Volunteers needed

L.A.Y.E.S. needs your help with our Family Involvement Enhancement Project. The project operates from the Louisiana Children’s Museum and involves a parent training workshop given by a speaker from the Louisiana Federation of Families while the children engage in fun, therapeutic arts and craft activities with a child psychologist. We need friendly, dedicated volunteers to assist families and help mentor the children during their activities.

Country Programs Manager

The Country Programs Managers in this program will work with officials in Ministries of Health, leading obstetricians and midwives, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and distributors to enable them to register misoprostol for post-partum hemorrhage and develop a positive policy environment. The Country Programs Manager will also work closely with in-country partners to develop distribution networks, expand program reach, and ensure success of these large-scale programs. Each Country Programs Manager will be responsible for this project in two to four countries, and will be expected to travel to these countries.

Director, Field Operations

The Director, Field Operation’s job is to support and enable the Sr Vice President/COO to achieve Venture Strategies for Health and Development’s targeted objectives by effectively managing the programs, people, operations and financial resources of VSHD. The right deputy will have strong, demonstrated program, people and project management expertise. They will handle models, spreadsheets and team conflicts equally well. And preferably not be new to a start-up and/or international development environment.

Associate Medical Director

The Associate Medical Director’s job is to support and enable the Medical Director to achieve Venture Strategies for Health and Development’s targeted objectives.

Program Manager – Lutheran Malaria Initiative

The Program Manager for the Lutheran Malaria Initiative (LMI) is responsible for project management and administration of LWR pan-regional Lutheran Malaria Initiative. This full-time position is located in Baltimore, MD.

Kansas Health Foundation – CEO

The Kansas Health Foundation (KHF) is a private philanthropy dedicated to improving the health of all Kansans by catalyzing citizens, organizations and policy makers to create long-term, sustainable health improvements. Working in full concert with an eight-member Board of Directors, the President/CEO will continuously define and guide the vision and strategic direction of the Foundation.

Senior Health Coordinator – Southern Sudan

The Senior Health Coordinator is responsible for the design, implementation and overall management and integration of the ARC South Sudan Health Program, working under the supervision of the Country Director and in collaboration with the Area Coordinators, grants/reporting officer, Logistics Manager and Finance Controller. The SHC will directly supervise the HIV/GBV program team, the PHC Coordinator and the Malakal Reproductive Health Coordinator. The Senior Health Coordinator is based in Juba, with extensive travel to field locations. The Senior Health Coordinator will also directly liaise with the ARC HQ based health team.

Reproductive Health Coordinator-Darfur

The ARC health program in South Darfur aims to improve access to basic health care services in South Darfur through capacity building, provision of material support and emergency preparedness and response. ARC supports over 14 clinics in rural areas as well as one clinic in an IDP camp setting. As reproductive health is an integral part of the ARC health program, each clinic has an RH unit incorporated.

Internship – Guinea

An internship is available with the UNFPA Conakry-Guinea Office. The candidate should be a university student and health insured, and must know French. The internship can last a maximum of six months, with start and end dates flexible and is unpaid. We have a need for Reproductive Health Management, Gender and Gender-Based Violence, Health Program Communication, and Resources Mobilization interns.

School Health and Nutrition internship – Afghanistan

The intern will assist Save the Children Afghanistan Country Office School Health and Nutrition (SHN) programming through developing materials for Child-Focused Health Education activities as well as test Adolescent Development (AD/ARSH) materials. The intern will also support program development through conducting a simple qualitative study and providing photography technical assistance in rural northern Afghanistan.