Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Careers – Advocacy and Communication Officer

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Job Title:  UG07-Int: Advocacy and Communication Officer
Organisation: Global Health Corps (GHC)
Placement Organisation: Baylor College of Medicine Children’s
Foundation
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
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 Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the United States,
and Zambia.
About Baylor: 
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is a
national non-profit child health and development organization providing family
centered pediatric HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment service; health
professional training and clinical research in Uganda. Baylor-Uganda is
committed to providing high quality, high impact and highly ethical pediatric
and family centered health care, health professional training and clinical
research, focused on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, malnutrition and other
conditions impacting the health and well being of children and families
worldwide.
Baylor-Uganda
current priority areas include: HIV/AIDS prevention, Care and treatment
services, Health Professional Training and Capacity building, Clinical Research,
Maternal and Child illnesses.
Job Summary: The Advocacy and Communication Officer will implement, monitor and
evaluate Baylor’s advocacy interventions in line with the department’s mission.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Scan the social environment to identify
    issues in society that can affect Baylor’s mission in supported regions
    and develop advocacy related interventions
  • Build strong alliances and networks with
    public and private partner organizations for concerted advocacy efforts
    and greater participation in policy dialogue
  • Document and share experiences arising
    from advocacy interventions with the supervisor and other key stakeholders
  • Build the capacity of Baylor-Uganda
    staff in advocacy, partnering and networking as per the identified needs
  • Participate in carrying out advocacy
    campaigns on issues related to HIV care, treatment and prevention, and
    other emerging priorities
  • Develop an operational activity plan and
    budget for advocacy and communications issues
  • Send monthly and quarterly performance
    reports to the supervisor in line with Baylor Uganda financial guidelines
    and reporting
  • Develop fundable research proposals for
    advocacy programs and carry out advocacy-oriented research that will
    advance HIV/AIDS free society
  • Plan advocacy initiatives such as
    surveys, donor conferences and meetings necessary for advancing the
    advocacy agenda
  • Perform any other reasonable duties as
    may be assigned by the supervisor or management
 Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • Possess two years’ experience in
    advocacy, public relations and partnership management
  • Good marketing skills
  • Possess excellent analytical and
    decision making skills
  • Past working experience in proposal
    development and in writing technical
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Good proficiency in MS Office (Word,
    Excel, Access, Power Point)
  • Proven English language writing and
    editorial skills
  • Prior experience in communications or
    advocacy
  • Strong interest in global public health
  • Ability to work in a team environment
    but with self-sufficiency and self motivation
  • Strong interpersonal skills coupled with
    excellent communication skills; verbal, written, listening, presentation
    and facilitation
  • Fluency in spoken and written English
  • Possess capacity to multi-task;
  • Highly flexible and capable of working
    under pressure and tight deadlines with demonstrated ability to prioritize
    across multiple projects and relationships reports
 Age:
Below 30 Years
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.
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: 26th January, 2014

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