Vacancy title:
Coordinator, GSRH Programs and Membership Engagement
Employment type: Full time, Industry: Education, and Training, Category: Management, Healthcare, Education, Social Services & Nonprofit, Business Operations, Women's Issues
Jobs at:
University of Global Health Equity (UGHE)
Deadline of this Job:
Monday, November 30 2026
Duty Station:
Kigali, Rwanda | Kigali
Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, November 3 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Reports To
Program guide, Women in Leadership (0.5) & Director of COMS-A (0.5)
Location
COMS-A Secretariat, Kigali, Rwanda
COMS-A Overview
COMS-A is a pan-continental, African-led platform for medical education reform, uniting over 200 medical schools across the continent around common standards, shared research, and coordinated advocacy. Since its 2025 launch, COMS-A has placed gender, sexual and reproductive health and rights (GSRH) at the center of its mission, building a unified platform for training in gender-responsive health and educational services across Africa’s medical schools.
Purpose of the Job
The Coordinator is a new role that combines technical leadership on GSRH programming with ongoing member engagement for the Consortium. Working closely with the COMS-A Director and Program guide – Women in Leadership, the Coordinator ensures that GSRH integration is substantive, evidence-based, and contextually appropriate across the Secretariat’s workstreams, including the Faculty Development Academy and the Higher Education Leadership Academy, among others, while also sustaining and growing COMS-A’s membership base across a rapidly expanding, linguistically and regionally diverse network of institutions.
GSRH Program Leadership and Curriculum Integration
- organize the integration of GSRH content into curricula, training programs, and mentorship initiatives across COMS-A workstreams.
- Co-design GSRH curriculum content and educational materials for key academies and training initiatives.
- deliver programmatic leadership and operational assist for leadership and allyship programs, including oversight of quality-improvement projects and tracking institutional commitments.
- assist fellowship and specialized training programs through recruitment, cohort logistics, partner site coordination, and monitoring of institution-based projects.
- assist GSRH-related monitoring and evaluation: track indicators, compile evidence, and contribute to quarterly and annual donor reporting.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for member institutions on GSRH-related programming and technical assistance requests.
Membership Engagement
- guide recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing engagement of COMS-A member institutions across Africa.
- keep and update the membership database and communications systems, ensuring accurate and current records as the network grows.
- create and execute overall member engagement strategies, facilitate communities of practice across thematic areas, and keep active oversight of member involvement and satisfaction.
- assist planning and delivery of the annual MedEdAfrica conference and other convenings, including coordination of GSRH scientific programming.
Secretariat Support
- assist the COMS-A Director on day-to-day Secretariat operations, reporting, and donor communications as needed.
- Contribute to partnership development with continental and global bodies on related collaboration.
Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills
Academic qualifications
Minimum of a Master’s in global health, health professions education, gender studies, or a related field.
Experience
- Demonstrated experience working on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and/or gender equity programming, ideally within an academic context in Africa.
- Experience with membership-based organizations, network coordination, or multi-country program management.
- Experience in curriculum design or faculty development in health professions education preferred.
- Prior experience supporting grant-funded programs and donor reporting requirements preferred.
Technical competencies
- Excellent written and spoken English and French.
- Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation frameworks for education or health programs preferred.
Behavioral competencies
- Strong organizational, relationship-management, and cross-cultural communication skills.
- Willingness to travel across COMS-A member countries as needed.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12
Level of Education: postgraduate degree
Job application procedure
Applicants should deliver: (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.
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