WASH Intern
Summary
This global water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) intern will support activities under the USAID funded PRO-WASH & SCALE project and the Global WASH Cluster’s Hygiene Promotion in Emergencies Technical Working Group. The intern should have a strong interest in global environmental health, behavior change, communications, and/or education.
What You’ll be Doing (Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Impact)
- Work with Subject Matter Experts to support international and local partners on effective WASH programming and learning
- Support desk reviews and mapping exercises by working with team members to define key words and search criteria, websites and documents for review, and creating matrices with key information generated from the review
- Support the team to update technical resource libraries by identifying relevant resources (training materials, tools, reports, learning briefs, videos, courses etc.), organizing them, tagging them with key words and uploading them to partner-facing websites and resource libraries
- Support basic qualitative and/or quantitative data analysis such as cleaning data, coding data, conducing descriptive analyses, and drafting short reports or visual aids based on the data
- Support other special projects and initiatives, such as training events, webinars, meetings, and other activities related to programming across content areas including WASH, integrated water resource management, gender and social inclusion, market and livelihoods, food insecurity and nutrition, community-based approaches, and capacity strengthening, and knowledge management
Required Qualifications
- Must be an actively enrolled Associate, Bachelor, Master or other post high school education program, or have graduated within 6 months of intern program start date
- Possess strong written skills, solid interpersonal skills and ability to work within a team
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Currently eligible to work in the U.S.
- Please attach resume and cover letter to your application
Preferred Qualifications
- Additional language skills such as French, Spanish, or Arabic are desirable
What’s In It for You
- Structured learning and development program
- Meaningful work under the direct supervision of an experienced Save the Children staff member
- Highly collaborative and innovative teams
- Networking program with managers across the organization
- Flexible schedule
- A family friendly work environment
- The knowledge that the work you are supporting is changing the lives of children all around the world
Classification: Paid Intern $16.10/hr
Part-time: Up to 24 hours per week
Dates: September 18-December 8, 2023
About Save the Children
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