USAID Global Health Fellows II – Social and Behavioral Change Communication Intern
Social and Behavior Change Communication Intern
Policy, Evaluation and Communication Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Bureau for Global health, United States Agency for International Development
Location: Washington, DC/Arlington, VA | February 2016 – August 2016: Compensated 6 month Internship | INT-P5-014
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.
BACKGROUND
The Policy, Evaluation, and Communication Division (PEC) under the Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) in the Bureau for Global Health (GH) creates the enabling environment for sexual and reproductive health (RH) and works with partners within USAID and externally to: (Policy) Promote effective sexual and RH advocacy, policy, financing, and governance; (Evaluation) Collect, analyze, and evaluate data for evidence-based decision making; and (Communication) Develop and implement communication efforts to influence attitudes, norms, and behaviors. The PRH Office provides technical leadership, strategic direction, implementation oversight, support to field missions, partner coordination, and performance tracking for the family planning (FP) component of the United States Government (USG)’s Global Health Initiative.
INTRODUCTION
The Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Intern (Intern) will be assigned to the SBCC Team in the PEC Division. The Intern will assist the SBCC Team in supporting GH’s flagship behavior change projects, the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) and Transform, and may also carry out other Bureau-wide duties in collaboration with other divisions within PRH. All work will be conducted with the purpose of supporting the two projects’ SBCC activities worldwide, as well as assisting with related technical needs within the office. The Intern is critical to the Team, as SBCC is a cross-division technical priority area for PRH. The Intern will receive technical guidance from the PRH Behavior Change Communication Advisor as his/her onsite manager and will work collaborate with several other SBCC technical staff in the GH Bureau.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Gaining experience in the field of Social Behavior Change Communication.
• Gaining a greater understanding of the global landscape of SBCC for health, with particular focus in the areas of SBCC capacity strengthening, research and innovation.
• Deepening skills in collaboration and coordination within a complex organizational and implementation structure.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• Developing a series of SBCC program case studies highlighting current best practices in behavior change for FP/RH.
• Assisting with first-line technical review of HC3 and Transform PRH Task Order outputs, including outputs in PRH core activity areas such as urban youth, healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy, and provider behavior change.
• Producing a streamlines, comprehensive toolkit or package, including SBCC talking points and other briefing materials, for USAID use in advocating for SBCC programming with USAID Missions and other potential partners.
• Assisting the SBCC Team in gathering and analyzing data in order to assess current USAID programming needs in SBCC. These activities may include drafting results frameworks, scopes of work and other related project documents. In addition, this activity will require the intern to work across the broad GH SBCC Team.
• Designing and implementing a specific SBCC activity commensurate with current PEC or PRH needs and the Intern’s qualifications and interests in SBCC.
• Other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned based on organizational and programming needs and/or the Intern’s own interest.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Currently enrolled master’s or other post-bachelor’s degree candidate in a program related to public health, health communication, social marketing, or social psychology; or, completion of such within the past 12 months. Coursework related to behavior change, health communication, and/or health education is preferred.
• Demonstrated interest in social and behavior change and/or health communication in developing countries. Experience with behavior change programming (including peer education, counseling, social marketing, and community mobilization) in developing country settings in preferred.
• Strong web-based research skills, organizational and planning skills.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office and Google applications.
• 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 https://www.ghfp.net/
All online applications must be submitted by December 15, 2015 by 5:00 pm Eastern time.
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