Amref Health Africa (formerly African Medical Research Foundation) is the premier African-led international health development organization headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
Founded in 1957 as the Flying Doctors of East Africa to bring critical health services to remote communities, Amref Health Africa in the intervening years has broadened its mission to include training of some 500 thousand community health workers and managing the design and implementation of health development projects in more than 30 countries across Africa.
Integrated Health System Strengthening Project is a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) investment currently being implemented with Amref Health Africa and MOH to support the design and implementation of a platform mechanism/s for health systems strengthening for primary health care (PHC) in Ethiopia.
This investment focuses primarily on the sub-national level (regional and district) with links to national efforts. The design will focus on integration of key HSS pillars – e.g., Human Resources for Health (HRH), Health Care Financing (HCF), Data, and Leadership and Governance – to support PHC administrators and managers toward optimizing health systems for improved service delivery.
Position: I-HSS Intern
Job Requirements:
- MD or University degree in social sciences, development, public health, project planning and management or other relevant fields.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Basic computer skills
- Organization skills
- Good team player and values diversity
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Passion for bringing lasting change in health in Africa and a desire to create positive social impact.
The HSS interns are expected to be part of the HSS project internship program. They will play a vital role in supporting various teams within HSS to deliver various project activities. They will get guidance and capacity-building support across the different core functions within the project. The project aims to build interns’ technical and leadership capabilities and make them future leaders and technical experts. We want to hire professional interns willing to learn new things and grow their career in the non-profit health sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support country office staff working in project technical implementation (50% of time), operations and leadership (25% of time) and monitoring and evaluation (25% of time)
- Participate in the review of proposals, research tools, guidelines, and other documents prepared by/for the project
- Conduct basic research on HSS-related topics as requested by program teams
- Support in the preparation and review of various documents
- Organize meetings, events, and other engagements as assigned by the mentor/supervisor
- Prepare meeting notes and briefs of various project engagements
- Update/input project data and information into AIMS regularly
- Participate in capacity-building activities and events facilitated by the program or Amref
- Undertake any other assignments given by the project staff
Location: Addis Ababa
Deadline: July 29th 2024
How To Apply:
Interested applicants please visit our website https://amref.org/job/integrated-health-systems-strengthening-ihss-intern/to submit your application. You will be directed to our online portal where you will need to create an account in order for you to be able to submit your application. Your application should include quoting IHSS Intern in the subject line of a cover letter, detailing why you are the best fit for this position, and your CV with relevant skills and experience. Closing date will be July 29, 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
If you face any challenge applying on our website contact us at ETrecruitment@Amref.org.
Duly note that Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any money at whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process and has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment. Amref Health Africa is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Amref Health Africa is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy.