Deadlines quickly approaching for John Snow Inc. Summer Internships!
John Snow Inc. (JSI) has internship opportunities (possibly paid based on experience) for students and recent graduates who would like to learn about public health work in both in the United States and in international settings.
There are many different types of internships at JSI that allow students to gain insight into public health programs—or business operations, IT, and communications. JSI staff work closely with each intern to ensure that they have a fulfilling experience and contribute to the organization’s daily work in a meaningful way.
JSI interns are also asked to write about their internships. Read about recent internship experiences by JSI interns.
JSI does not have a set internship recruiting or placement schedule. Internships occur at all times during the year and are largely driven by individual projects’ needs. Please check the website frequently for updates.
The following are current available internships at JSI with deadlines approaching soon, click on the titles for links to the intern description page:
Innovations for Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health Intern – Apply by 06/08/16
RESPONSIBILITIES
- The Innovations for MNCH Intern will work with the project research team to complete project endline research activities. The position is based in the JSI Washington DC office. A selection of activities that the Innovations for MNCH Intern will be involved in may include:
- Draft and format presentations
- Prepare tables and graphs for internal reports and external publications
- Assist with formatting project documents and graphics
- Prepare and proofread report text and bibliographies
- Conduct online searches for project work
- Assist with literature reviews for external publications
- Assist with analysis of data for Innovations projects
- Coordinate meetings and take meeting notes
- Assist on any other project related activities
QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience or interest in public health, public policy, or social development
- Masters degree or Bachelors degree in public health or related field
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Excellent writing skills
- English fluency
- Detail oriented, with good time management skills
- A self-starter who can work with minimal supervision
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis skills preferred but not required.
Monitoring & Evaluation Intern: Maternal & Child Survival Program – Apply by 6/10/16
RESPONSIBILITIES
- The HMIS review for child health registers in particular will be conducted in a phased approach, with the first phase consisting of a review on 14 priority countries that are currently implementing iCCM programs: Bangladesh, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia. The MMEL Intern will coordinate this work, in close collaboration with the Child Health MMEL Technical Advisor. The specific responsibilities include:
- Develop a tracking sheet to track and organize child health-specific HMIS tools (registers, client cards, summary forms, supervision forms) from 14 countries.
- Coordinate with the Child Health Program Officer to follow-up with countries to secure missing forms.
- Manually review all forms for approximately 50 data elements (necessary to calculate child health service and quality indicators) and complete spreadsheet.
- Analyze/summarize data in a table
- Write summary report
- The deliverables for this internship are as follows:
- Summary table of child health data elements for indicators collected in 14 countries
- PowerPoint presentation/brief report presenting methods and results
QUALIFICATIONS
- Student or graduate of a master’s in public health program
- Interest and experience with routine health information systems
- Familiarity / experience with child health programs and measures
- Beginning/intermediate French and/or Portuguese
The internship will last approximately eight to ten weeks. The internship will be supervised by the Child Health MMEL Technical Advisor. This is a paid internship (salary commensurate with experience).
Data Visibility and Communications Intern – Apply by 06/10/16
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with the Center for Health Logistics core team, project teams, and other JSI Centers to identify and summarize (through visual and written materials) learnings for external publication.
- Assist with the development, layout, visualization of corporate communications materials for the Center.
- Work with CHIME to conduct a landscaping of JSI use cases around data use and develop summary documentation.
- Support JSI’s Health Logistics Project, the Implant Access Program, to update their excel tools and its functionality.
- Provide additional support, as requested, on data use activities.
Through these activities, the intern will engage with staff from various technical areas of expertise across the organization, learn about the opportunities and challenges in working with partners to promote data-driven decision making, and build skills in data visualization, writing, and the presentation of information.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Ability to analyze and visualize data using various presentation formats, included but not limited to visual briefs, web content, infographics, social media graphics, and basic dashboards.
- Strong writing skills, with the ability to craft data-centered stories that integrate narrative with visualizations.
- Excellent English communications skills, both verbal and written.
- Dynamic team player with strong multicultural communication experience.
- Strong organizational skills, ability to multitask and manage competing priorities.
- Computer literacy required, specifically MS Office Suite; proficiency with various data visualization or analytics software preferred (e.g. PiktoChart, Tableau, Inkscape)
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Intern – Apply by 06/25/16
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with project lead and GIS advisor to create draft maps, web maps, and spatial analysis,(30%)
- Support the GIS advisor in updating GIS training materials and preparing training exercises.(30%)
- Review existing GIS infrastructure (GIS datasets and metadata documentation (40%)
By the end of the summer, the GIS intern will have an understanding of and experience with cartographic best practices, mapping software, GIS data structures, and various components of spatial analysis.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Master Graduate degree or student, preferably in Public Health, International Development or Geography
- Experience with GIS software, both ESRI products and open source tool QGIS, for mapping, and spatial analysis
- Experience in use spreadsheets and databases able to cleaning data, querying and managing datasets in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, SQL
- Ability to work independently
- Experience with Microsoft Office
- Strong writing skills
- Ability to think creatively
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work well within a team-focused structure
- Flexibility in routine while handling multiple tasks and interruptions
- Interest in health and social service delivery systems desirable
