Although WGHA is not hiring employees, WGHA members are. This section is devoted to current job opportunities and careers offered in the global health field.

There are a broad range of positions ranging from program assistants to work-study programs for students, to research technicians, and post-doctoral careers. Below you will find a few highlights of currently open jobs at WGHA member organizations. For direct links to all job sites please see the list below.

*This page was last updated Monday, July 26th, 2010.

This position will serve as the Chief of the Policy, Community Partnerships & Communications (PC2) unit in the Public Health Department. The Chief will be a senior manager in the department and will provide leadership, vision and direction for the department and for King County government within the functions of this new unit. The successful candidate will be an innovative, outstanding leader with strong communication and management skills, and must have an understanding of the department’s mission, programs and services, as well as King County government and community issues (including regional and statewide). The incumbent will be responsible for public relations, communications, and strategic policy development and adoption. The incumbent will convene internal and external stakeholders and manage development and promulgation of public health policies and priorities, and will also represent and advance the department’s / county’s health policy interests in local, state and national legislative agendas.

The purpose of the PC2 unit is to focus on key functions that will help achieve the Public Health Operational Master Plan (OMP) vision of increasing the number of healthy years lived by people in King County and eliminating health disparities. The incumbent will provide health policy leadership for this purpose, serving as the key department lead for the promotion of health policy and execution of OMP “Policy Development and Assurance Strategies” for the public health functions of protection, promotion and provision. The department’s OMP emphasizes communication and provision of information to the community and targeted groups, and policy assurance as a key public health strategy for improving the health of the community.