To: Internship Applicants
From: Sharon Lake-Post, Senior Specialist, Health Information and Documentation, slakepos@savechildren.org
Re: Internship Application
Date: April 15, 2008
Thank you for your interest in Save the Children! Throughout the year, we receive many inquiries for internships and we seek to match well-qualified students with meaningful action research projects to meet the needs of at least four stakeholders: the student, the project, the student’s institution, and the international health community at large. In other words, we expect that able students, carefully mentored by Save the Children technical staff and the student’s faculty, will advance the state-of-the-art and document findings for various audiences. As such, we work closely with the interns and their academic institution to develop a work plan that clearly details the intern’s scope of work, supervisory activities, monitoring and evaluation plans, and the documentation expected at the end of the internship.
If you would like to learn more about a particular internship, please let me know. If you are interested in applying for an internship with the Office of Health, please complete and submit the following to me electronically:
1. A brief cover letter discussing your applicable skills and personal motivation.
2. Your current résumé.
3. The attached questionnaire, completed.
Your application will be reviewed by home office and field sector staff. If there is a good match, a dialogue will begin between you, your faculty member, and the appropriate Save the Children staff. At this point, your references may be contacted. Once a decision is made, we will notify you. Please keep in mind that Save the Children field and home office travel schedules can be heavy and may slow down the process, but we will do our best to keep you informed of the status of your application. If you are selected for an internship with us, we will strongly encourage you to visit our home offices either in Westport or in Washington for a brief orientation prior to the start of the internship. All interns who participate in this program are required to complete a brief evaluation of their experience, and as possible, provide an informal debriefing for home office staff.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you again for your interest in Save the Children and good luck!
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Internship Application for Save the Children’s Office of Health
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Identifying Information (name, contact numbers)
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Back-Up Contact (someone who will always know how to reach you)
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Project (select from the attached list)
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Resources Brought (airfare, self-finance, relevant experience, skills, language, etc.) |
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Faculty Mentor(name and contact information) |
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Support Needed (for example, in-country housing, translation, transportation) |
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Objectives (skills, contacts, thesis, manuscript, etc.) |
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Five-Year Vision (What would you like to be doing in 5 years?) |
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References (2)(at your current institution) |
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Anything Else?
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Office of Health Internship Opportunities for 2008
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Africa |
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School Health and Nutrition |
Malawi |
March 1-April 15, 2008 |
Open. The objective of this internship is to pull together all relevant information (successes, challenges and lessons learned) of SC’s SHN program into a small brochure, which can be shared with key stakeholders at national and district levels, as well as internationally. The information summarized in this brochure can be adapted into a PowerPoint presentation with shorter leaflets to be shared at international, national and district level workshops and with the media. |
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Reproductive Health |
West Darfur |
January-March 2008 |
Open. The intern will perform a data screening and analysis of the Darfur facility based assessment, perform a first-level analysis of data with guidance from Emergency Health and/or the Maternal and Newborn Health Advisor(s), produce a preliminary report on the findings that will be discussed with and agreed upon, by emergency and MNH Advisors, and present findings to colleagues where time allows. |
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Documentation Intern (Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health) |
Mangochi, Malawi |
May-July, 2008 (5-6 weeks) |
Filled. Finalize the documentation (writing, editing, and formatting) of the family planning components of the Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health program. Intern required to submit a writing sample. This internship will be unpaid; however SC will cover the plane ticket, housing and food expenses. The intern will be housed in a safe hotel in Mangochi. |
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Maternal Newborn Health Program Monitoring and Dissemination |
Malawi Country Office, both Lilongwe and District level |
Summer 2008 (8 weeks) |
Pending. The intern will work with our MNH team to assist w/the development of process and progress monitoring tools for the program, a three-district demonstration being implemented in partnership with the MOH and UNICEF. Requires sound knowledge of M&E tools and techniques, and appreciation of need for low cost, low intensity but effective methods that will be implemented by district health teams. Dissemination needs include assistance with report writing and production of information and publicity materials for the program, and ideally editing and production of dissemination quality reports from our formative research, health facility assessments, and baseline surveys (draft reports exist). This is an unpaid internship, however partial funding may be available for airfare and accommodation. A commercial guest house is recommended. Visa required after 30 days in Malawi-best to obtain in advance. Usual immunizations recommended (and malaria prophylaxis-malarone or doxycycline)-intern should consult their doctor well in advance. |
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Documentation Intern-Agogo Behavior Change Approach |
Malawi Country Office, both Lilongwe (2 weeks) and Ekwendeni (4 weeks) |
Summer 2008 (6 weeks) |
Filled. The Agogo Approach is an initiative where grandparents are trained in maternal and newborn health issues to support pregnant women and new mothers in the care of women and their newborns. The program entails training agogos using a well developed training manual, supervision and monitoring of the grand parents by a Community Health worker cadre (Health Surveillance Assistant) and project staff, and proper documentation of Maternal and Newborn cases. Process documentation is being undertaken so that the initiative can easily be replicated or scaled up. The intern is expected to assist with documentation of the agogo (grandparents) approach. Precisely s/he will be expected to document the curriculum development process, training activities, supervision and monitoring processes of the approach and review the program’s M&E plan. The intern will also be expected to assist and mentor Ekwendeni team in documentation of success stories and case studies, use of photographs and use of video. S/he will also help identify challenges and recommendations for the project. This is an unpaid internship, however, the Country Office will cover lodging, food, and transportation (local) through the current child survival grant. Airfare may be covered but is not assured at this time as we will be seeking approval through an upcoming budget revision. A commercial guesthouse would be safe and secure in Lilongwe. In Ekwendeni, the Intern will stay at Ekwendeni Mission Hospital guesthouse, where facilities are basic but adequate. Visa required after 30 days in Malawi-best to obtain in advance. Usual immunizations recommended (and malaria prophylaxis-malarone or doxycycline)-intern should consult their doctor well in advance. |
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Food Security Program Child Health and Nutrition Development Component (with emphasis on BCC) |
Malawi Country Office-both Lilongwe and district level |
Summer 2008 |
Filled. Contact William Fiebig, Technical Advisor, Agriculture
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SHN |
So. Sudan (Mvolo, Western Equitoria)
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June 1-August 31, 2008 |
Filled. Intern will: Review progress on SHN project, review and revised SHN curriculum – and assist in training of teachers to deliver SHN lessons. Evaluate training sessions and brainstorm with staff ways to strengthen training, work with staff to create culturally appropriate social SHN messages at the schools, document any innovation in SHN programmed required for post-conflict situation, evaluate and strengthen data collection system to follow progress of SHN project, work with staff to strengthen analysis of this data, provide technical support to Health and Education team in country with M&E for SHN, monitor and report numbers of newly returning displaced families, write success story case studies, and articles for local publication, and make presentation of findings to SC Staff and key partners. This is an unpaid internship. Intern will need to cover all international travel costs, insurance and immunization costs and come with a laptop computer. SSCO will provide in-country travel and accommodation costs. |
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Asia/ME |
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Health Program Documentation, Research, and Evaluation (RH) |
Vietnam |
January-June 2008 |
Filled. Strong writing skills, familiarity with operations research methodology, flexibility and ability to adapt to new situations; willingness to travel to field sites with project staff as needed. This is an unpaid internship; however the VNCO will help the intern locate safe housing (the intern will need to cover these and all other related costs). Submitted for possible Guyer funding. |
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Support SC partner NGOs to monitor, document and evaluate the ongoing SHN and Water and Sanitation Programs in Kailali and Kanchanpur districts |
Nepal (district headquarters of either Kailali or Kanchanpur) with frequent travel. |
May-June 2008 |
Filled. The intern will support SC partner NGOs to monitor and evaluate the ongoing regular SHN and SC/Italy funded Water and Sanitation program in Kailali and Kanchanpur districts under the guidance of SC. Major tasks will be to: 1) develop guidelines for an evaluative analysis of the SHN and Wat/San program of HmCO Nepal which are being implemented through local partner NGOs, 2) Gather, compile and analyze the available secondary quantitative data of SHN and Wat/San, 3) Document and analyze the coordination and collaboration between education and health sectors of government and HmCO and PNGOs in relation to SHN and Wat/San program Mgmt., 4) Support PNGOs to review M&E tools of SHN and Wat/San, and 5) Support PNGOs to prepare quality report including case studies. This is an unpaid internship, however, the HmCO will provide in-country housing and transportation costs-please note that environmental sanitation conditions in Nepal are poor. |
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School Health and Nutrition Intern |
Afghanistan |
Spring/Summer 2008 (8 weeks) |
Pending. The intern will assist AfCO SHN programming through developing materials for Child-Focused Health Education activities as well as draft AD/ARSH materials. The intern will also support program development through conducting simple qualitative studies in rural Afghanistan. Min. one year teacher training/education experience with children and/or adolescents, preferably in a low-income country, experience in developing health education programs/materials for children/adolescents, preferably in areas of HIV/AIDS and/or AD, knowledge of developing and implementing research tools; must have a good understanding of how to work with children in their communities. The AfCO will provide roundtrip airfare, housing, in-country food and travel expenses, and a small stipend. Intern will need Afghan Work Visa, Hep. A, typhoid, and Tetaus-diptheria immuniz. |
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Qualitative Data Collection-SHN |
Bangladesh |
Summer 2008 (8 weeks) |
Pending. The intern will assist the Bangladesh CO in collecting qualitative data to assess the successes and lessons learned after newly 20 years of sponsorship-funded programming. The ideal candidate will have an MPH and experience with qualitative data collection methods and conducting focus group discussions. Strong communication and writing skills, and experience living in a developing country. Must be independent, self-directed and confident; willingness, flexible and adaptability to work with the situation (people, skill sand context) that presents itself; ability to ask the right questions; a good writer; some familiarity with and sensitivity to Bangladesh/Muslim culture. This is an unpaid internship, however housing and local travel will be provided. |
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Latin America/ Caribbean |
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Support Health and Nutrition Education (SHN) – Two internships |
Bolivia, 1) Cochabamba, 2) El Alto |
May 12-June 15 or July 14-August 16, 2008 |
Filled. Within the context of a multiple funded school health program in Bolivia, SC seeks to monitor activities related to the “PHASE” method (Personal Hygiene and Sanitation Education) and micronutrient distribution. The program is behavior centered and monitoring would focus on activities with teachers, student leaders and parent associations. This is an unpaid internship; the BFO will cover all program costs for activities w/school children, teachers and parents. BFO will help locate a rented room. The intern will cover this cost of $25/week and food. |
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Evidence Base in Iron Supplementation |
City of La Paz, travel to Cochabamba and Oruro for four days each |
February 1-April 30, 2008 |
Filled. Guyer. Within the context of a GSK grant for SHN, SC seeks to document quantitative data on the effect of school supplementation with iron on children’s attention capacity. To this end, SC will conduct a set of surveys with school-age children, measuring physical and biochemical parameters as well as psychological tests and learning achievements. This research will help to position school health on the national agenda, both with the scientific community and political decision makers. |
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Washington/Westport |
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ARSH Documentation and Publication Intern |
Westport, CT |
March-August 2008 |
Open. Working closely with the RH team, the Documentation and Publication Intern will assist with final editing/formatting of the following documents: Nigeria Youth Conference presentations, Annual ARSH update, ARSH Toolkit for Emergency Settings, Youth FP Model for Sponsorship, and attend brown bag discussions to learn more about SC’s work. Must be a recent college graduate, preferably having studied journalism, English or communications, or a student attending an accredited graduate school. Candidate should have experience working with Microsoft Office Suite products, including Word, PowerPoint, and Publisher. This is an unpaid internship. |
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ARSH Advocacy Intern |
Washington, DC |
June 30-July 1, 2008 |
Open. The main objective of the internship is to compile and summarize information gathered about adolescent friendly policies at SC offices, including the specific experience of the Philippines country office. This is an unpaid internship. |
