Our Public Health Professionals’ Education and Training Working Group Is Looking for Interns

The World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) is currently looking for 1-2 intern(s) for its Public Health Professionals’ Education and Training Working Group.

WFPHA offers a unique environment for an internship for students in international health and development. Interns are given substantial responsibility for performing activities such as researching and writing articles, establishing contact with health and development NGOs around the world, planning international conferences, and fundraising. Each internship is structured to suit the needs and interests of the intern, such as working on an individual research assignment, as well as the requirements of WFPHA.

During the course of the internship, interns will further develop their writing and research skills and become more familiar with the key issues and actors in international health and development. They will have extensive networking opportunities as WFPHA is an international NGO in official relations with WHO, and has extensive contacts with other organizations worldwide.

Internship Summary

The Public Health Professionals’ Education and Training Working Group seeks to understand the current best practices as well as the gaps and challenges of public health education. To better understand this objective, a benchmarking project of global schools and programs of public health is underway with the goal of analyzing school data to better assess the current state of public health education. Interns will participate in data collection from assigned institution websites, monthly project team meetings, monthly working group committee meetings, and data management and analysis, with the potential to participate in survey and publication development.

Qualification and Experience

• Student or graduate degree with strong academic backgrounds and an interest in global public health
• Interest in public health workforce, public health infrastructure, or public health systems
• Experience and/or interest in data collection
• Knowledge of MS Office and Google Drive
• English: A must
• Good writing skills
• Eager to work within a multicultural and international environment
• A good team player with a “can-do” attitude
• Good at multi-tasking and working with strict deadlines

Modality

The intern will work fully remotely.

Compensation

The internship is unpaid but is intended to serve as a career-building opportunity for an early-career academic.

The organization does not cover re-location expenses and does not sponsor international student visas.

Period

Starts as soon as possible for a minimum of 3 months. The internship may be part-time or full-time.

Application Deadline

September 25, 2023

How to Apply

If you are interested in applying for the internship, please send CV and motivation letter to Geri Kemper Seeley: gkemperseeley@gwu.edu