Health Systems Advisor - Volunteer Position - Onsite in Cameroon • Africa - 12 months

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Contribute to additional projects based on community needs and priorities, such as English conversation clubs or tree planting projects.

Requirements

• Master of Arts/Master of Science degree in public health or any social science, with 3 years of professional work experience.
• OR Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition, health, nursing, or any social science with a minimum of 5 years of professional work experience.
• Proficiency in French.

Key dates: Apply by November 15, 2026; know by January 1, 2027; depart on June 13, 2027. Duration: 12 months.