Health In Harmony reviews

I have worked with Health In Harmony more than ten years, and what has kept me here, besides a true belief in the potential of the mission and a desire to see it through to its full expression, plus the excitement of the current moment of growth, is the supportive environment and level of personal opportunity. The organization is ambitious and has prioritized investments in programs and growth opportunities, so there is always more work to be done, and you will be on your toes. With the growing programs, personnel, and external partners, there are so many learning opportunities and a strong openness from the leadership and the whole organization to new ideas and anyone who wants to take ownership and responsibility for aspects of the work. I have had a career path I couldn’t have had many places by being able to quickly take on new and more challenges, explore interests, and design my own place in the organization based on what is needed and my own strengths. Being an employee at Health In Harmony is truly being able to see your influence on the outcomes of the work. A lot of initiative is required, but if you enjoy creating and problem-solving, you can build such a fulfilling experience for yourself here. In addition to professional satisfaction, my experience at Health In Harmony has always been one of personal support. The onus is on the individual to create personal boundaries, as is appropriate, but those boundaries are respected, and one way Health In Harmony has always lived its values is by prioritizing people-friendly policies, so the structure exists to do what is needed for your personal life (flexible schedule, ample time off, progressive leave policies, generous healthcare and other benefits and reimbursements). I recognize that being here for so long, my experience is likely different than a new hire, but I have always witnessed respect and appreciation for people’s personal lives from every member of the team, and I do believe each employee can take a higher and wonderful level of ownership here than at more established or dogmatic organizations.

Joined HIH over a year ago now after many years working globally with MSF; as such have spent most of the last couple of decades working in many different contexts across Africa, the middle east and central Asia and experienced a wide variety of missions, management styles and organisational aptitudes and attitudes. HIH has been a real eye opener to me on a number of levels - an organisation that can care for its own as much as it does for the mission it promotes. It's a US organisation - a first for me employment wise - and has been in a phase of major transition as it moves from a small locally focused organization to a multimillion dollar scaling strategy. It's been a rough ride at times, but a mission as severe and critical as the climate crisis requires innovative thinking and a total change of the 'same old things, done in the same old ways, by the same old people'. Be prepared to learn, be prepared to listen and be prepared to share. Be prepared to change direction as the organization navigates the path to scale. Understand that the need for diversity is not just about colour - its about diversity of lived experiences that allows us to already know there is a world outside of the US and accept that we don't have all the answers, and the critical need to decolonise our minds. As a proud brown person of colour, and a loud and proud Muslim, I have felt and observed nothing but total respect and love from all members of the team, junior and senior; I noticed some of the comments in the earlier reviews about diversity in the organisation, but this is not what I see, and partly why I felt obliged to post (thanks, I will pass on the lectures on diversity from non-PoC ex-employees if you don't mind). Half the HIH global team are PoC, with nearly a third as non-native English speakers; this is increasing every quarter. All of the country teams are nationals of the country and own their programs - there is no colonial mentality here and that is something I truly appreciate. So yes, this is a challenging mission, but its exciting and we are seeing results. The team is truly becoming a global one - its an opportunity to contribute solving to humanities greatest challenge to date. The work is not easy - if it was we all would not be in this mess - but HIH is an organisation that is moving things in the right direction and need smart, enthusiastic, flexible people who are able to navigate uncertainty and contribute ideas to an inclusive and caring team who are all desperately trying to help fix the planet. Other pros: - super family friendly; it is family first for everyone. - the whole team has a week off per year at the same time (not taken out of leave). It allows a real disconnect from what is otherwise a pretty intense workload. - The global team is from all over - South Asia, Northern Africa, Western Africa, South Eastern Africa , Europe etc; so lots of cool stuff to learn from each other - Its a genuinely fun place to work. People are chill and non-judgemental