NORAPC Internship

The New Orleans Regional AIDS Planning Council (NORAPC) is seeking graduate student interns to assist with planning council activities (i.e., administrative support, literature review, special projects). NORAPC is a HIV/AIDS service planning body working in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Health Policy (grantee for Federal Ryan White Part A funds). The agency’s mission is to ensure the provision of a high quality continuum of HIV treatment and care for People Living with HIV/AIDS in the New Orleans Eligible Metropolitan Area (Orleans, Jefferson, St. John the Baptist, St. Charles, St. James, St. Bernard, St. Tammany and Plaquemines parishes).

Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative – Evaluation Division – Two positions

The Research Associate/Senior Research Associate will be a member of CHAI’s Boston-based Evaluation Division, whose mandate is to conduct programmatic impact evaluations to support and improve HIV prevention, care and treatment programs. This position will primarily focus on supporting and improving the monitoring and evaluation of CHAI’s Global Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) program, with support as needed to other evaluation needs within CHAI.
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The Monitoring and Evaluation Director will lead the Monitoring and Evaluation Division within CHAI, whose work focuses on the collection, management and use of data to support and improve access and quality of care delivered in HIV prevention and treatment programs.

Global Fund Technical Assistance Analyst

The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP)is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute (PHI) in partnership with the Harvard School of Public Health, Management Systems International, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. GHFP is supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Project Director for HIV Education

Full-time Project Director (40 hours/week) for a national school health and physical education membership organization based in Reston, VA. The staff member provides quality services to the membership and completes responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Director.

RTI Home Technical Office Manager

RTI is an independent organization dedicated to conducting innovative, multidisciplinary research that improves the human condition. With a worldwide staff of more than 4,000 people, RTI offers innovative research and development and a full spectrum of multidisciplinary services. Universities in North Carolina founded RTI in 1958 as the first scientific organization in and centerpiece of the Research Triangle Park.

RTI International is seeking applicants for a Home Office Technical Manager (HOTM) to serve as part of RTI’s Center for International Health (CIH) group, within the International Development Group. CIH implements projects and programs in the following technical areas: Health Systems and Finance; Health Policy and Research; Health Governance and Public Private Partnerships; Malaria and Vector Control; Neglected Tropical Diseases; and HIV/AIDS.

The Home Office Technical Manager will work on CIH’s $150 million USAID Indoor Residual Spraying Project, which focuses on the prevention and control of malaria throughout Africa.   The HOTM serves as a technical resource in the overall program and activity design, including environmental assessments, compliance reporting, preparation of spray teams, IEC campaigns, and logistical oversight of the all spray operations to assure compliance to program policies and standards.

Responsibilities

•  Working in collaboration with each country Chief of Party (COP), serves as the home office coordinator to 3-4 IRS country programs.  Is responsible for supporting all aspects of each country program to include technical, operational, financial and administrative aspects of each country.   Represents the country program in technical meetings with the client and at other technical forum and meetings;

•  Provides technical assistance for current and anticipated RTI projects supporting malaria control as well as other Center for International Health projects as needed;

•  Monitors and reports on progress of each country program on a weekly basis, and keeps track of all actions required in the IRS countdown calendar;

•  As appropriate, participates and leads in the training of spray team supervisors and operators as part of program preparation for IRS;

•  Assists the COP in monitoring implementation of the country program to include tracking progress of program targets and deliverables, identifying issues that need to be addressed and ensuring that technical and financial reporting requirements are met; keeps RTI IRS project senior management up to date on all project issues and activities;

•  Supports the COPs in the development and review of IRS country work plans and program budgets; assures that all resources and assistance is provided to each country COP to include scheduling of appropriate support from the regional office and home office, as needed;

•  Plays a key role in the development of quarterly country reports, and end of spray reports as required under the IRS contract;

•  Monitors program performance against program requirements, scope of work, and budget;

•  Monitors client satisfaction (USAID and National Malaria Program) and assists the COP in responding to client concerns or needs;

•  Reviews budget development and program work plans and identify areas of concern. Assists in monitoring budget consumption and making projections to ensure project is completed within budget;

•  Prepares scopes of work and budgets for consultants and subcontractors, as needed and provides follow up for their approval;

•  Prepares routine technical reports, newsletters, websites, press releases and other publications;

Requirements

•  Minimum of a Bachelors degree in public health, biology, entomology, environmental sciences or related field plus 6 years of experience in international health or public health OR Masters Degree and 3 years of experience in international or public health;

•  Prior experience serving in a long-term resident position or in a home office backstopping or project management role. Must have demonstrated experience in financial management, human resources, logistics /operations and other administrative tasks;

•  Demonstrated experience working on USAID-funded projects and an in-depth knowledge of USAID rules and regulations is required;

•  Demonstrated experience writing technical reports or proposals;

•  Flexibility and ability to handle multiple tasks and work collaboratively with others;

•  Ability to interact effectively with all levels of internal and external clients;

•  Experience in Africa is preferred;

•  Foreign language fluency in French, Portuguese, or Kiswahili preferred;

•  Strong oral and written communications skills;

•  Strong computer skills: Microsoft Office Applications;

•  Willingness to travel frequently

Equal Employment Opportunity

**Please apply at www.rti.org/job11838 to be considered**

Men Can Stop Rape

Men Can Stop Rape, Inc. (MCSR), a Washington, DC-based organization that mobilizes young men to find and use their strength in creating cultures free from violence, especially men’s violence against women, seeks a Director of Development.

Director of Community Partnerships and Program Placements

The Director of Community Partnerships and Program Placements for DePaul’s Master of Public Health (MPH) program will be responsible for directly supervising graduate students in their practicum, acting as liaison between the MPH program and various community and government agency personnel, and teaching the three-course practicum sequence (Fall, Winter & Spring quarters) for MPH graduate students.

CSHOR Manager

The Center for Strategic HIV Operations Research (CSHOR) is a division of the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) that seeks to improve health systems and care through quantitative analysis. CSHOR supports and strengthens CHAI’s global activities – including negotiating lower prices for lifesaving antiretroviral and antimalarial treatments, working with governments to improve national health care systems, and generally seeking to improve access to crucial medicines – by analyzing complex problems involving resource planning and allocation, developing and applying pragmatic tools and models, and providing the analyses required to make difficult decisions in resource-limited settings.

IntraHealth International – Namibia

The Program Management Director will be responsible for supporting the Chief of Party (COP) to perform program and organizational management of as part of the Capacity Namibia HIV Prevention, Care and Support Associate Award funded by USAID Namibia. This person will play a key role in the achievement of the project’s Intermediate Result #1: Increased capacity of indigenous organizations to respond to the epidemic and to implement HIV/AIDS-related programs. S/he will bring expertise in designing graduation plans and improving organizational effectiveness of the sub-awardees.

NYC Health Dept internships

The Health Research Training Program (HRTP) of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is pleased to announce it is accepting applications for the Summer 2009 Session. The program is open to undergraduate, graduate and professional school students. Since 1961, HRTP has provided students with valuable, real-life experience in public health research and practice in New York City.