Intern Field Officer at PATH

Description of the project the intern will complete:

In collaboration with the county EPI lead for Garissa County:

• Coordinate field activities related to pilot testing of immunization demand solutions.
• Ensure timely communication with all relevant stakeholders including county health team and PATH Living Labs team on matters relating to implementation of the solutions.
• Keep record of field activities and update County EPI Lead and PATH Living Labs Lead of progress, challenges and adaptations being made.
• Collect, manage and analyze data related to impact of solutions.
• Collaborate virtually with project teams and other stakeholders.
• Adhere to Living Labs procedures for human subjects’ research including privacy and confidentiality.

Benefit to Intern:

• Capacity building their skills to be able to conduct the full cycle of Human Centered Design

Internship’s goals and learning objectives:

• Introduction and orientation to HCD
• Opportunity to integrate professional knowledge on into how Living Labs applies HCD.

Proposed activities:

• Start to end interviews with caregivers, health care workers, community opinion leaders.
• Conduct complete phases of human centered design- 4D approach.
• Be able to independently utilize HCD tools.
• Report writing

Learning outcomes (how the Intern’s performance will be evaluated):

• Monthly targets set and evaluated by performance manager and documented in intern files

Required Skills and Experience:

• Ability to engage users through virtual tools.
• Comfortable with working openly and transparently, sharing works-in-progress, failures, successes, and lessons-learned.
• Creative and curious.
• Voracious learner.
• Passionate about addressing health issues in low-resource settings.
• Receptive to and values open and honest feedback from colleagues and stakeholders.
• Fearless about sharing ideas.
• Independent thinker that takes initiative.
• A bachelor’s degree in social sciences
• Must be a native of Garissa County who understands the county well and speaks the local language.