Public Health Director in beautiful Belize

Live and work in beautiful Belize!

Hillside Health Care International provides health care services to under-served people in southern Belize. Hillside operates a primary care clinic, provides nursing home care and palliative services, as well as providing community outreach and education. Our clinic provides the only physical rehabilitation services in Belize's Toledo District.

Medical, physician assistant, pharmacy, public health, and physical therapy students from the US, UK, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia spend 1 – 2 months in year-round rotations learning about global health and getting hands-on experience working under the supervision of licensed providers. Hillside has worked in Belize for over 20 years; we are a recognized resource by Belizean government ministries and communities and are making a difference!

The stipend provided in this position is enough to live comfortably in the beautiful beach town of Punta Gorda. We will help you with all visas and licensing. Come experience another culture and country!

Overview of Responsibilities:

Manage and oversee public health curriculum for rotating graduate-level health professional students

• Lead and develop curriculum for public health education activities in Toledo District schools during the academic year
• Deliver public health lecture(s) and public health orientation each month
• Lead participatory photo mapping activities/presentations each month
• Coordinate student outreach presentation with Executive Director and community partners
• Participate in and prepare for all-student orientation and evaluation each month in partnership with other Director(s)
• Update readings and resource list for current public health literature

Develop and supervise month-long field placements for Master of Public Health (MPH) students

• Act as the primary preceptor for student public health/community work
• Coordinate MPH student field experience

Liaise with community partners to create a meaningful experience through varied public health placements

• Develop adequate onsite & online resources for public and global health education
• Oversee in-country IRB process in partnership with the home institution where necessary
• Act as liaison between student’s home institution and in-country experience, including”
• Completion of required evaluation and partnership forms
• Communication as necessary about the participant’s performance

Program planning, evaluation, and policy development

• Evaluate, review, and update public health program strategic planning documents to keep goals current, realistic, and in line with overall organization strategic planning and goals
• Build on programmatic efforts, including:
• Successfully host 1-2 MPH students per month
• Increase program funding
• Build institutional partnerships with MPH programs in the United States in coordination with the Public Health Committee
• Evaluate Program and student evaluations

Develop MPH student-specific evaluations and non-MPH student evaluations for interdisciplinary learning

Develop and manage the evaluation of community-based projects

Liaison with community partners (with Medical Director)

• Identify potential community and public health projects
• In conjunction with Medical Director, maintain ongoing, regular dialogue with community partners

QUALIFICATIONS/ SKILLS:

• Minimum of Master in Public Health
• Good communication and writing skills. Fluency in English is mandatory.
• Computer literate with proficiency in Google sheet, Microsoft Word, and email
• Must be honest, respectful, responsible, flexible, and have good work ethics

English proficiency