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PSI Internship: Malaria and Child Survival Department Intern (Washington, DC)
Description:
PSI seeks an intern to support the Malaria & Child Survival Department. This internship provides an opportunity to work with department staff to provide technical support and global knowledge management for PSI’s diarrheal disease, malaria, pneumonia and nutrition programs. The intern will support various administrative, management and technical functions.
PSI offers flexible working hours and a dynamic, creative, and progressive work environment. This internship requires at least 35 hours per week and is a paid position, based in Washington, DC. The internship will begin June 1 and go through August 2011.
Responsibilities: The Malaria & Child Survival intern will have a variety of duties for different projects related to PSI’s activities. Duties will include but are not limited to:
- Conducting research and synthesizing reports on various malnutrition, malaria, diarrheal disease and pneumonia programs, findings and data;
- Fulfilling administrative functions as required, including invoicing, expense reconciling and submitting monthly product reports;
- Supporting administrative preparation for key Malaria & Child Survival presentations, conferences, meetings and retreats;
- Maintaining and updating various administrative records of PSI sales and activities, including an internal system of knowledge management;
- Assisting in creation and updating of communications materials, including one pagers and presentations;
- Assisting with analysis of health metrics data;
- Responding to internal/external requests for information and assisting with website updates as necessary;
- Support with grant writing and proposal submission as necessary.
- Assist with curriculum overview for graphics-driven course and facilitator and trainee manuals for department training course.
Experience:
The ideal candidate will possess strong computer, analytical and organizational skills; attention to detail; ability to prioritize and perform multiple tasks; ability to follow assignments through to completion; and strong commitment to deadlines. Additionally, an ideal candidate will have:
- Strong qualitative and quantitative skills, including ability to synthesize large amounts of information into succinct documents.
- Experience with data management, indexing and spreadsheets.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Experience and proficiency with Adobe Indesign and Adobe Illustrator.
- Interest in health and/or international development preferred.
Please send a letter of interest and resume/CV to mcsd@psi.org. No phone calls please.
Summer Internship Position with VillageReach (Seattle, WA)
The following is a posting for a summer internship position with VillageReach. The original posting can be found here (pdf).
Background: VillageReach is a 501(c)3 nonprofit social enterprise working to save lives and improve wellbeing in developing countries by increasing last‐mile access to healthcare and investing in social businesses that address gaps in community infrastructure. For more information visit: www.villagereach.org.
Internship Description: The HSG Internship is an opportunity for an experienced graduate‐level student interested in both research and implementation to contribute his/her knowledge to the design and evaluation of health system interventions at VillageReach. The intern will work closely with VillageReach program staff on a variety of activities to support the work of the Health Systems Group. The initial focus of the intern will be on supporting the expansion of our work in Malawi and documenting our work through case studies and other knowledge dissemination reports, although other projects and duties will be assigned.
• Expansion of our Work in Malawi: VillageReach has been working at the district and community level in Malawi since 2008. Our focus has been on a deep community health intervention aimed at decreasing key illness for children under five. Now that we have developed strong relationships and infrastructure at the community level, we are researching new ways to expand our work in Malawi in high‐impact, sustainable ways. The intern will be responsible for conducting secondary research on potential additional interventions that VillageReach could take on as part of their work in Malawi. This will include learning about VillageReach’ interventions to date through report review and discussions with key staff, but also looking at other successful high‐impact community interventions from other projects or other country settings.
• Drafting of Case Studies on VillageReach work: The intern will also be asked to assist with documentation of current VillageReach projects through case studies, blog posts, academic articles, website content, etc. This may include documentation of our long‐term work in Malawi and Mozambique, as well as some of our short‐term engagements in other countries.
This position requires strong writing and sophisticated research skills, technical knowledge of global health program design, and experience working in a low‐income country context. Experience working with and/or researching health supply chains is a plus. The successful candidate will be a person motivated by mission, a highly dynamic and flexible environment and the understanding that his or her contribution can and will impact the success of VillageReach.
Qualifications
- Graduate‐level student studying global public health
- Skilled writer and researcher
- Outstanding ability to synthesize, organize, and present research
- Skilled at accessing secondary sources
- Fluency in English
- Experience working in a low‐income country
Commitment: This is a full‐time 8‐10 week summer internship based in the VillageReach Headquarters in Seattle, Washington, USA. The internship is designed for the summer months of June‐August, but there is flexibility for the exact starting and ending dates.
Stipend: The internship has a $3,500 stipend to support living expenses.
Deadline for Application: May 13, 2010.
To Apply: Send resume and cover letter to Info@villagereach.org with the subject line “HSG Summer Intern.”
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