GFE Eligible Positions: Job Posting Information

Thank you for your interest in collaborating with the Professional Advancement & Student Experience Center to post Global Field Experience Eligible Positions on our 12Twenty Platform. We hope to offer our support in helping connect Rollins School of Public Health to students to you and the global organizations that you work with.By advertising available projects with the GFE Financial Award, we hope that even more students will have the opportunity to connect with the communities that you serve.

For more information about the GFE Financial Award Program, click here.

If you are interested in posting a position, please complete the fields below. Our team will be in touch with you when the position is approved and posted. You will serve as the main point-of-contact for that position in our system and will receive application materials.

Your First Name

Your Last/Family Name

Emory Email Address
This will be used to create an employer account for 12Twenty, if you have not created one already.

Your Academic Department

Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences

Biostatistics

Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health

Epidemiology

Hubert Department of Global Health

Health Policy and Management

Have you supported students traveling internationally for projects before?

Yes

Position Posting Title
(Examples: Graduate Research Assistant for [Study/Organization Name], Student Fieldwork Researcher for [Organization Name], Community Health and Development Intern)

Location (City, Country)

Global Field Experience Financial Award Projects are typically 4-6 weeks long during the months of May - August. Please provide the following information below:

What is the anticipated start date for your position?

What is the anticipated end date for your position?

The purpose of the Global Field Experience Financial Award is to provide supplemental funding to students who plan to go abroad for their summer fieldwork experience. A Global Field Experience does not need to be a paid position. Outside of this award, is this position a paid position?

Yes

If yes, how much are you planning to pay students? (Examples: $ per hour, stipend)

Number of Available Positions

Which Required Documents would you like to collect?

Resume / CV

Cover Letter

Transcript

Recommendation Letter

Writing Sample

Other

If you selected other, what other materials would you like to collect?

Please include a student job description below. For GFE-Eligible Positions, we recommend including the following information:

Background of your organization or research project
Job description, including specific details about the role, partnering organizations that you will be working with, and preferred qualifications / skills

Additionally, we recommend answering the following questions. Please note that the questions below do not indicate site requirements; however, we hope that students will consider these details as they make the decision to apply for global fieldwork positions.

Is housing provided? Are there resources for students to secure housing?
Is transportation provided (To and from the airport, to and from sites, etc.)? Are there resources for students to secure transportation?
What are your language requirements? Are there translating services available?
Any other benefits that is not mentioned above.

Do you have any other qualifications or preferences that you would like for us to include? (Examples include: Only open to students in [Name of Academic Department], students must have completed [Course Name and Number])

Which Public Health Competencies Apply?

1. Apply epidemiological methods to settings and situations in public health practice

2. Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context

3. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software as appropriate

4. Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice

5. Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings

6. Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and systemic levels

7. Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health

8. Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation, or critique of public health policies or programs

9. Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention

10. Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management

11. Select methods to evaluate public health programs

12. Discuss the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence

13. Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes

14. Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations

15. Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity

16. Apply leadership and/or management principles to address a relevant issue (such principles may include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration, and guiding decision making)

17. Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges

18. Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors

19. Communicate audience-appropriate (i.e., non-academic, non-peer audience) public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation

20. Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content

21. Integrate perspectives from other sectors and/or professions to promote and advance population health

22. Apply a systems thinking tool to visually represent a public health issue in a format other than standard narrative

As a reminder, please review the timeline below:

Faculty /Host Organization Recruitment Timeline
Now until January 22, 2026	Recommended Due Date for faculty / host organizations to post positions on 12Twenty. We encourage students to begin searching for opportunities now. The PASE Center hopes to post and open positions by Monday, January 26.
February 27, 2026	Recommended Due Date for faculty / host organizations to extend offers to students and begin working with them on their Experiential Learning Hub Submission for their Applied Practice Experience and the Global Field Experience. Rationale:Extending offers by the recommended due date would allow students approximately two weeks to complete the Experiential Learning Hub Submission.
March 13, 2026	Recommend Due Date for students to complete the Experiential Learning Hub. Rationale:Students completing the Experiential Learning Hub by this date allows approximately two weeks for Site Supervisors and Faculty APE Advisors to approve their Experiential Learning Hub Submission.
March 28, 2026	Experiential Learning Hub Submission, Site Supervisor Approval, and Faculty APE Advisor Approval Due
March 31, 2026 – April 7, 2026	Students that successfully complete the Experiential Learning Hub Submission will be invited to provide additional information by completing a Supplemental Application for Funding, due on April 7, 2026.
April 9, 2026	Students that complete the Supplemental Application for Funding will receive a notificationregarding the status of their award. Students will be invited to complete the Public Health Pre-Departure Course.
May 2, 2026	Public Health Pre-Departure Course Due

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