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Re: [change] [New-grads] Course Announcement: CSE599 Information and Communication Technology and Developement (ICTD)
by Elise deGoede Dorough 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

I'd just like to add that this course is listed on the UW time schedule <http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/AUT2016/cse.html> as CSE 599: Special Topics. SLN 23633 <https://sdb.admin.uw.edu/timeschd/uwnetid/sln.asp?QTRYR=AUT+2016&SLN=23633> . *Elise DeGoede Dorough*Graduate Program Advisor Computer Science & Engineering Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering Box 352350 185 Stevens Way Seattle, WA 98195-2350 206.685.1369 elised(a)cs.washington.edu / www.cs.washington.edu On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Kurtis Heimerl <kheimerl(a)cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Instructor: Kurtis Heimerl > TA: Aditya Vashistha > Time: MW 1:30-2:50 > Location: MGH 082A > Credits: 4 > > Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are having enormous > impact on the livelihoods of the world, from tech workers taking Uber to > work, to farmers using online forums to share best practices, to people in > rural areas using cellular phones to stay up to date on their children in > the big city. Often ICTs take power away from disadvantaged communities > (e.g., rural) and centralize it in those with the money and knowhow to use > the technologies. As these interventions sweep through communities > throughout the world, we strive to understand how to build technologies > that instead empower and support marginalized groups. This class will focus > on exploring how to build technologies for communities that you are not a > part of (short answer, get involved!), understanding the space of people > and organizations engaging with and solving these kinds of problems (from > Facebook to the Clinton Health Initiative to Ob Anggen), and eventually > building our own (likely naive) solutions. > > While a critical theory of development is important to doing good work, > this is a class for builders and designers. All students will complete a > project and end up with an artifact; potentially a tool (designed and/or > built) for empowering community health workers or a model for mapping > satellite data to population density. This is a graduate-level computer > science class but particularly motivated and experienced students > (including undergrads) from other disciplines can reach out if they'd like > to participate. > > We have engaged with a few external organizations to suggest projects and > mentor students with the hope of these projects reaching deployment and > scale. We're also keen to engage with more than just system builders, and > in particular have future project funding available for work with data > scientists and system builders after the class ends. Some example projects > and backgrounds include: > > Hardware/Wireless: Facebook's OpenCellular platform (link) is an SDR-based > solution for rural/community cellular. While still in its infancy, there > are clear opportunities to implement novel access solutions (such as > backscatter) that could be optimized to make access better for those > without it. > Software/Distributed Systems: Community Cellular (link) is a model of > access where small organizations run their own cellular networks. At the > moment, the software stacks are ad hoc solutions with simplistic models of > shared state (like user information). We can build a large distributed > database that can handle the rampant disconnections in rural backhaul > networks and make it easier to setup and run these types of networks. > Data Science: Telecoms often need to understand the demographics of > uncovered areas in order to make judgments about where to build out their > networks. Given call data records, the census, and other information, we > can build models to allow telecoms to better understand areas without > coverage and profitably serve them in the future. > Healthcare: The Clinton Health Initiative (link) provides healthcare all > over the world and are actively engaged in the effort to eradicate Polio. > What tools can we build to make the front-line workers more effective? > Financial Services: Many areas lack robust access to financial > infrastructure such as credit and insurance, making them more sensitive to > disasters, both physical and medical. A number of organizations are working > to improve this and enable mobile money solutions, development > technologists are key to doing this in a scalable and interoperable manner > that actually benefits the constituents rather than just the incumbents. > > Students are also invited to bring their own projects. These could be in > the space of Education, HCI, Security, or anything, as as they work to > empower marginalized people or groups. > > For more information reach out to Kurtis Heimerl < > kheimerl(a)cs.washington.edu>. Please forward to other groups on campus who > could be interested as well! > > > > _______________________________________________ > New-grads mailing list > New-grads(a)mailman.cs.washington.edu > https://mailman.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-grads > >

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Course Announcement: CSE599 Information and Communication Technology and Developement (ICTD)
by Kurtis Heimerl 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

Instructor: Kurtis Heimerl TA: Aditya Vashistha Time: MW 1:30-2:50 Location: MGH 082A Credits: 4 Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are having enormous impact on the livelihoods of the world, from tech workers taking Uber to work, to farmers using online forums to share best practices, to people in rural areas using cellular phones to stay up to date on their children in the big city. Often ICTs take power away from disadvantaged communities (e.g., rural) and centralize it in those with the money and knowhow to use the technologies. As these interventions sweep through communities throughout the world, we strive to understand how to build technologies that instead empower and support marginalized groups. This class will focus on exploring how to build technologies for communities that you are not a part of (short answer, get involved!), understanding the space of people and organizations engaging with and solving these kinds of problems (from Facebook to the Clinton Health Initiative to Ob Anggen), and eventually building our own (likely naive) solutions. While a critical theory of development is important to doing good work, this is a class for builders and designers. All students will complete a project and end up with an artifact; potentially a tool (designed and/or built) for empowering community health workers or a model for mapping satellite data to population density. This is a graduate-level computer science class but particularly motivated and experienced students (including undergrads) from other disciplines can reach out if they'd like to participate. We have engaged with a few external organizations to suggest projects and mentor students with the hope of these projects reaching deployment and scale. We're also keen to engage with more than just system builders, and in particular have future project funding available for work with data scientists and system builders after the class ends. Some example projects and backgrounds include: Hardware/Wireless: Facebook's OpenCellular platform (link) is an SDR-based solution for rural/community cellular. While still in its infancy, there are clear opportunities to implement novel access solutions (such as backscatter) that could be optimized to make access better for those without it. Software/Distributed Systems: Community Cellular (link) is a model of access where small organizations run their own cellular networks. At the moment, the software stacks are ad hoc solutions with simplistic models of shared state (like user information). We can build a large distributed database that can handle the rampant disconnections in rural backhaul networks and make it easier to setup and run these types of networks. Data Science: Telecoms often need to understand the demographics of uncovered areas in order to make judgments about where to build out their networks. Given call data records, the census, and other information, we can build models to allow telecoms to better understand areas without coverage and profitably serve them in the future. Healthcare: The Clinton Health Initiative (link) provides healthcare all over the world and are actively engaged in the effort to eradicate Polio. What tools can we build to make the front-line workers more effective? Financial Services: Many areas lack robust access to financial infrastructure such as credit and insurance, making them more sensitive to disasters, both physical and medical. A number of organizations are working to improve this and enable mobile money solutions, development technologists are key to doing this in a scalable and interoperable manner that actually benefits the constituents rather than just the incumbents. Students are also invited to bring their own projects. These could be in the space of Education, HCI, Security, or anything, as as they work to empower marginalized people or groups. For more information reach out to Kurtis Heimerl <kheimerl(a)cs.washington.edu>. Please forward to other groups on campus who could be interested as well!

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Software development student positions with UW's Clinical Informatics Research Group
by Justin McReynolds 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

We at the UW's Clinical Informatics Research Group (http://cirg.washington.edu) are looking for graduate and undergraduate students interested in hourly or RA positions in software development. This is a great opportunity for students to gain experience with open-source software engineering and health informatics. Our group designs, develops, and administers clinical, global, population, and consumer health information systems for both research and usual care. Requirements: * Demonstrated development experience with PHP or Python, and database experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL. * Comfort working with Linux systems at the command line. * 10-20 hours / week. Desired experience: * Python Flask, CakePHP. * HTML5, CSS, Javascript. * Development of consumption of RESTful APIs. * Mobile dev. * Health informatics. For more information, please contact either Justin McReynolds (mcjustin(a)uw.edu) or Dr. Bill Lober (lober(a)uw.edu) Note that we're also looking for UI/UX developers (see http://tiny.cc/CIRG-Dev-Student ). Thanks, and apologies for any cross-posting! Justin McReynolds Technical Program Manager Clinical Informatics Research Group University of Washington

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Civic Hall Labs Healthy Public Challenge - $10k + monthly advising
by Melody Clark 12 Sep '16

12 Sep '16

http://www.civichalllabs.org/healthy-public-challenge/ HOW MIGHT WE LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY COHESION ACROSS DIVISIONS, CIVIC AGENCY, AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC ASSETS? PROBLEM At a time when ideological divisions deepen disengagement, classism and racism isolates communities, and disinvestment in safety nets destabilizes families, the health of our public is deeply threatened. These civic roots have a tremendous impact on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of our communities. To create a healthy public, we believe that technology can be used as a tool to ensure the public's vitality against the chronic maladies of isolation, disempowerment, and instability. Civic Hall Labs launches the Healthy Public Challenge as a call for solutions that build a healthy society in these three target categories: 1. CIVIC COHESION - increase communal interactions, community discourse, and engagement within and across groups; 2. CIVIC AGENCY - support underrepresented groups to participate in governing our public at the local, state, and/or national levels, improve decision-making through data equity, open sourced tools, or access to information; 3. PUBLIC ASSETS - protect and increase access to public goods and social safety nets. Learn more and see examples of solutions within these categories here<http://www.civichalllabs.org/healthy-public-challenge-criteria#systems-appr…>. BACKGROUND With the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation<http://www.rwjf.org/>, Civic Hall Labs has launched the Healthy Public Project to catalyze innovation in addressing the civic roots of health. Civic Hall Labs<http://www.civichalllabs.org/> exists to collaboratively design and build technology for the public good. As one of our themed labs, the Health Lab<http://www.civichalllabs.org/health-lab/> uses an interdisciplinary approach to shift from the mainstream notion of health as disease management to addressing the civic roots of health disparities. We want to flip the question from what makes a community unhealthy to asking: What makes a healthy public? -- Melody Clark Communications Manager Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) University of Washington Information School melclark(a)uw.edu<mailto:melclark@uw.edu> | 206.303.7910 Twitter: @taschagroup<https://twitter.com/taschagroup> | @melodyrclark<https://twitter.com/#!/melodyrclark> tascha.uw.edu<http://tascha.uw.edu/>

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Fwd: [TIER] Networking for Technical Program Manager Opportunity at PATH
by Yaw Anokwa 12 Sep '16

12 Sep '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Taliesin, Brian" <btaliesin(a)path.org> Date: Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 11:11 PM +0000 Subject: [TIER] Networking for Technical Program Manager Opportunity at PATH To: "tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu" <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu> Dear Moderator, I hope this message finds you well. PATH is seeking a Technical Program Manager to join our Global Health Securities team in Hanoi, Vietnam. I am hoping that you may be able to share the following with the Berkeley TIER mailing list. Accelerate innovation at PATH! PATH is seeking a Technical Program Manager to join our Digital Health Solutions team in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Technical Program Manager is a blend of hands-on systems analyst, methodology developer, and teacher/mentor requiring applied skills in systems thinking, learning systems, systems analysis, and multicultural group facilitation. To learn more or apply, click here: http://bit.ly/2bcJNBG. The Technical Program Manager will guide implementation of sustainable solutions for Vietnam’s Global Health Security priorities and scalable health information systems in general. His/her her job will be to work with the PATH country leader to develop a digital health strategy to support the many health information system aspects of GHSP, the PATH Vietnam/Mekong program, and provide regional coordination of digital health activities and their implementation working closely with PATH’s programmatic, Measurement & Evaluation, and Information Technology (IT) groups. The person in this role will act as a liaison with PATH’s Digital Health and Information Technology teams, bridging local ICT needs and global solutions. This role acts as a champion for global ICT solutions implemented in the country, and will often act in cooperation with local IT staff. I have included the job summary (attached). Please do not hesitate to reach me and/or our recruiter, Jamie Taylor at jtaylor(a)path.org with questions. Thanks in advance for your consideration, Brian Taliesin Systems Analyst, Digital Health Solutions R11.01, 11th Floor, Hanoi Towers 49 Hai Ba Trung, Hoan Kiem District Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnam: +84.123.200.3843 US: +1.206.387.8932 Skype: btaliesin Email: btaliesin(a)path.org To learn more about our work in health information systems please see PATH's Digital Health Solutions website.

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Networking for Technical Program Manager Opportunity at PATH
by Trevor Perrier 11 Sep '16

11 Sep '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Taliesin, Brian <btaliesin(a)path.org> Date: Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 2:52 PM Subject: Networking for Technical Program Manager Opportunity at PATH To: "change-owner(a)change.washington.edu" <change-owner(a)change.washington.edu > Dear Moderator, I hope this message finds you well. PATH is seeking a *Technical Program Manager* to join our Global Health Securities team in Hanoi, Vietnam. I am hoping that you may be able to share the following with the UW change mailing list. Accelerate innovation at PATH! PATH is seeking a Technical Program Manager to join our Digital Health Solutions team in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Technical Program Manager is a blend of hands-on systems analyst, methodology developer, and teacher/mentor requiring applied skills in systems thinking, learning systems, systems analysis, and multicultural group facilitation. To learn more or apply, click here: http://bit.ly/2bcJNBG. The *Technical Program Manager* will guide implementation of sustainable solutions for Vietnam’s Global Health Security priorities and scalable health information systems in general. His/her her job will be to work with the PATH country leader to develop a digital health strategy to support the many health information system aspects of GHSP, the PATH Vietnam/Mekong program, and provide regional coordination of digital health activities and their implementation working closely with PATH’s programmatic, Measurement & Evaluation, and Information Technology (IT) groups. The person in this role will act as a liaison with PATH’s Digital Health and Information Technology teams, bridging local ICT needs and global solutions. This role acts as a champion for global ICT solutions implemented in the country, and will often act in cooperation with local IT staff. I have included the job summary (attached). Please do not hesitate to reach me and/or our recruiter, Jamie Taylor at jtaylor(a)path.org with questions. Thanks in advance for your consideration, *Brian Taliesin* Systems Analyst, Digital Health Solutions [image: Description: http://www.charity.org/sites/default/files/images_logos/ca_path_logo_0.png] R11.01, 11th Floor, Hanoi Towers 49 Hai Ba Trung, Hoan Kiem District Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnam: +84.123.200.3843 US: +1.206.387.8932 Skype: btaliesin Email: btaliesin(a)path.org To learn more about our work in health information systems please see PATH's Digital Health Solutions website <http://sites.path.org/hmis/>.

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6th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)
by Richard Anderson 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

IEEE's Global Humanitarian Technology Conference<http://ieeeghtc.org/> (GHTC) brings together individuals and organizations who want to make a difference by applying technology based solutions to natural disasters and needs of the socioeconomically disadvantaged in developing countries. IEEE GHTC is the place to be whether you have experience to share, are looking for opportunities to contribute and collaborate, or simply want to better understand global development and humanitarian work. Celebrating its 6th anniversary, this year's conference is dedicated to "Advancing Technology for Humanity", focusing on key areas including energy, health, disaster management, connectivity, agriculture, and education. Join us in Seattle, WA, USA October 13-16, 2016<http://ieeeghtc.org/registration/> as the papers<http://sites.ieee.org/ghtc/event-2016/ghtc-2016-papers-tracks/> , over 40 posters, panels and plenaries discuss how technology can: * Enable healthcare delivery and provide power and communications in developing countries * Provide clean water, provide sanitation and improve crop yields * Improve the timeliness and effectiveness of disaster response * Assist with training and build capacity needed to improve the standard of living As program co-chairs, we can honestly say the Program Committee worked hard to insure GHTC's program<http://ieeeghtc.org/event-2016/> is relevant, can make a difference to people in the developing world, and improve the response to natural disasters. The impact of GHTC will be greater when more people attend. Please forward this email to interested colleagues. More information on the GHTC program is below. Thanks, John Prohodsky and Vasu Atluri - Program Co-Chairs, 2016 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference ============= GHTC's program's<http://ieeeghtc.org/files/2016/01/Program-Table-GHTC-2016-v7.pdf> goal is to impact in positive and meaningful ways the lives of disadvantaged communities around the world by: * Showcasing Information and Communication Technologies For Development (ICT4D) and humanitarian technologies to promote successful practice, attract wider adoption, and guide future research * Enabling global sharing of skills, knowledge, networking in the global development and emergency management fields * Identifying new resources, creating new ideas and building new partnerships * Focusing attention of the private sector on emerging market opportunities and related technology enablers The new Deployment Track and Panel Discussion on humanitarian technology deployment provides insights into the challenges of providing solutions in non-traditional environments. Innovative solutions enabled by wireless technologies will be explored in the Communications Panel Discussion. While GHTC provides attendees with opportunities to interact with peers during pre-conference workshops, paper and workshop sessions, some of the most valuable insights, takeaways and Eureka moments will be shared during planned and unplanned encounters in the comprehensive Hallway Track (which is not limited to scheduled breaks, lunches, welcome reception and dinners). Conference highlights include: Keynote and Plenary Sessions: * Influence of life quality in developing countries by disruptive & transformational technologies, Dr. Bartosz Wojszczyk, President and CEO, Decision Point Global * Technology and Resilience in the 21st Century, Walt Hubbard, Director of King County, Washington, USA's Office of Emergency Management * Beyond the "Shine", the future Hero of Humanitarian Response", Alexis Bonnell, Division Chief-Applied Innovation and Acceleration, U.S. Global Development Lab, USAID<https://www.usaid.gov/GlobalDevLab> * Maurizio Vecchione, Senior VP, Global Good<http://www.intellectualventures.com/globalgood/> * Dave Cook, Engineers Without Borders-USA<http://www.ewb-usa.org> 2016 President Panel discussions: * Commercialization of Humanitarian Technology Humanitarian technology must be available at a reasonable price where it is needed to make a difference. The panelists provide insights gain from their experiences deploying humanitarian technology. * Humanitarian Applications of Mobile Wireless Devices Several winners of the Vodafone's Wireless Innovation Project<http://vodafone-us.com/wireless-innovation-project/> will discuss their projects, what inspired them and obstacles they overcame to succeed. Register today to participate in an extensive, vibrant, and innovative technical program with likeminded individuals across the world. Advanced Discount Registration ends September 16: www.ieeeghtc.org/registration/<http://www.ieeeghtc.org/registration/> Regular Registration though October 12 On-Site Registration & One Day Passes Available For more information, contact ieeeghtc(a)ieee.org<mailto:ieeeghtc@ieee.org>

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Website Help for OpenMRS community
by Jan Flowers 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Hello All, OpenMRS is looking for help with their public website. They are wanting to migrate the current design into a new wordpress site with some customized integrations with their other tools (JIRA, etc). They want to make their website more effective at getting to the software, getting involved in the community, and acknowledging partners and contributors. Some of the design work is already done, but they need help completing it and migrating the content. If you need a small project or just want to help do some good in global health, post your interest on the community forum at: https://talk.openmrs.org/t/attention-web-developers-help-needed/7915 Or just contact Jeff Neiman (jeffneimanii(a)openmrs.org<mailto:jeffneimanii@openmrs.org>) and Theresa Cullen (terry(a)openmrs.org<mailto:terry@openmrs.org>) directly. Thanks! Jan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan Flowers University of Washington | School of Nursing | Sr. Informatics Advisor, Global Health University of Washington | School of Nursing | Clinical Faculty OpenMRS, www.openmrs.org<http://www.openmrs.org/> | Leadership Team | Director of Implementations, Distributions, Partnerships OpenELIS, www.openelis.org<http://www.openelis.org/> | Board of Directors | Leadership | Strategic Direction - Global Health e. jflow2(a)uw.edu<mailto:jflow2@uw.edu> p. 206.334.5263 skype: jan.flowers telegram: @janflowers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Research Coordinator job opening for University of Washington, Digital Financial Services research group
by Richard Anderson 01 Sep '16

01 Sep '16

Note: The following job has been posted on the UW Human Resources system. The job is posted on the UW employment web page: http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/index.html Select "FIND A JOB", and then enter Requisition 137127. Applications should be submitted as soon as possible. JOB DESCRIPTION Research Coordinator (1757), Digital Financial Services Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington As part of a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)-funded project in Digital Financial Services, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Washington is seeking a Research Coordinator. The Digital Financial Services (DFS) Research Group was formed to investigate technologies that will improve the ability of banks and mobile operators to deploy digital financial products that reach the poor. The research group is led by Professor Richard Anderson and includes Professors Yoshi Kohno, Franziska Roesner, and Kurtis Heimerl in Computer Science & Engineering. The project aims to develop and deploy technological solutions to specific challenges that impede the introductions and wide scale deployment of these financial products. Low profitability, lack of client demand, and the outright failure of many DFS launches can be traced back to difficult barriers and frictions that hinder the business model and scalability of DFS systems. Challenges that have been identified include fraud and cyberattacks, network failures, the proximity payments user experience, managing identity and on-boarding, the lack of analytics for product development and risk scoring, agent management, and financial education for end users. The Research Coordinator will support and coordinate with a group of four faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, a postdoctoral fellow, external visitors, and departmental fiscal staff. The group's activities will include assessing the usability and security of financial technologies, developing tools to support introduction of financial products, managing financial services data sets, and conducting technology assessments. The group will be producing a series of research reports in addition to developing prototype technologies for field deployment. The Research Coordinator will be responsible for group coordination, managing external partnerships, supporting evaluation studies, creating a communication strategy, managing publications, and communications including grant- and report-writing. This position will not be responsible for financial tracking or budgets. Reporting to Professor Richard Anderson, this position will be responsible for the following: Research Group Coordination * Provide overall coordination of the research team. Ensure effective and efficient team functioning. * Manage team communication, provide regular study updates. * Coordinate research team meetings to be held on a regular and as-needed basis including coordinating scheduling, creating and carrying out agendas, preparing meeting documents, and creating and maintaining related meeting documentation. * Act as a change agent in developing and implementing process change within the research team. * Prepare human subjects applications for product testing; responsible to ensure that the DFS research program is consistent with ethical standards and other regulations. * Develop forms, questionnaires, and procedures for collecting and summarizing observations and data. Communications * Oversee the communications strategy for the group. Develop and implement goals, priorities, and approaches that will showcase the group's work and promote the results of the project to provide technological solutions for improving the deployment of digital financial products for the poor. * Maintain the group's website, update content, write new content, and solicit submissions from others. * Prepare research reports and progress reports. Write administrative reports for funding agencies, primarily for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Assist in writing the annual report. * Prepare presentations and manuscripts for peer-review publication. * Play a major role in preparing grant applications and submissions, including literature review, drafting background and methodological content, budget justifications, draft of grant figures and tables, completion of grant submission forms, and copy editing. External & Third-Party Relations * Act as a liaison between the DFS group, program partners, research study sites, funding agencies, and other relevant administrative departments and agencies. * Maintain communications with external partners. * Track research of external researchers and organization that is relevant to the group's activities. Requirements: * Bachelor's degree in international development, economics, public policy, or related area AND at least two years of applicable experience. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills; capable of producing high-quality written documents. * Fluency in English * Strong project management skills; demonstrated success managing multiple projects. * Three months' experience working on a global development project while living in a developing country. * Ability to effectively bridge communication between technical research staff at UW, funding staff at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and third parties. * Computer proficiency with intermediate skills or higher in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Google docs. Desired * Master's degree in international development, economics, public policy, or related area. * Project experience with mobile banking or microfinance. Conditions: The position may involve international travel, possibly one or two international trips per year.

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