Title: Coordinator, Palliative Care Program

Reports to: PI of the Project, Dean Daniel Seifu

Department: IGHER

Location: Kigali and Butaro , Rwanda

Job Type: Full Time

The Coordinator for the Palliative Care Project plays a pivotal role in implementing the program’s initiatives, managing its day-to-day operations, and coordinating teams and activities. The position serves as the primary point of contact for the program and provides critical programmatic and administrative support to research and project teams.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Team Coordination:
   • Facilitate regular meetings and communication among the project teams
   • Maintain calendars, schedules, and action item trackers to ensure timely implementation of activities
   • Liaise with team leads to address any coordination challenges
2. Program Management:
   • Coordinate the palliative care project, including research, organizing workshops/activities, and tracking program metrics
   • Serve as the main point of contact for the UGHE team, responding to inquiries and providing administrative support
   • Assist in the production of program materials (e.g. guidelines, handbooks)
3. Program management and administration support:
   • Coordinate the ordering of office supplies, other resources, questionnaires and any other items needed by the program
   • Organize events, workshops, and meetings
   • Recruit study and conference participants
   • Lead the writing, collating and distribution of communications: memos, emails, invoices and other correspondences
4. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting:
   • Collect and compiling data and report for the project
   • Lead the development of reports, success stories, videos and other communication materials to showcase the project

Qualifications and Experience:

• Masters’ degree in Global Health Delivery, Gender Studies or a related field
• Minimum 3 years of experience in project management, or support, preferably in the context of Rwanda health’s system
• Demonstrated experience in managing research and capacity-building programs
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English (proficiency in French or other local languages is an asset)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Dedoose, SPSS and familiarity with project management tools
• Commitment to gender equity and the mission and values of UGHE

How to Apply

Applicants should provide: (1) curriculum vitae, (2) Degree, (3) A cover letter describing your interest in UGHE and relevant experience. Please upload these under the ‘Additional Files’ tab on the application page.

University of Global Health Equity is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Organizational Profile

UGHE is a new kind of university focused on training the next generation of global leaders in health care delivery. The university launched in Rwanda in September 2015. Through an academic experience uniquely rooted in the values of equity, students are empowered to both ease suffering at the bedside and drive transformational, systemic changes to the health system.

UGHE is an initiative of Partners In Health (PIH), an internationally recognized non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. In over nearly three decades of operating alongside public sectors in countries around the world, PIH has developed a model to deliver high quality healthcare to some of the world’s most marginalized communities. Nowhere has this impact been more profound than in Rwanda, where Inshuti Mu Buzima—PIH’s sister organization—and our government partners have driven innovation for a decade.

Members of the UGHE community are tenacious and resolute in our drive to attain social justice, make common cause with those in need, listen to and learn from others, and operate with honesty and humility as we uphold academic integrity and intellectual curiosity. The University of Global Health Equity seeks individuals committed to these values to join the team.

Commitment to Safeguarding and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment:

At UGHE, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including community members – as well as our students, contractors, staff, and visitors to our campus are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment and any form of systemic abuse, whilst reducing risk and vulnerabilities. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with UGHE’s policy.

UGHE will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of fraud, harassment, sexual harassment and any form of systemic abuse or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By applying, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.