SPHHS Job Listings

Health Administrator - Northern Uganda
Terms: 6 months (renewable)
Start: Immediate (Dec 1, 2009)
Compensation: housing, insurance, living stipend
Location: Gulu and Kitgum, Uganda

Background: Visions in Action (VIA) is an international NGO based in Washington D.C. which works in relief and development in Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Liberia and Mexico. Over 700 volunteers have been placed in the areas of education, human rights, communications, public health, HIV/AIDS, micro-enterprise, social work and community development. VIA has worked in Uganda continuously since 1991.
VIA is currently implementing a new three-year project in Northern Uganda with the goal of decreasing HIV/AIDS rates among war-affected youth. Services include the opening of four Voluntary Counseling & Testing (VCT) Centers in two districts, Gulu and Kitgum, designed to counsel and test 26,000 youth per year for HIV, provide medical referrals, and conduct peer support groups. VIA will build the staff capacity of three local NGOs to operate these centers, conduct a widespread information and education campaign on HIV testing and prevention to reach 300,000 youth in towns and IDP (Internally Displaced Person) camps, and conduct workshops on abstinence, anti-discrimination, and HIV+ care and support. Building on its successful volunteer model, VIA will train local Ugandan youth as peer HIV counselors to implement counseling and testing services at stationary and mobile VCT clinics, including visits to the IDP camps.

Responsibilities:
• Manage VCT centers and mobile clinics in partnership with project staff including program planning, staff scheduling, logistics, provision of testing supplies
• Manage VCT client records and database; assure follow-up with clients
• Compile data and reports; ensure quality management.
• Assure that local NGO partners are meeting their workshop and outreach targets
• Provide technical support to VCT Center staff.
• Assist in the Information, Education and Communication campaign as required.
• Assist in grant writing where required.

Qualifications:
• At least one year of experience in health administration, public health, or health services management.
• Knowledge of public health information, education, and communications methodology in an African development context.
• Experience supervising and/or training others preferred.
• University degree required.
• Fluent in English; excellent communication skills required.
• Provide own laptop computer to use in the field
• Willingness to work in a difficult and insecure environment.

Benefits: This is a supported volunteer position for a limited term of 6 to 12 months. VIA will provide volunteers with shared housing, basic health coverage, and a monthly stipend ($300), and visa/work permit. Volunteers are responsible for the cost of their airfare and pre-departure health costs.

To Apply: Send cover letter and CV to: visions@visionsinaction.org with Health Administrator in the subject line. Short listed candidates will be asked to complete a Visions in Action application including references.
 

Integrity Management Services, LLC

Healthcare Consulting Firm
Integrity Management Services, LLC
5911 Kingstowne Village Parkway, Suite 210
Alexandria, VA 22315
www.strategicm.com
 

Job Title:
Junior Healthcare Program (Medicare/Medicaid) Auditor
Classification:
Auditor/Evaluator/Analyst

Position Description
Integrity Management Services, LLC, a leading health care consulting firm in the Washington D.C. area is seeking an entry-level Auditor to conduct audits and reviews to determine compliance with government statutes, federal regulations and policies related to the oversight of the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs, in particular, those related to Program Integrity. The Auditor will apply professional auditing knowledge and skills, using as guidelines generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS) issued by the U. S. General Accountability Office to help plan, organize, conduct and report on assigned audits and reviews; including audit objectives, scope, methodology, field work, analysis, findings, conclusions and recommendations. Some travel may be required. Part-time and full-time positions are available.

Qualifications
Qualified candidates will possess an undergraduate degree and have relevant experience auditing and/or reviewing health care organizations or programs. Knowledge of Medicare or Medicaid is preferred. Enthusiastic individuals who can work effectively in both a team and independent settings are a must! Must have excellent oral and written communication skills in order to facilitate audits and provide useful reports.
All candidates MUST pass a background check and drug screening prior to employment. Local candidates preferred.

Organization Description
Integrity Management Services, LLC (IMS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Strategic Management Systems, Inc., specializing in assisting government healthcare organizations prevent and detect fraud and abuse in their programs. With a highly professional staff of data analysts, statisticians, medical professionals, auditors, investigators, evaluators, and regulatory analysts, IMS focuses on helping ensure the integrity of healthcare program regulations and policy. Services offered by IMS include:

• Data aggregation and claims analysis

• Regulatory Analysis

• Audits

• Investigations

• Evaluations

• Program compliance, oversight, and review
 

PLEASE NOTE: The Integrity Management Services, LLC website is currently under construction. However, please refer to our corporate website, Strategic Management, for more information. www.strategicm.com
Strategic Management (SM) is a leading health care consulting firm providing regulatory and corporate compliance risk management services with a focus on ethics and corporate integrity. Specializing in health care management consulting since 1992, SM brings an unparalleled depth of knowledge and experience to the compliance risk issues facing health care organizations. Whether working with a large health care delivery system, a multi-state managed care organization, publicly traded health services organization, or a federal or state government agency, SM provides a wide range of business and operational management solutions to help clients better respond to compliance needs and succeed in the complex regulatory and compliance environment of the nation's health care system.
 

SM’s key strength is its unique understanding of the intersection between government oversight and private industry business operations within the health care environment. By employing numerous consultants with hands-on experience in federal agencies such as the OIG, CMS, and FBI, as well as senior staff experienced in private sector health care administration, academia, oversight associations, law, information technology, and other key areas, SM can provide regulatory and compliance risk management solutions that are unmatched in the health care industry.
 

Salary
Commensurate with experience
 

Contact Information
Interested candidates should email resumes to IMSJobs@strategicm.com.
 

Supported Volunteer Position - Northern Uganda

Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (Supported Volunteer)
Term: 6 months (renewable)
Start Date: Immediate
Location: Gulu, Uganda

Background:
VIA is currently implementing a three-year project in Northern Uganda with the goal of decreasing HIV/AIDS rates among war-affected youth. Services include the opening of four Voluntary Counseling & Testing (VCT) Centers in two districts, Gulu and Kitgum, designed to counsel and test 26,000 youth per year for HIV, provide medical referrals, and conduct peer support groups. VIA is building the staff capacity of three local NGOs to operate these centers, conducting a widespread information and education campaign on HIV testing to reach youth in towns and IDP (internally displaced person) camps, and conducting workshops on abstinence, anti-discrimination, and HIV+ care and support. Building on its successful volunteer model, VIA trains local Ugandan youth as peer HIV counselors to implement counseling and testing services at stationary and mobile VCT clinics, including visits to the IDP camps.

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (6 months)
Responsibilities:
• Monitor and evaluate the work at the VCT centres and mobile clinics in partnership with project staff including program planning, staff scheduling, logistics, counseling and provision of HIV testing;
• Track VCT client records and database; assure follow-up with clients;
• Assure that daily, weekly and monthly targets are met for client testing at all four centres;
• Assure that weekly targets are met for the three youth workshops- ABC Approach, Anti-stigmatization and Living Positively with HIV;
• Assure that local NGO partners are meeting their workshop and outreach targets ;
• Measure impact of the three workshops through pre and post workshop surveys;
• Monitor the peer support groups for those testing positive, and assure that clients are receiving appropriate follow-up care & treatment;
• Compile VCT and workshop data and write regular reports;
• ensure quality control;
• Provide technical support to VCT Center staff;
• Measure the impact of the Information, Education and Communication campaign though pre and post campaign surveys

Qualifications: At least two years of experience in data collections, health administration, public health, or health services management, or equivalent combination of higher education and experience; Knowledge of public health data collection, monitoring & evaluation, and report writing in an African development context; Knowledge of statistics and research methodologies; Experience supervising and/or training others preferred; University degree required; Fluent in English; excellent communication skills required; Willingness to work in a difficult and insecure environment.

Compensation: Supported Volunteers (SV) receive accommodation, a small monthly stipend (US$300), international health insurance, and visa/resident permits. SV’s are responsible for their own airfare and pre-departure medical costs.

Application Process
Please send CV and cover letter to the attention of Suzanne Bach, US Program Manager, at visions@visionsinaction.org. Please put “Monitoring and Evaluation Offficer” in subject heading of your email. Short-listed applicants will be asked to complete VIA’s Supported Volunteer Application.
 

Post-Graduate Fellowship
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
 

Call for Applications
The Post?Graduate Fellowship is an intensive training program that provides opportunities both for
self?directed research and interdisciplinary collaboration in health metrics. Strong candidates for this
program have graduate?level training in quantitative methodology from one of the following areas:
health policy, economics, mathematics, computer science, statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology,
health services, demography, engineering, physics, medical sciences, or other related fields.
The Post?Graduate Fellowship (PGF) combines academic research, education and training, and
professional work with progressive, on?the?job training and mentoring from an illustrious group of
professors and researchers.
 

The purpose of the fellowship is to:
• Enhance skills in conducting in?depth, methodological research on a variety of global health
topics with mentoring from faculty and researchers who are the leading minds in their fields.
• Advance knowledge of quantitative analytical methodologies and their application to global
health.
• Develop understanding of the current global health landscape and its challenges.
• Strengthen the ability to design and implement research projects and mentor junior
researchers.
• Prepare fellows for future positions in academia, national health agencies, international
organizations, and foundations.
 

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation is a new organization at the University of
Washington. Its mission is to monitor global health conditions and health systems as well as to
evaluate interventions, initiatives, and reforms. It uses cutting?edge techniques to tackle some of the
most difficult and critical questions in global health and find answers that will become the foundation
for better policies and, ultimately, better health.
 

IHME fellows work in one or two of six IHME focus areas:
• Generating systematic estimates of health outcomes, including mortality, causes of death,
and the overall burden of disease.
• Measuring the coverage of specific health interventions and estimating the quality of care.
• Tracking, measuring, and analyzing donated funding for health and how it affects national
government health spending.
• Estimating the costs and effectiveness of health service delivery platforms and interventions.
• Conducting impact evaluations of policies, interventions, and programs and assessing health
system performance.
• Developing survey instruments and creating analytical tools to harness the value of data from
national and international health information systems and from locally available sources.
 

Fellows receive training through on?the?job research, methods workshops, access to University of
Washington courses, and on?site lectures and seminars. Fellows contribute directly to IHME’s
research agenda through their involvement in work groups, development of new methods, and
managing and driving research projects to meet deliverables.
 

Post?Graduate Fellowships are appointed at IHME for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a
second year upon mutual agreement. The salary is $50,000. As University of Washington employees,
fellows are eligible for an insurance benefits package that includes a choice among several medical
and dental insurance plans, life insurance, and long?term disability. Please note that there is no
retirement package included with this appointment.
 

Eligibility
To be considered for a Post?Graduate Fellowship, candidates must have the following:
• A PhD or MD
• A strong quantitative background
• Advanced research experience, especially with data analysis and statistical methods.
 

Application requirements

Applications for the IHME Post?Graduate Fellowship are due February 15 and must include:
1. A cover letter that includes:
• Your full contact information (address, phone number, and email).
• The name, affiliation, and full contact information of three references.
• Which of IHME’s areas of work you are most interested in.
• How you learned about the program.
2. Your curriculum vitae or resume.
3. A personal statement describing your interest in IHME and your professional and academic
interests and objectives. Personal statements should be between 750 and 1,000 words.
4. Three sealed letters of recommendation.
5. The educational transcript from your highest degree attained. If your transcripts are not in
English, please also provide a listing of all coursework with grade and credit hour information.
6. An English reprint of your most significant publication or research paper.
7. Proof of proficiency in English for candidates whose native language is not English.
 

Candidates who have completed a degree wholly in English can provide a copy of their
degree. All other candidates should send a copy of their scores on an approved English
language test, specifically:
* The Princeton Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): For the paper?based test,
minimum overall score of 600, including a minimum score of 5.0 in the test of written
English; for the computer?based test, minimum overall score of 250, including a
minimum score of 5.0 in the test of written English; for the Internet?based test, a
minimum overall score of 100, including a minimum score of 24 in the test of written
English.
* The British Council International English Language Testing System (IELTS): A minimum
score of 7.0 overall, including a minimum score of 7.0 in the written component.

How to submit your application
Applications can be mailed to:
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
University of Washington
Attention: PGF Program
2301 Fifth Ave., Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98121, USA
CVs/resumes and personal statements may be emailed to pgf@healthmetricsandevaluation.org
More information about the PGF program and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation can be
found at: http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org

Position: Program Development Officer (Supported Volunteer)
Start Date: January 1, 2010
Term: 12 months
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Apply by: November 25, 2009

Background: Visions in Action is an international NGO based in Washington DC which works in relief and development in Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Liberia and Mexico. During the past 18 years, over 700 volunteers have served for periods of 6-12 months in the areas of food security, education, human rights, communications, public health, micro-enterprise, social work and community development. Visions in Action has implemented development and relief programs in the areas of HIV/AIDS, education, youth development, and food security in several African countries.

Qualifications:
• University Degree or equivalent required. Masters Degree Preferred
• Experience in nonprofit setting and/or international NGO setting required.
• Previous experience researching, developing & writing program proposals preferred.
• Must have excellent communication skills and be willing to take initiative and network in country and work in and travel to challenging rural environment, gather data and develop needed programs.
• Must have a fundraising and grassroots mindset, and be willing to accomplish program development objectives within budget.

Responsibilities:
Program Development:
• Coordinate partnerships and logistics for current Education Project
• Create new programs by assessing needs in Uganda, particularly in the areas of HIV/AIDS, education, water/sanitation
• Liaise with other NGOs, donors and the government to assess priority needs, then design programs and write proposals to selected donors for funded relief and development programs.
• Submit proposals with guidance from the head office to donors with the
expectation that several proposed programs will receive donor support.
• Work with local volunteers to build on the history and experience of VIA programs and volunteers.
• Report to the Head Office by email on a daily basis, and compile written reports of program development activities each month.
• Post involves constant networking, research and writing.

Volunteer Program Management:
• Liaise with local NGO’s to cultivate new opportunities and maintain current relationships for volunteer program placement
• Update and upkeep NGO Guide; arrange placements for incoming volunteers
• Organize orientation for incoming classic volunteer every 6 months
• Upkeep VIA Guesthouse and act as House Manager on any issues that arise, including finding tenants and collecting rent
• Tend to volunteer issues and remain in contact with volunteer placement organizations

Financial Management
• Track Petty Cash Disbursements
• Liaise with Landlord and make requests for repairs, including financial bids
• Complete Financial Narratives and other Periodic Reports

Compensation: This is a Supported Volunteer position. SV’s receive $350 monthly living stipend; accommodation in VIA Guesthouse; international health insurance. *Please note that Supported Volunteers are responsible for their airfare to/from Country.

Application Process: Please send a cover letter, CV, and the contact information for three references to visions@visionsinaction.org. Please indicate “Uganda Program Development SV” in the subject heading of your email.