- Nora Brown
- Tue, 8 Feb 2011 12:40PM EST
- Fellowship/Exchange Program
- OPEN
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Global Health Corps (GHC) aimes to mobilize a global community of emerging leaders to build a movement for health equality.
Fellows work with high-impact organizations in year-long paid positions. During their fellowship year, fellows make a significant and measurable contribution to the partner organization and the target population.
GHC recruits partner organizations that are doing excellent work in improving healthcare access and health outcomes for the poor. Partners range from small grassroots organizations to large global institutions.
Partner non-profits must identify an area of need, create a job description for a fellowship position, demonstrate the capacity to absorb two new fulltime staff, and identify a clear manager for the fellow team
Fellow candidates apply for specific positions with one of our partner organizations for which they have relevant skills and experience, and are selected jointly by GHC and the partner organization
Fellows work in a yearlong paid position with a manager at the partner organization who provides guidance and support.
Fellowships are available in a wide range of areas, from monitoring and evaluation to supply chain management, IT services to human resources. GHC focuses on engaging young people in fields that help to build health systems and improve health services without requiring clinical training.
Fellows are evaluated regularly by partner organization staff
Each fellowship team is composed of one international fellow and one in-country fellow. This partnership is central to the GHC experience.
In our first year, over 80% of fellows felt that having a partner fellow was important or essential to the success of their work during the fellowship year.
Location: Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, USA
On the ground
Last day to Apply: 04/01/2011
This opportunity is for: Students, Professionals
Global Health Corps Fellows must:
Be under age 30 at the time of application
Have an undergraduate university degree by July 2011
Be proficient in English
No specific background or technical experience is necessary, as each individual fellowship placement will require different specific skills. Review the fellowship placement descriptions (posted February 1st) to learn about the specific assignments and the skills that our placement organizations are looking for.
For all Fellowships, we value three qualities: strength of character, relevant skills and experience, and leadership.
Applications for 2011-2012 fellowships are now open! Applicants may choose up to three fellowship placements to apply for. Please check out our Open Placements page for a full list of available fellowships and their descriptions.
Open 2011-2012 Fellowship Application:
http://www.ghcorps.org/apply/application
Deadline for US Applicants: 11:59PM EST March 1, 2011
Deadline for International Applicants: 11:59PM EST April 1, 2011
Please note: if you pre-registered or created a GHC account prior to December 30, 2010, you will need to create a new account using the link above.
If you are unable to access the online application, you may download the application. Instructions for submitting the application via e-mail are included.
