Intern - Immunization

Overview

Internship Overview

Jhpiego Internship program (JIP) aims at providing experiences to young professionals and mentoring them into professional roles. This internship will provide experience to a young professional to gain on-the-job experience. The tasks involved are not critical and do not require a full-time staff to complete.

The Intern Immunization will have hands-on experience and the ability to learn and gain work experience, which will support the candidate in their search and increase their experience in Immunization tasks. The intern will gain experience in immunization systems strengthening for improved quality, access, and utilization with its cross-monitoring mechanisms, including vaccine-preventable diseases surveillance.

Reports to: Senior Advisor - Immunization

Mentor: Senior Advisor - Immunization

Location: Mwanza and Zanzibar, Tanzania

Required Positions: 2 - Mwanza (1 position) and Zanzibar (1 position)

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the Immunization advisor in the development of regional and district performance progress reports.
• In collaboration with Regional TOs, conduct monitoring visits to regions and districts to track progress and provide support to accelerate improvement plans.
• Collaborate with the Regional TOs to prepare and present weekly activity implementation progress.
• Assist the Regional TOs in preparing monthly performance reports to inform the program implementation in their regions.
• Assist in facilitating immunization reviews with project Cluster Leads and Regional Technical Officers and R/CHMTs.
• Assist in documenting immunization achievements to inform effective immunization programming and design.
• Assist in activity implementation and tracking performance to help inform pause and reflect sessions with regional TOs and R/CHMTs.
• Write activity reports in all assigned tasks.
• Support other program duties as assigned, including logistics in field-level program management.

Required Qualifications

Qualifications and Requirements

• Recent graduate with a bachelor’s degree in environmental health sciences or a related field.
• Knowledge in Immunization and vaccine development (IVD) program and sub-national levels.
• Completed academic internship with assignments on immunization.

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package. Please apply at www.jhpiego.org/careers

Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include cover letter, resume, and references.

For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer