Application Guide

How to Apply for Senior Director, Clinical Partnerships

at Cure Blindness Project

🏢 About Cure Blindness Project

Cure Blindness Project stands out for its proven, scalable impact in global eye care, having delivered over 1.6 million sight-restoring surgeries and trained more than 20,100 professionals. Unlike many NGOs, they focus on building sustainable, high-quality eye care systems in underserved regions through clinical partnerships and training. Working here offers the unique opportunity to directly combat avoidable blindness worldwide while developing innovative global health solutions.

About This Role

This Senior Director role is the architect of Cure Blindness Project's clinical partnership ecosystem, responsible for strategically growing and managing their global network of volunteer ophthalmologists and institutional partners. You'll be building the faculty pipeline that trains eye care professionals worldwide and creating sustainable capacity-building programs. Your work directly enables the delivery of high-quality surgical training and expands access to sight-restoring care in underserved communities.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve morning video calls with academic partners in different time zones to discuss faculty pipeline development, followed by reviewing credentialing applications from volunteer ophthalmologists. Afternoons could include strategizing recognition programs with the engagement team and analyzing deployment data to ensure alignment with priority training programs in underserved regions.

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🎯 Who Cure Blindness Project Is Looking For

  • Has 10+ years in medical education or volunteer management with international NGOs, specifically experience recruiting and credentialing medical professionals for global health programs
  • Demonstrates proven success building strategic alliances with academic medical centers and professional societies, particularly in ophthalmology or related surgical specialties
  • Possesses deep understanding of accreditation standards for medical training programs and experience ensuring compliance in international settings
  • Shows track record of developing recognition programs that maintain long-term engagement with volunteer medical professionals across different cultures

📝 Tips for Applying to Cure Blindness Project

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Quantify your impact on volunteer networks: Instead of saying 'managed volunteers,' specify 'recruited and credentialed 150+ ophthalmologists across 5 subspecialties for international training programs'

2

Highlight specific experience with ophthalmology or surgical specialties: The role requires understanding ophthalmic subspecialties and surgical training needs

3

Demonstrate understanding of sustainable capacity building: Show how your past work created lasting systems rather than one-off interventions

4

Research their existing partners: Mention specific academic centers or societies you've worked with that align with their current network

5

Address the remote leadership challenge: Provide examples of how you've successfully managed global teams and partnerships remotely

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your specific experience building and managing networks of medical professionals for international health organizations', "Examples of strategic alliances you've developed with academic medical centers and how they expanded training capacity", 'Your approach to volunteer stewardship and recognition programs that maintain long-term engagement', "Understanding of accreditation standards for medical training and how you've ensured compliance in global settings"]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Study their current clinical partnerships page to understand existing institutional relationships and gaps
  • → Review their annual reports to understand geographic priorities and surgical/training volume trends
  • → Research their training methodology and accreditation standards mentioned in program descriptions
  • → Look into their leadership team's backgrounds to understand organizational culture and priorities
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💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 How would you approach recruiting ophthalmic subspecialists for training programs in resource-limited settings?
2 Describe a time you built a strategic alliance with an academic medical center that resulted in expanded training capacity
3 What metrics would you use to measure the success and impact of the volunteer network you manage?
4 How would you handle credentialing challenges for international volunteers with different training backgrounds?
5 What innovative approaches would you propose for recognizing and retaining volunteer faculty in long-term partnerships?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Focusing only on domestic volunteer management experience without demonstrating international/global health context
  • Presenting generic partnership experience without specific examples involving medical professionals or academic institutions
  • Failing to show understanding of the difference between one-time surgical missions and sustainable capacity building through training

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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