Application Letter

From   : hafizah@ui.ac.id

To        : hrd@id.mercycorps.org

Subject: Job Application for Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant

Dear Hiring Manager,

I am enclosing my resume  in response to your advertisement of monitoring and evaluation assistant position in Health and Nutrition Program. As chief division of public relation in Biostatistics Student Association in my university, I was involved in research and various data analysis. I was exposed to full range of health programs including planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating during six months internship program in Ministry of Health Republic Indonesia.

I am pursuing my final year on Public Health in University of Indonesia. Throughout my education years, I have been actively involved in data analysis from univariate to multivariate level. I am skilled in operating various data analysis software such as SPSS, Stata, Epi Data. My core duties in Ministry of Health Republic Indonesia during internship program involved assessing and analyzing health programs. I am sure that my previous work experience as assistant lecturer gives me an insight in value of professional work. I am more than willing to contribute my skills and knowledge as public health graduate in helping world communities improving their life. I am ready to improve my proficiency in monitoring and evaluating program to meet your job requirements.

Having served tenure as Liaison Officer during 26^th SEAGAMES 2011, my communication and interpersonal skills were greatly polished. Being interested in communication and public relation, I am a member of public relation team in the University Student Council. This role has taught me to organize activities that give me an insight in leadership skills. Selected as Chief of Marketing and Public Relation division in 2010 at the biggest art festival in my university, I led a team of 20 students to secure sponsorship and media partners for the event. This immensely helped me to learn about managing and leading a team.

I am currently pursuing a semester in National University of Singapore as an exchange student. For this exchange program I have been selected by Temasek Foundation as a LEaRN scholar (Leadership Enrichment and Regional Networking scholarship). During this semester, I have involved myself in various Community Services as a part of the scholarship program.  Being the first time living outside Indonesia, it has helped me broaden my view, live independently as well as make friends and network among people from other parts of the world.

I am passionate about working for the community. Wanting to help other people to get better life, I am ready to contribute in one of 41 branch of office of Mercy Crops. Being the one of the biggest organization in the world, this job will enable me participate in improving the living standards of world society. This opportunity also will help me grow as a human being while being employed and add to my knowledge on public health in a practical life scenario.  I believe my research experiences coupled with leadership and interpersonal skills make me an ideal candidate for this position.

I am attaching my resume with this letter. If I can provide you with any further information on my background and qualifications, please let me know. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your consideration.

Your Sincerely,

Hafizah

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ME Assistant – Health and Nutrition Program

Responsible for working with Health and Nutrition Program Team and under direct supervision of Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist to develop M&E plan and working in the M&E Activity, relevant indicators and tools for measurement, conduct semi-structured exit interviews, compile the data and summarize the themes that emerge, assist with Health and Nutrition Program Team with their routine data entry task, ensuring the database is updated in a timely fashion, the analysis of data and discuss with Program Manager, Project Coordinator, M&E Specialist and Field Officers how to use the results in implementation.

Qualifications:

-         Possess a relevant university degree or college diploma; AND relevant 2-3 years work experience;

-       Experience working in monitoring and evaluation, ideally in an NGO context. Experience with Health M&E is an advantage;

-       Knowledge on Manajemen Terpadu Balita Sakit (berbasis masyarakat) is desired;

-       Experience in Quantitative data collection and analysis;

-       Experience in Qualitative data collection and analysis;

-       Experience using Excel, Access and statistic software (Epi Info, SPSS, Stata);

-       Fluency in English, both written and spoken, highly desired;

-         Effective time management and organization skills including priority setting and responding to program needs;

-         Effective interpersonal communication skills including: Problem-solving skills, being proactive and taking initiative.

Please send your CV with position applied on the email subject to:

hrd@id.mercycorps.org

Interpersonal Conflict

 One of major matter in communication is resolving interpersonal conflict. Being apart in most of interpersonal relationship, making resolving conflict technique become major issue. Many books and movies adopt interpersonal conflict as theme. Surrounding by bunch of information in resolving conflict everyday, however, people often simply choose to avoid the conflict. As we know, this can be damaging because it can lead to greater problem in future.

Lets take a look at interpersonal relationship in a novel winning South African Boeke Prize in 2004, The Kite Runner. Being nominated at Oscar 2008 for its same name adaption film, story began in Wazir Akbar Khan, a district of Kabul Afghanistan, between 2 close friend: Amir and Hassan. Amir is son of reputable man who lost her wife when she born Amir. As son of Amir fathers servant, Hassan spend his childhood with Amir: roaming in the street and playing happening toys at that time: kites.

Source : http://polsci167.blogspot.com/2011/09/kite-runner-redemption-within-tentative.html

Amir father loves both Hassan and Amir. Yet, Amir feels less loved because Amir father is often harsh to him for being weak, lacking in courage and being not manly enough. Feeling responsible for his moms dead, Amir feel pressure when it comes to communicate with his father. His father who changes into more reclusive after being left by his wife, do not talk much with his son. Unfortunately, this bad communication affects Amir.  Being terribly afraid in making his only parent disappointed, Amir secretly feel jealous with his closest buddy, Hassan

One day, Amir and Hassan spent their afternoon in playing kites. Hassan run to last kite cut in order to make his only friend, Amir, proud and happy. Kite flew to distant cloistered place where Assef, a violent neighborhood boy, await. Assef kept a revenge to Hassan due to his lost in dispute. Hassan refused to give up the kite. Assef did his revenge, assaulting and raping Hasaan. Worrying why Hassan not going back, Amir searched Hassan and hide when he heard Assef voice. He saw the rape, but to scared to help him. After that, Amir and Hassan keep distance each other for some time, untill Amir can not stand his guilty anymore.

Story above is just one plot of the kite runner storyline. It seems so complicated yet giving us small picture the effect of avoiding conflict. Amir father chooses to not discuss and just let his son alone, feeling guilty for his mom's death. Pretending everything runs well, makes their relationship even worse. It effects Amir in his social live.

Just like I mentioned before, people face interpersonal conflicts in daily life. When it comes to solve problems, people have choice to either avoid or face it. Not forgetting the fact that most people already know communicating, seems can be best way to solve problems, then why people still choose to avoid conflict? What factor influence people to either avoid or face conflict?


Reference:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419887/
http://www.wikisummaries.org/The_Kite_Runner