Newborn Hearing Screening contract

ASTHO’s Birth Defects and Disabilities Project is looking for a contractor to research and develop a case study of the Newborn Hearing Screening system that will serve as a practical reference for guiding future inter-agency collaborations. The request for quotes is attached and can also be found at:
http://www.astho.org/pubs/RFQ-NewbornHearingScreening031009.pdf

Human Resources for Health

The Senior Technical Advisor for Human Resources for Health (STA/HRH) provides technical leadership and assistance to global, bilateral and foundation funded projects in multiple countries, primarily in low-resource settings. S/he is also responsible for building the organization’s technical capacity to address the human resources for health crisis.

Public Service Research Fellowship

Optimal Solutions Group, LLC is seeking a bright and motivated graduate student to join us in a unique and challenging learning experience by participating in our 2009 Summer Fellowship Program. Optimal provides rigorous, non-partisan public policy research and technical assistance to government agencies, corporations, non-profit organizations, and foundations. Optimal is composed of four research centers…

Monitoring and Evaluation Health Advisor

The Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor serves as the Agency’s senior global health advisor for monitoring and evaluation, and in carrying out this role leads the GH team which acts as a resource on USAID monitoring and evaluation (M&E) policies and practices. The Advisor leads the development and implementation of a Bureau-wide research and evaluation agenda/plan; oversees implementation of this Bureau evaluation plan; and ensures the analysis and dissemination of evaluation findings, conclusions, recommendations and best practices are appropriate. S/he participates in the GH monitoring and evaluation management and oversight efforts, and serves as the Bureau’s resource on USAID performance monitoring policies and practices….

Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living

The TFL Program Coordinator position is responsible for the assisting the Policy & Advocacy Program Manager in the development, coordination, implementation and evaluation of TFL Policy/Advocacy efforts at the municipal, parish and state levels, with a primary emphasis on municipal and parish activities. This comprehensive plan is to dovetail with that of the overarching TFL program as well as existing grassroots networks.

Violence Prevention Fellows

The Prevention Development and Evaluation Branch in the Division of Violence Prevention at CDC is announcing two openings for Associate Service Fellows. We are seeking candidates at the master’s level or higher with interests and background in conducting research on violence prevention. The positions are for the following research teams:

1. Health Economics and Policy Research Team. Contact: Curtis Florence – cflorence@cdc.gov, (770) 488-1398
2. Sexual Violence and Youth Violence Team. Contact: Great Massetti – gmassetti@cdc.gov, (770) 488-3943

Spring Internship – The Policy & Research Group

The intern will assist Research Analysts and Senior Research Analysts with grant writing and evaluation projects. Activities will depend upon project needs.

Malaria Operational Research Manager

On November 8, 2008, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria approved the launch of an ambitious new initiative to increase access to malaria treatment around the world. The Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm) will begin operations in May 2009 and to gain access to the Facility, interested countries will need to develop detailed plans and policies before that time. The Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI), in collaboration with other organizations within the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, is committed to informing the effective execution and potential expansion of this Facility.
We are accordingly seeking a highly motivated, entrepreneurial individual with outstanding problem-solving, managerial, analytical, and communication skills to manage our development and pursuit of these operational research projects.

NACCHO – Senior Analyst – Immunization

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), a national organization representing approximately 3,000 local health departments nationwide, has an opening for a Senior Analyst II for the Immunization Project.
This Senior Analyst II position is a member of the Community Health primary work team and contributes to the advancement of local public health practice by performing a range of responsibilities related to immunization and related vaccine-preventable disease epidemiology. General responsibilities include policy analysis; program design; research and evaluation; writing for publication; technical assistance; communication of learnings to the field; program and budget management; and project promotion.

Save the Children UK Health & HIV team

Save the Children UK Health & HIV team is furthermore looking for experienced health professionals for the following roles:
- Deputy Head of Health and HIV
- Health and HIV Policy and Advocacy Adviser
More details on these roles are provided in the attachment. To apply online visit our website at:
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/jobs
Please feel free to pass this on to your contacts. The deadline for these two roles is the 3rd November 2008.