Internship Opportunities at Jhpiego
Job Overview
As one of the most gender-equal organizations in global health, we promote gender equity not only within our programs but also within our organization. Currently, 45% of Jhpiego’s global senior management is female. Moreover, from country to country our staff reflect the cultural and racial diversity of the populations we serve. We believe that each country knows best how to help its people and achieve its goals. We listen, and we support their efforts by sharing the most up-to-date knowledge and technology that helps them lead for generations to come. We put our clients in the driver’s seat. That’s how we build resilient communities.
Intern – Locally Led Development
This position will be closed on June 29, 2024
Responsibilities
- Assist in developing training materials and resources for local strategic partners LLD interventions.
- Support the organization and coordination of workshops, training sessions, and webinars.
- Collect and analyze feedback from training participants to improve future sessions.
- Facilitate regular meetings with at least four CSOs, LNGOs or local institutions and organizations (publicand private) on a quarterly basis
- Support organizing continual meetings with local organizations and identify potential areas of collaboration and actively search for funding opportunities
- Update portfolio of mapped local organization on regular basis and support the Eco System Mapping
- Support in conducting Skills Matrix – i.e. mapping of the country office competencies to support capacity
strengthening of strategic partners and regional support, as TA hub - Help following up submitted partnership letters to new potential donors: – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Irish Aid)-Ireland – Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) – German Agency for
- International Cooperation (GIZ) – Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOIKA) – UNICEF and GAVI
- Help in creating/customizing tools and templates to support organizational development
- Assist in the implementation and monitoring of system improvement initiatives/OCA Action plans, findings and recommendations
- Provide administrative support for preliminary joint project planning and execution.
- Help track partners development progress and prepare status reports
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, or a related field.
- Strong interest in global health, capacity building, and community development.
- Excellent research, writing, and communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Previous knowledge in an NGO or related field is an added advantage
Intern – Humanitarian Action
This position will be closed on June 29, 2024
Responsibilities
- Documenting Jhpiego Tanzania humanitarian responses and initiatives through knowledge management tools/platforms and reports
- Developing and releasing Situation Reports, when necessary
- In collaboration with our humanitarian partner, RAPID Tanzania, conduct humanitarian partner mapping exercises
- Setting up meet and greets with strategic partners in the humanitarian space
- Scan in-country humanitarian landscape and keep country leadership and US teams updated
- Participate in external humanitarian coordination meetings (i.e., cluster meetings, other coordination mechanisms)
- Contribute to the disaster needs-assessment process
- Link with possible humanitarian funding opportunities
- Participating in disaster management NGO network Tanzania (DINGONET) meetings.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in public health, international affairs, conflict studies, or other applicable sector
- Familiarity with the cluster system, Sphere Standard, and basic humanitarian principles
- Willing to acquire new knowledge
- Strong research skills
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple requests with attention to detail and deadlines
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Has bachelor’s degree in social sciences, or a related field.
- Strong interest in global health, capacity building, and community development.
- Excellent research, writing, and communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.