  • Experience and commitment to maternal and
    reproductive health
  • Fundraising or resource mobilization
    experience
  • Good team player
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. Save the Mothers operates out
of the Uganda Christian University in Mukono, Uganda, and fellows placed at
Save the Mothers will be housed in a private room on the university campus. It
is basic but comfortable, situated in Mukono, an urban center in Uganda.
Note: The 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.
Deadline: 18th
January, 2016 at 11:59pm EST
NB: Early applications
are encouraged because they will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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