UGHE Teaching Assistant for Principles of Global Health Equity (PGHE) at University of Global Health Equity (UGHE)

Description 

Title: Part-Time UGHE Teaching Assistant for Principles of Global Health Equity (PGHE),

Reports to: Director, Institute of Global Health

Program: Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD)

Location: remote

Duration: August 15 - December 15, 2023

Position Overview

A part-time teaching assistant (TA) is needed by the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) to assist with teaching the Principles of Global Health Equity course. Between September 2020 and December 2020, Rwanda will host the course. The teaching assistant (TA) will offer assistance by grading, overseeing the online course material, and compiling, drafting, and revising materials as necessary. The weekly commitment is estimated to be 10 hours.

Responsibilities

 The commitment of the teaching assistant is to:

• Co-teaching the Principles of Global Health Equity (PGHE) course alongside the course instructors
• Composing and revising instructional materials for the PGHE course
• Assembling the necessary resources and uploading them to the online learning management system.
• Grading essays, reports, quizzes, and exams given to students
• During the work term, swiftly responding to administrative and student inquiries.
• Following the UGHE Code of Conduct

The goal of UGHE is to provide an atmosphere where all members can work effectively and fairly toward achieving their own levels of academic, professional, and personal excellence. The community encourages intellectual honesty, respect for others' dignity and differences, and an openness to positive change. It also encourages expression and research. The neighborhood will be welcoming and tolerant, with a focus on respect for others. Every member of the community must act in conformity with Rwandan law.

Following the UGHE Honor Code

We are tenacious and determined in our pursuit of social justice as members of the UGHE academic community, we stand with those in need, we listen to others to learn from them, and we conduct ourselves with honesty and humility while upholding academic integrity and intellectual curiosity.

 Experience and Qualifications

• Global Health Delivery Master of Science (MGHD)
• Completed studies in public health, equity and health inequalities, or global health
• Experience working as a teaching assistant (TA) for undergraduate or graduate students, especially in courses that place a strong emphasis on critical thinking, experiential learning, and active learning techniques like teamwork and problem-solving.
• Outstanding editing and writing abilities
• Up to 10 hours per week of dependable and adaptable availability
• Having experience with online learning systems and favoring the Populi system
• Excellent interpersonal skills; capacity for successful cross-departmental and international collaboration with culturally varied personnel
• Interest in social justice strongly desirable

Organizational Profile

The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) is a brand-new type of university that aims to educate the world's future leaders in the provision of healthcare. The Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) program was offered by the university when it opened in Rwanda in September 2015. Students are given the tools to both alleviate suffering at the bedside and promote transformational, systemic changes to the healthcare system through an educational experience that is specifically founded in the values of equity. 

Additionally, UGHE provides its model for health care delivery through a selection of personalized Executive Education certificate programs designed to help professionals learn key skills essential to improving health care delivery systems.

UGHE is a program of Partners In Health (PIH), a well-known non-profit organization whose goal is to give the underprivileged access to healthcare. PIH has created a plan to provide top-notch healthcare to some of the world's most disenfranchised people over the course of over three decades of functioning alongside public sectors in several nations. Nowhere has this influence been more noticeable than in Rwanda, where PIH's sister organization Inshuti Mu Buzima and our government partners have been at the forefront of innovation for the past ten years.

Members of the UGHE community are persistent and steadfast in our pursuit of social justice, join forces with those in need, listen to others and learn from them, act honestly and modestly, and promote academic integrity and intellectual curiosity. The University of Global Health Equity is looking for team members who share these principles.