Health Systems Advisor - Volunteer Position - Onsite in Cameroon • Africa - 12 months
United States
Posted on Jul 17, 2026
About The Project
Ready to apply your community health skills to support communities in becoming more resilient in Cameroon?
Cameroon faces ongoing community health and development challenges, particularly in rural areas where access to quality services, consistent health-seeking behaviors, and reliable water sanitation conditions can be limited. Many communities still experience resource constraints and service delivery gaps. Local nongovernment organizations play an essential role in addressing these disparities and fostering community engagement. Three such organizations—PRIDEPADS Africa, eBase Africa, and the Association for Development Assistance (ASAD)—provide vital health information and community support, yet they face barriers, including limited access to accurate information, constrained staff capacity due to minimal professional development opportunities, and growing donor fatigue. To strengthen their impact, these organizations require targeted guidance to enhance institutional capabilities in program quality, monitoring and evaluation, communications, strategic partnership development, and operational effectiveness.
As a Health Systems Advisor, you will collaborate with the staff at PRIDEPADS Africa, eBase Africa, or ASAD. You’ll lend your expertise to identify capacity-building opportunities and strengthen skills within the community. With your support, the organizations will strengthen their programming and services.
Activities
How you and the community will make an impact together:
Facilitate needs assessments to identify priority challenges and guide targeted actions.
Implement organizational development practices, tools, and resources to improve access to services for target populations.
Support knowledge-sharing activities, including health talks, small group sessions, and interactive learning opportunities.
Plan and support community health and development awareness events.
Strengthen local capacity through trainings, workshops, mentoring, youth clubs, camps, and experience-sharing events.
You may also contribute to additional projects based on community needs and priorities, such as English conversation clubs or tree planting projects.
Required Skills
Qualified candidates will have the following criteria:
Master of Arts/Master of Science degree in public health, or any social science, with 3-year professional work experience.
AND/OR
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition, health, nursing or any social science with a minimum of 5 years professional work experience.
Language: French
Key dates
APPLY BY : November 15, 2026
KNOW BY : January 1, 2027
DEPART ON : June 13, 2027
DURATION : 12 months
Ready to apply your community health skills to support communities in becoming more resilient in Cameroon?
Cameroon faces ongoing community health and development challenges, particularly in rural areas where access to quality services, consistent health-seeking behaviors, and reliable water sanitation conditions can be limited. Many communities still experience resource constraints and service delivery gaps. Local nongovernment organizations play an essential role in addressing these disparities and fostering community engagement. Three such organizations—PRIDEPADS Africa, eBase Africa, and the Association for Development Assistance (ASAD)—provide vital health information and community support, yet they face barriers, including limited access to accurate information, constrained staff capacity due to minimal professional development opportunities, and growing donor fatigue. To strengthen their impact, these organizations require targeted guidance to enhance institutional capabilities in program quality, monitoring and evaluation, communications, strategic partnership development, and operational effectiveness.
As a Health Systems Advisor, you will collaborate with the staff at PRIDEPADS Africa, eBase Africa, or ASAD. You’ll lend your expertise to identify capacity-building opportunities and strengthen skills within the community. With your support, the organizations will strengthen their programming and services.
Activities
How you and the community will make an impact together:
Facilitate needs assessments to identify priority challenges and guide targeted actions.
Implement organizational development practices, tools, and resources to improve access to services for target populations.
Support knowledge-sharing activities, including health talks, small group sessions, and interactive learning opportunities.
Plan and support community health and development awareness events.
Strengthen local capacity through trainings, workshops, mentoring, youth clubs, camps, and experience-sharing events.
You may also contribute to additional projects based on community needs and priorities, such as English conversation clubs or tree planting projects.
Required Skills
Qualified candidates will have the following criteria:
Master of Arts/Master of Science degree in public health, or any social science, with 3-year professional work experience.
AND/OR
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition, health, nursing or any social science with a minimum of 5 years professional work experience.
Language: French
Key dates
APPLY BY : November 15, 2026
KNOW BY : January 1, 2027
DEPART ON : June 13, 2027
DURATION : 12 months