Health Systems Strengthening and Equity Intern
Summary
The Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) and health equity teams at Save the Children seek to host an intern for Fall 2024. This internship offers a chance to utilize your technical, communication, and research skills in supporting strengthening and learning initiatives focused on HSS and health equity.
As an intern, you will develop a comprehensive understanding of Save the Children's health projects and engage with the broader global health community, which includes various USAID-funded partners. This internship is an excellent opportunity to impact global health systems strengthening and equitable health access while developing your professional skills in a supportive and impactful environment.
What You’ll be Doing (Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Impact)
Health System Strengthening
- Support the team to develop a short survey about projects to collect information on approaches used.
- Work in collaboration with technical leads to administer the survey.
- Summarize survey findings.
- Review project documentation to identify those with strong aspects of HSS.
- Outline the main approaches currently used in our projects for HSS and compare to what is outlined in: a) PHC framework (WHO/USAID); and b) USAID’s HSS Framework.
- Make recommendations for how information can be organized on Teams/SharePoint system, capturing project details on funder, project thematic focus, strategic initiatives addressed in projects, project reports/learning products, technical Lead and Project Manager.
- Develop a short compendium of existing SCUS programming in HSS including project name, funder, country location, and approaches used.
Health Equity
- Identify and review global and internal resources related to targeting health equity programming and peer organizations’ approaches to equity analysis, targeting, and measurement.
- Analyze the resources and write a report summarizing key findings and recommendations.
- Develop a slide deck and present the findings and recommendations.
Required Qualifications
- Must be an actively enrolled in an Associate, Bachelor, Master or other post high school education program, or have graduated within 6 months of intern program start date.
- Possess strong written skills, solid interpersonal skills and ability to work within a team.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Strong interest in HSS, health equity, survey design, and global health research.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Currently eligible to work in the U.S.
What’s In It for You
- Structured learning and development program
- Meaningful work under the direct supervision of an experienced Save the Children staff member
- Highly collaborative and innovative teams
- Networking program with managers across the organization
- Flexible schedule
- A family friendly work environment
- The knowledge that the work you are supporting is changing the lives of children all around the world
Classification: Paid Intern
Part-time: 16-24 hours per week (up to 8 hours max per day)
Dates: September 23 - December 6, 2024
Compensation: $17 per hour
About Save the Children
Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.
Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond. As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.
Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.
Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.