Please reply to Judy Canahuati ([log in to unmask]) re: this message if you are itnerested. She has had difficulty posting it directly to LACTNET, so I am passing it on for her. Thanks Hi friends: I just got this by email. Perhaps someone on the list is interested. Four Months - Start date: December 1, 1997 End date: March 31, 1998 Pls. send resumes asap to: [log in to unmask] or by fax: Deborah Clark in Atlanta tel:(404)-577-9418 Below pls. find an overview of the North Korea project. We are aiming to start the program by December 1, and UNICEF would like to provide the team with a training course before they enter Korea. Candidates must be able to stay in North Korea until March 30. The team members will work within the management frameworks set out by UNICEF CARE's team member (on the consortium team of five) will be the Lactaction Expert, who will also maintain the basic procurement function and office budget - with a monthly budget of $25k. At a minimum, the Team will be responsible for filing donor reports for OFDA, as has been the case under the current program. UNICEF plans to provide housing accommodations for the team members; if this does not work out, the Team will be housed at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang. General Background for All Observers: The team will consist of two people with a health background (one of whom will be a lactation consultant), two people with logistics backgrounds (one of whom will have MIS skills), and one team leader. All should have management experience and strong negotiation skills. In an ideal world, we would like for them to have Korean language ability, but we cannot guarantee that the DPRK will permit Korean speakers to enter. Specific skills CARE is recruiting: CARE will recruit the Lactation specialist, who will also have the responsibility of maintaining the financial systems. This person should have the capacity to do the three basic tasks below, and in addition should be an expert in breastfeeding promotion. Experience in emergency situations is desired. Responsibilities of all team members will fall into three basic areas: (1) monitoring deployment of the resources (logistical monitoring from shipment to hospital pharmacy) (2) providing feedback to UNICEF and the DPRK in order to improve program efficacy (reporting) (3) providing basic training to health functionaries in proper use of the commodities, using training aids which have been developed and field-tested by UNICEF. Any special skills which the team members have will also be fully utilized -- for example, a strong background in training may mean that the person has special tasks in organizing training sessions. One particular skill which is required is breastfeeding promotion. Each team member will be paired for work with a staffperson from the Ministry of Health, and is may also be accompanied by staff from the Ministry of External Affairs. Given that translation is spotty in even non-medical situations, UNICEF's idea in the pairing is that the MoH person will help to bridge communication gaps in the hospitals, and to build the capacity of these MoH personnel to do this basic training work themselves. Judy Canahuati, MPhil, IBCLC PO Box #512 San Pedro Sula, Honduras Telephone: +504-50-9737 Fax: +504-50-7482 E-mail: [log in to unmask] "The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination." John Schaar mailto:[log in to unmask] "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." Kathleen G. Auerbach,PhD, IBCLC (Ferndale, WA USA) [log in to unmask] WEB PAGE: http://www.telcomplus.net/~kga/lactation.html LACTNET archives http://library.ummed.edu/lsv/archives/lactnet.html