CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: Global Health Corps
Country: Zambia
Closing date: 03 Feb 2015

Program Officer at Zambia Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (Z05-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 2016. 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: Zambia CSO-SUN Alliance is a movement of national Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working to raise the profile of nutrition in the national development agenda. We are a part of the Global Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) movement founded on the principle that all people have the right to food and good nutrition. As an alliance, we focus our attention on the first 1000 most critical days, a window of opportunity from pregnancy until a child's second birthday. During this period, good nutrition has the greatest impact on preventing maternal and infant mortality, and developing a child's cognitive and physical capacity. Our role as a civil society is to raise awareness and pressure government and others to ensure better-funded and broader scale effective programs to tackle nutrition challenges. We intend to achieve this by mobilizing, coordinating and building the capacity of civil societies to influence national efforts through constructive dialogue and advocacy with stakeholders, including the government, donors and private sector, thereby contributing to improved leadership and accountability towards the national SUN/1000 days movement. Furthermore, we enable Zambian CSOs to adapt and incorporate relevant positive lessons learned from other countries.

Fellowship Position Overview: The Program Officer will provide technical support for the Alliance, providing in-house supervision and guidance on nutrition. S/he will supervise the sub-national focal points and support the coordinator, especially for campaigns and advocacy.

Responsibilities:

• Assist Country Coordinator in the implementation of CSO-SUN project
• Facilitate capacity building in the implementation of the project
• Establish partnerships with CSOs locally, regionally and internationally and leverage best practices and approaches to the SUN/1000 days program
• Coordinate, monitor and implement activities dictated by the action plans and budget at the sub-national level
• Establish and foster relationships between the Secretariat and the CSO-SUN Alliance structures at the sub-national level
• Provide advice and guidance to sub-national focal points regarding performance against set plans
• Generate and facilitate contributions of members of the CSO-SUN Alliance both at the national and sub-national level and structure them for newsletters and the web
• Update the sub-national and national CSO-SUN Alliance membership

Required Skills and Experience:

• Familiarity or relevant work experience in nutrition
• Proficient in Excel and Word, with an aptitude and ability to learn new software
• Excellent organizational and writing skills
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Intellectual curiosity and an interest in learning innovative qualitative research methods
• Readiness to work as a team player
• Commitment to health, human rights and community participation

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Degree in nutrition
• Experience in advocacy, policy or analysis
• Qualitative research experience
• Experience working with a range of partners from stakeholders to government officials

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

How to apply:

Apply at ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/

Applications will close February 3, 2015.

*We appreciate EARLY APPLICANTS and are able to spend more time with their applications

If you have any questions about the application process and the fellowship, refer to our FAQs page at http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/faqs/.