Director of Global Health – United Methodist Committee on Relief
UMCOR is seeking a Director of Global Health to take the health program to another level. This is a high level position. The Director of Global Health provides strategic short and long-term vision for health initiatives and oversees the implementation of those initiatives while providing leadership, management oversight, and technical direction to the implementation team. He/she serves as the primary representative of UMCOR Health and acts as key liaison to all international, regional, and national collaborating partners and manages critical relationships with those partners and other stakeholders. Qualified candidates must have knowledge of global health practice areas, including infectious diseases; tropical diseases; maternal, neonatal, and child health; health systems; health governance; and public health and clinical research. The ability to integrate water, sustainable agriculture, etc., into the work of health is required.
ABOUT US
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is the not-for-profit global humanitarian aid agency of the United Methodist Church. UMCOR is working in more than 80 countries worldwide. Our mission is to alleviate human suffering—whether caused by war, conflict, or natural disaster, with open hearts and minds to all people. UMCOR responds to natural or civil disasters that are interruptions of such magnitude that they overwhelm a community’s ability to recover on its own. We work in places others cannot or will not go.
To view a full description and to apply to go: http://gbgm-umc.org/hr
