Job Title: Intern (10 Fresh Graduate Job Opportunities)
Project Name: USAID Advocacy
for Better Health Project
for Better Health Project
Organisation: PATH
Duty Station: Kampala, Mbale
and Mbarara, Uganda
and Mbarara, Uganda
About US:
PATH is an international organization that drives transformative
innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and
children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs,
diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our
entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion
for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation
to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle
their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt
the cycle of poor health.
innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and
children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs,
diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our
entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion
for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation
to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle
their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt
the cycle of poor health.
About USAID Advocacy for Better
Health project:
Health project:
The USAID funded Advocacy for Better Health project, now in its third
year, is implemented by PATH in collaboration with Initiatives Inc. with the
goal to improve the quality, accessibility, and availability of health services
in Uganda by fostering citizen demand and enhancing the capacity of CSOs to
advocate for improved responsiveness and accountability by decision-makers and
service providers. The project is implemented in 35 districts in Uganda but has
a national reach, focused on three objectives;
year, is implemented by PATH in collaboration with Initiatives Inc. with the
goal to improve the quality, accessibility, and availability of health services
in Uganda by fostering citizen demand and enhancing the capacity of CSOs to
advocate for improved responsiveness and accountability by decision-makers and
service providers. The project is implemented in 35 districts in Uganda but has
a national reach, focused on three objectives;
- Citizens in 35 target districts
participate in district and/or sub-district-level planning and monitoring
to improve the quality of health services, reflecting community-identified
demands and solutions. - CSOs influence policy change and
accountability in the health sector that align with communities’
priorities for improved services. - At least four CSOs have the systems and
skills to manage large-scale health advocacy projects and qualify as prime
recipients for future USAID funding
Job Summary: The Interns
will provide support to the USAID funded Advocacy for Better Health and gain
experience and learning in policy advocacy; while also participating in
capacity building interventions for CSOs and CBOs in the target districts.
will provide support to the USAID funded Advocacy for Better Health and gain
experience and learning in policy advocacy; while also participating in
capacity building interventions for CSOs and CBOs in the target districts.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The applicants for the USAID Project
Internship jobs should at least hold a Second Class Upper Bachelors’
degree in any of the following fields: Health Sciences, Economics,
Demography and Population Studies, Planning, Development Studies, Social
Sciences, Social Work and Social Administration, and any other related
disciplines. - The applicants should be fresh graduates
i.e. graduated within the last three years.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their
applications with addressed to the Uganda Internships Coordinator via e-mail
only to; [email protected] with the subject line indicated as “Uganda
Internship and your preferred location of posting (Check top of advert for Duty
Stations.”
applications with addressed to the Uganda Internships Coordinator via e-mail
only to; [email protected] with the subject line indicated as “Uganda
Internship and your preferred location of posting (Check top of advert for Duty
Stations.”
Please include; Detailed Curriculum Vitae, all relevant academic
documents/certificates and three reference letters from the following persons/
orientations (Academic ability; Employability and a Character reference),
motivation statement not exceeding 250 words, double-spaced, times new roman,
font 12. The statement should clearly spell out why fie prospective intern
should be considered for this opportunity; how they intend to benefit and how
they will use their skills to further their career and or contribute to better
health in Uganda.
documents/certificates and three reference letters from the following persons/
orientations (Academic ability; Employability and a Character reference),
motivation statement not exceeding 250 words, double-spaced, times new roman,
font 12. The statement should clearly spell out why fie prospective intern
should be considered for this opportunity; how they intend to benefit and how
they will use their skills to further their career and or contribute to better
health in Uganda.
Deadline: 21st July
2017
2017
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