Country: United States of America
Closing date: 11 Jan 2018
Global Health Fellows Program II
Family Planning Data Intern
Front Office, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development
Anticipated timeframe: March 2018 – September 2018: Compensated 6 month internship
Location: Washington, DC/Arlington, VA
INT-P7-032
The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with Global Health Corps, GlobeMed, Management Systems International and PYXERA Global. GHFP-II is supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
GHFP-II’s goal is to improve the effectiveness of USAID health programs by addressing the Agency’s immediate and emerging human capacity needs. The program seeks to accomplish this goal first through the recruitment, placement and support of diverse health professionals at the junior, mid and senior levels. These program participants include fellows, interns, corporate volunteers and Foreign Service National professionals. The program then provides substantial performance management and career development support to participants, including annual working planning assistance, and ensures that professional development opportunities are available.
Looking to the future, GHFP-II also seeks to establish a pool of highly-qualified global health professionals that will ensure the Agency’s ongoing technical leadership and effectiveness. This objective is supported by an extensive outreach program that brings global health opportunities and specialized career advice to a diverse range of interested individuals, with a particular focus on those underrepresented in the field of global health.
BACKGROUND:
USAID advances and supports voluntary family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) programs in more than 45 countries across the globe. Since the mid-1960s, USAID has been the leading donor in international family planning – both in terms of financial resources and technical leadership. With more than 225 million women worldwide with an unmet need, increasing access to FP is vital to safe motherhood and healthy families. As the largest bilateral donor, USAID’s work in family planning is highly visible throughout the US Government (USG) and the international community. USAID’s public affairs and communications efforts are critical for informing internal and external audiences – including key decision makers like the US Congress – about USAID’s objectives and progress. With growing public interest in FP, the work of this position is essential to ensure consistency of information originating from the Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH). The Front Office of the Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) within the Bureau for Global Health (GH) provides technical leadership, strategic direction, and implementation oversight, support to field missions, partner coordination, and performance tracking for the family planning (FP) component of the US Government’s (USG) Global Health Initiative.
INTRODUCTION:
The Family Planning Data Intern (Intern) will be based in the Front Office of PRH and will primarily support work related to identifying evidence-based, priority programs and interventions for USAID overseas missions situated in countries at various levels of contraceptive prevalence. S/he will support an Office-wide team that compiles, analyzes and uses data for this initiative, and will receive technical guidance from the Senior Demographer who will serve as his/her onsite manager.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Gaining experience extracting, analyzing and synthesizing secondary data/evidence from published and unpublished sources and appreciating various considerations that go into setting priorities for FP interventions in developing countries.
- ·Gaining a greater understanding of contextual and programming factors that contribute to FP progress in various developing countries.
- Developing a greater understanding of diffusion theories and their application to FP programs in developing countries.
- Deepening skills in collaboration and coordination within a complex organizational and implementation structure.
- Participating in professional development activities provided through GHFP-II and USAID (e.g. via technical presentations, meetings, etc.) as agreed upon with on site-manager (5%).
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Supporting analysis of data to identify and assess appropriate interventions to advance FP programs in different countries.
- Supporting efforts to compare data across countries and working with technical experts to develop a standard process to analyze data and identify potential programmatic issues.
- Assisting in convening technical meetings, preparing meeting summaries and disseminating them to relevant parties and ensuring follow through on agreed next steps.
- Assisting in finalizing the final report of the S-Curve analysis, disseminating it to relevant missions and stakeholders.
- Supporting the preparation of country specific reports from the S-Curve analysis.
- Supporting the extraction of relevant content from the report and supporting the preparation of manuscripts for possible submission to peer-reviewed journals.
- Supporting efforts to link S-curve analyses to broader agency goals including the concept of a country's journey to self-reliance and metrics related to capacity building.
- Contributing to efforts to link S-curve analyses to office initiatives in cross-cutting issues including gender, youth, private sector, and the non-health benefits of FP.
- Other tasks or responsibilities that may be assigned based on organizational and programming needs and/or the Intern’s own interests.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Currently enrolled master’s or other post-bachelor’s degree candidate in sociology, demography, economics, epidemiology, public health or a related social science field; or, completion of such within the past 12 months.
- Experience in data/evidence collation, assessment, analysis and synthesis especially with secondary data in reviewing and summarizing published and unpublished work, and assessing the strength of evidence as a basis for program and policy decisions.
- Strong writing skills. Recent experience with preparing documents for journal publication preferred.
- Ability to create and deliver effective presentations and demonstrate online resources and tools.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. Experience with using STATA/SPSS and/or Visualization package (such as Excel, PowerPoint and Tableau) will be an advantage.
- US citizenship or US permanent residency required.
COMPENSATION:
$1,826 bi-weekly (exempt, salaried position).
TO APPLY:
Detailed information, including an online application and instructions, is available on our website at www.ghfp.net. All applications must be submitted by January 11, 2018 at 5:00 pm eastern time.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA Employer.
How to apply:
TO APPLY:
Detailed information, including an online application and instructions, is available on our website at www.ghfp.net. All applications must be submitted by January 11, 2018 at 5:00 pm eastern time.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA Employer. gin-top:0in;