Full-Time Public Health Employment Opportunities

How to Apply

Unite For Sight accepts resumes on a rolling basis. Please submit a resume and cover letter, referencing the position title in the subject line. The highest quality candidates will be invited to submit two letters of recommendation on a Unite For Sight online recommendation form. After review of the letters of recommendation, select candidates will be invited for a phone interview, followed by an in-person interview. These full-time positions have a flexible start date between January and June 2009. 

Program Coordinator (New Haven, CT)

The Program Coordinator manages Unite For Sight's domestic and international programs, including the relationships with 100 college chapters and with 300 volunteers traveling abroad each year.  This position involves working directly with the C.E.O. to expand and enhance the organization's programs. 

The Program Director's responsibilities include:

  • Program development
  • Manage volunteer relations
  • Coordinate work of team leaders
  • Enhance training and capacity-building activities

Required Qualifications:

  • Comprehensive understanding of best practice public health principles
  • Minimum 2 year commitment though longer commitments are preferable
  • Bachelors degree required

Interested applicants should send a resume to the attention of Jennifer Staple, at JStaple@uniteforsight.org Please clearly indicate that you are applying for the Program Coordinator Position.

Young Leader of Social Change Fellow (New Haven, CT)

The Young Leader of Social Change Fellowship provides an outstanding recent college or public health graduate with an opportunity to engage in high impact front-line global service programs.  You will work from our New Haven office that overlooks the Yale campus.

In this position, the Fellow will work closely with Unite For Sight’s CEO on public health programming.

Duties and responsibilities include:

  • Apply organizational and writing skills to the development and implementation of global health initiatives
  • Expand Unite For Sight’s presence on college campuses
  • Contribute to cutting-edge programs in development

Required Qualifications:

  • Comprehensive understanding of best practice public health principles
  • Minimum 1 year commitment though longer commitments are preferable
  • Bachelors degree required

Interested applicants should send a resume to the attention of Jennifer Staple, at JStaple@uniteforsight.org Please clearly indicate that you are applying for the Young Leader of Social Change Fellow position.

Unite For Sight is an equal opportunity employer.

Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

About Us

The time I spent in Chennai, India as a Unite For Sight volunteer was a magical experience. Instead of seeing a power point show of the patients' lives, I was right there in their homes, eating traditional Southern Indian meals next to locals.
—David Murakami, Unite For Sight Volunteer in India