Curriculum Development Officer US Citizen Fellowship Careers – Spark MicroGrants

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Organisation: Global
Health Corps (GHC)
Placement Organisation: Spark MicroGrants
Duty Station: Gulu,
Uganda
Eligible Citizenship: USA
Salary: Monthly
Stipend
Position Code: G12-Int
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 US:
Spark equips local
governments, civil society organizations and NGOs with a tested approach and
accompanying tools for activating villages to drive their own planning and
development. Spark’s novel Facilitated Collective Action Process (FCAP) enables
remote villages to design and launch their own communal projects, from schools
to farms. To date, over 200 communities across six countries have completed
this process. At the heart of Spark’s approach are weekly meetings, in which
women and men, young and old, sit together and plan for their community’s
future. Each village democratically elects a leadership committee, defines
communal goals, plans a project and establishes a village savings group. As a
part of the process, villages receive a seed fund of up to 8,000 USD to make
project ideas a reality. Through this approach, Spark enables institutions to
put resources and power directly into the hands of those they serve.
Job Summary:  The Curriculum Development Officer will
collaborate with the Spark Team to build materials and tools critical for
Spark’s program of training partners to deliver the Facilitated Collective
Action Process (FCAP) model. The Officer’s responsibilities will involve
documenting processes and practices that are critical for Spark’s success. This
will involve supporting colleagues to build case studies and relevant tools and
materials, including a range of audio/visual tools and apps. These tools,
materials, and curricula will be crucial to improving Spark’s program and
scalability. Based in Gulu, the Curriculum Development Officer will help build
context specific tools using the results of learning projects. In this regard,
the Officer will facilitate discussions to gather inputs, feedback and
recommendations from the team, partners and communities. This will allow Spark
to improve the effectiveness of its work.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Keenly track and document iterations on the training curriculum
  • Facilitate discussions to strengthen the Spark training curriculum
  • Document processes and practices that are critical for success for
    implementing partners
  • Support team members to document best practices and challenges
    through case studies, to improve the scalability and replicability of
    Spark’s work and effectiveness through partners
  • Develop audio and visual training tools
  • Produce country specific materials and updates for in-country
    partners on program progress

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the Global Health Corps Curriculum
    Development Officer career placement should hold a Bachelor’s degree in a
    relevant area*
  • Preferred: Master’s degree, ideally in the social sciences or public
    health discipline
  • Experience in writing training materials and/or curricula*
  • Audio/video production skills*
  • Strong communication and leadership skills, including verbal,
    written, and facilitation*
  • Project management skills, including managing multiple priorities
    and timelines, and coordinating amongst distributed teams*
  • Working proficiency in French
  • Design skills, e.g. proficiency in Adobe Create Suite tools like
    Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or InDesign
  • Prior experience in grassroots projects or community-driven
    development
  • Strong accountability
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision (as direct line manager
    will be in a different location)
NB: Items indicated
with an asterisk (*) are required
Fellowship Stipend, Benefits, and Logistics:
In addition to the
intensive leadership development and professional growth that the fellowship
offers, the Global Health Corps fellowship includes the following benefits. GHC
arranges several logistical details on fellows’ behalf with the expectation
that fellows will take ownership of their overall experience. Read on below to
learn more about how these items apply to specific placements:
  • Monthly living stipend
  • Award of $1500 upon successful completion of the fellowship year
  • Housing
  • Insurance
  • Support in applying for visas and/or work permits, as necessary
  • Travel costs covered to and from placement site, GHC training and
    retreats
  • Professional development funds of up to $600
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: 16th January, 2019 at 11:59pm EST
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