Deadline:
April 14, 2025
Location(s)
Malawi Rwanda Uganda United States of America Zambia
Overview
What does the U.S. Leadership Accelerator offer emerging leaders?
GHC’s U.S. Leadership Accelerator is an exciting 9-month opportunity to build skills as an effective leader, but it’s also much more than that. It’s a year that will catalyze your personal and professional growth, placing you within a global and diverse network of bright, young, and committed health equity champions. It is – we hope – a catalyst for an impactful career working towards equitable health systems.
We’ve designed this program to respond to public health’s most pressing needs–find out more about the why here!
Details
As a fellow, you will:
- Deepen your self-awareness. Develop a clearer sense of your unique leadership strengths and weaknesses and an informed understanding of how you’re perceived by others. Articulate your personal values, explore your role in advancing health equity, and develop a vision for your growth as a leader.
- Improve your capacity for learning. Explore barriers to and opportunities for learning about yourself and your work. Develop a personal learning agenda, interrogate personal mindsets and explore new strategies for learning.
- Extend and leverage your networks. Adopt practices to extend your network in strategic ways, and get the support and critical insights you need to advance your leadership. You’ll integrate into GHC’s global community of 1,200+ alumni and advisors.
- Improve your understanding of how change happens in a system. Explore frameworks and tools to better understand and analyze the systems you work and live in. Develop an understanding of how change happens and strategies you can use to leverage systems change.
- Increase your efficacy. Gain confidence in practicing your leadership and achieving positive results in your workplace and community. Apply the knowledge and insights you develop through immersion in GHC’s leadership framework and leverage the relationships you develop through GHC’s community of alumni and advisors.
- Gain access to additional resources through GHC’s network. This includes webinars, additional trainings, networking opportunities, and other resources from across GHC and our Community Impact Team to help you further develop your skills and deepen your partnerships.
Program Components
The U.S. Leadership Accelerator is tuition-free, and designed with a hybrid learning approach with virtual and in-person learning opportunities.
Once a fellow, always a fellow. After the program, fellows join GHC’s lifelong global network of 1,300+ alumni.
The 9-month program runs from September to May. Travel to retreat locations, lodging costs, and most meals for the in-person retreats will be covered by GHC. If accepted, participation in all components of the fellowship listed below are mandatory, unless otherwise noted.
All fellows will participate in:
- Learning
- Monthly virtual workshops (3 hours/workshop) built into your working day
- Monthly small group learning (1-2 hours/month)
- Asynchronous learning (1-2 hours/month) – required reading, writing and reflection in advance of workshops and small group learning
- Optional learning opportunities – webinars, trainings, networking meetings, and access to GHC’s resources.
- Coaching
- 360° assessment
- Executive one-on-one coaching
- GHC staff coaching and support
- Connection
- 2 in-person overnight retreats (3-4 days/convening)
- Mentorship from GHC alumni and partners
- Integration into GHC’s lifelong global network spanning 40+ countries
Some topic areas we cover:
- Authentic, Collective and Systems leadership
- Mindtraps
- Leadership visioning
- Wellness & Well-Being
- Leadership Storytelling
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Relationship Building
- Mobilizing collective action
- Systems change in the US
- And more!
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Eligibility
We intentionally cultivate a leadership experience that fosters inclusivity and a sense of belonging throughout the learning journey. The U.S. Leadership Accelerator is more than a fellowship–it’s a community.
The U.S. Leadership Accelerator is a good fit for high potential, emerging early-career public health leaders committed to growing their personal and professional development skills. Public health is a broad field and we are excited to consider applicants across sectors – including federally qualified health centers, local health departments or state agencies, government agencies, universities, community-based and non-governmental organizations, and private sector employers.
We are committed to advancing diverse leaders, and especially welcome applications from:
- Prospective fellows of all backgrounds who are focused on health equity including those who identify as people of color, are women, LGBTQIA+ or gender diverse, or represent other historically marginalized identities
- Those who work in understaffed, critical areas of the U.S. health system, including:
- Government agencies
- Community based-health
- Health IT
- Data informatics and analytics
- Environmental health
- Behavioral health
- Health communications
To be eligible for the U.S. Leadership Accelerator, you must:
- Be an emerging leader in public health
- Be between 21-30 years old by September 1, 2025
- Live in the U.S. full-time
- Be authorized to work in the U.S.
- Work full-time in a U.S.-focused public health role in a non-clinical capacity
- Have worked in their current role for at least 6 months
- There are no specific education or training requirements to be eligible for participation.
Dates
Deadline: April 14, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
In addition to the intensive leadership development and professional growth that the fellowship offers, the Global Health Corps fellowship includes the following benefits. GHC arranges several logistical details on fellows’ behalf with the expectation that fellows will take ownership of their overall experience. Read on below to learn more about how these items apply to specific placements:
- Monthly living stipend
- Professional development funds of up to $600
- Award of $1500 upon successful completion of the fellowship year
- Housing
- Insurance
- Travel costs covered to and from GHC training and retreats
- Support in applying for visas and/or work permits, as necessary
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
