Paid internship with the Global Health Fellows Program in DC as a Nutrition and Food Security Intern
Global Health Fellows Program II
Nutrition and Food Security Intern
Nutrition Division, Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development
Location: Washington, DC
Anticipated timeframe: March 1 – August 31, 2014: Compensated 24-Week Internship
INT-P3-040
The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year 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.
INTRODUCTION:
The Nutrition and Food Security Intern will be assigned to the Nutrition Division, Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition, Global Health Bureau (GH), with rotations to the Bureau for Food Security (BFS), Office of Country Strategies and Implementation/Technical Division, Office of Agricultural Research and Policy, and Office of Market and Partnership Innovations. The Intern will contribute to objectives of both Presidential initiatives: Global Health and Feed the Future.
Through Feed the Future (FtF) and the Global Health initiatives (GH), the United States is supporting country-owned programs to address the root causes of undernutrition and improve the future potential of millions of people. Nutrition is integrated in both initiatives to ensure mothers and young children have access to nutritious food and quality health services. USAID uses evidence-based approaches to ensure good nutrition and supports innovative new approaches that will improve outcomes for the most vulnerable populations.
USAID is pleased to be part of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) global movement, which encourages increased political commitment and programmatic alignment to accelerate reductions in global hunger and undernutrition, and promotes a focus on the 1,000 day window of opportunity from pregnancy to a child’s second birthday. The Intern will receive day to day guidance from the Nutrition Advisor and BFS Policy Team Advisor as his/her onsite managers.
For more information on the Agency’s work in nutrition and food security, please see:
Feed the Future: http://www.feedthefuture.gov/
Global Health: http://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/global-health/nutrition
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Gaining an understanding of how USAID integrated nutrition and food security activities are implemented and monitored in a variety of settings.
- Gaining experience in development-related project management essentials with a focus on nutrition, health care for women and children, water and sanitation, and food security activities.
- Gaining an understanding in how U.S. Government foreign assistance is managed.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Preparing reports, concept/position papers, correspondence/briefers/talking points, and other documentation related to nutrition, food security and nutrition policy.
- Reviewing and commenting on draft documents (e.g. implementing partners’ implementation plans, annual reports, fact sheets, and research and policy briefs).
- Supporting analytical and knowledge management work concerning nutrition, public health, gender, poverty, private sector engagement, food security and nutrition policy as directed, and assisting in presenting findings to relevant audiences.
- Performing program/project assistance functions for GH and BFS teams supporting Washington and country-based activities, such as SPRING, FANTA, GAIN, Nutrition Innovation Laboratory, Child Blindness Program.
- Providing support for USAID’s global leadership with the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement and the 1,000 Days Partnership.
- Participating in developing and strengthening the nutrition component of FtF research programs. Specifically, working with BFS colleagues to undertake a nutrition review of the FtF Innovation Laboratory’s research programs and identifying opportunities for addressing and enhancing the nutrition effect of their programs.
- Participating in developing and strengthening the nutrition component of FtF public/private partnerships.
- Participating in developing new indicators and methodologies to measure the results of USAID nutrition programs.
- Collaborating on FtF nutrition-related capacity building activities (e.g. assisting in developing technical briefs and providing technical assistance related to nutrition-sensitive agriculture; assisting in the implementation of an action plan for nutrition policy).
- Supporting policy work related to nutrition, including assisting with a landscape analysis of current activities, progress and results.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Currently enrolled master’s or other post-bachelor’s degree candidate in a program related to public health, nutrition, agriculture, food policy, international development or a related field; or, completion of such within the past 12 months.
- Strong writing, data analysis and analytic skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently.
- US citizenship or US permanent residency required.
COMPENSATION:
$1,680 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 Monday, March 10, 2014 at 5:00 pm eastern time.
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