As part of the Advancing Health Professionals (AHP) program, a Peace Corps Response Volunteer (PCRV) is needed to serve as a Nursing/Midwifery Educator with Mother Patern College of Health Sciences in Liberia, working with students in the classroom and skills lab settings without the provision of direct medical care to patients or clinical supervision of students. The Mother Patern College of Health Sciences is an institution of higher learning which aims to train nurses who can meet the health care needs of their societies. MPCHS develops and implements tertiary education programs that are unique in Liberia and fulfill emergent needs in the health care arena. Faculty and staff have identified the strategic goal of providing education for advanced practitioners in nursing and midwifery. Currently, there is a lack of available educators at MPCHS with the requisite knowledge to fully implement the curriculum to prepare competent educators and to serve as mentors for current staff.

As a Nursing/Midwifery Educator, the PCRV will have a number of duties designed to help the Mother Patern College of Health Sciences achieve its goals. The main duty of the PCRV will be to work alongside local faculty to support the master’s in nursing/midwifery education program through classroom teaching assignments, co-teaching and mentorship of local faculty. The Volunteer will also participate in the review of other graduate level curricula. The Volunteer will perform other duties, such as student mentoring and advisement for academic success, attending stakeholders’ meetings, faculty development programs, and review of program related issues as delegated. This position will not include involvement in or provision of any direct patient assessment, management, or care, the provision of any counseling services, or any supervision or conducting of clinical research. The goal of this assignment is to build local capacity and sustainability of MPCHS to produce well-educated and qualified Nurse/Midwife Educators.

Peace Corps Response established its “Advancing Health Professionals” program in 2019. Response Volunteers serving with the AHP program seek to improve health outcomes on a societal level through the provision of high-level, specialized service in the health sector. AHP projects include programming such as nursing education, health systems strengthening, service delivery improvement, and other non-clinical interventions which enhance the quality of healthcare.

Please note that departure dates and other details of this project could change because of the uncertainties as Peace Corps and local partners resume volunteer operations. Candidates selected for this position will be arriving in Liberia together as a group, so while the departure dates for the whole group could change, dates cannot be changed for individual candidates.

Mother Patern College of Health Sciences

• High tolerance for ambiguity and high level of flexibility – some details of this project could change because of the uncertainties as Peace Corps and local partners resume volunteer operations
• Masters in Nursing or Midwifery
• Experience teaching at the university level
• Eligible for licensure